Sabato De Sarno - Designer

[yslforever]

Speaking of accessories, remember the news of that veteran YSL bag designer who got asked from Bellettini to join Gucci to come up with new bags for the brand? I guess it was August 2024...it's been almost 6 months and there have been no major bag releases apart from the Gucci B and the Blondie that were designed prior to the guy coming. Clear example of terrible internal management. Even YSL without the designer came up with a greater amount of new bag designs...
The east west with colored handle Bamboo bags shown on the runway in September seemed to be quite acclaimed from the fashion pack...why didn't they release it in advance, maybe during the holiday season?

I think they might have delayed the new bag releases so they aren’t associated with Ancora

 

[NoInvite]

My king

 

[FashionPower]

If I were Kering, I would sue him for using that patented Gucci Ancora red shade for that IG post without permission!
That color is Gucci's, not yours...
LOL

 

[Lola701]

Call me crazy but I would put Alessandro Dell Acqua at the helm of Gucci.
He can put N21 on pause.

 

[Rigida]

The most memorable thing from his tenure for me is Mina’s Ancora remix lol

 

[Xone]

And to think he was just parading around with the most ostentatious Gucci bag he could find. Perhaps it was a parting gift?

For me that is strange, last month he was in Gucci head to toe with an executive and now he didnt even "allegedly" was involved in the fw25 collection?...that is weird...

 

[yslforever]

The most memorable thing from his tenure for me is Mina’s Ancora remix lol

Not Daria ? she oozed raw sensuality like we never saw after … for a while I dreamt of skinny dipping in the Chateau Marmount pool with a gold ingot on a necklace

 

[Frederic01]

You can't help but feel a little bad for him. It's obvious it did not end well for him + Kering. But honestly, he was so arrogant in the position and did not make enough of a mark of the brand, even in the face of criticism and advice. His designs were not terrible, some of them were actually good, but he needed the right people to edit his vision down and refine the overall strategy.

They should have given Pierpaolo's other right hand man a chance. Maybe he was the more talented one of the bunch, who knows? Gabriele Cusimano, I think his name is.

Sabato, if he ever comes back to fashion, needs to learn to be more strong in his vision and not let all his friends like Zanola (sp?) ruin his work with cringey marketing and communications strategies. He has potential to make an impact, but with a stronger focus and less of these friends.

 

[FashionPower]

List of people from Sabato's team who are (allegedly) going to be laid off / leave after his departure:
- Riccardo Zanola, artistic director
- Francesco Mari, Sabato's right hand in the studio (he brought him at Gucci)

I wonder if Buzzoni is gonna get kicked out, he was appointed on September 2024, when Cantino was deputy CEO, so I guess the appointment was approved by Cantino himself.

 

[BalkaniStaCouture]

Yes, don’t forget he brought back Daria from retirement! Oh Daria ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

 

[Olaffo]

Zero surprise, zero regrets, zero talent.

I’m betting on this guy from Bally. And Lee to JS.

 

[PDFSD]

ok you guys xmas 2025 might come way !!!!!!!!!! early this year i know we just in Feb but ....:-)

see i told you guys last night :-)

basically the ceo called the design heads last night for a last minute meeting to explain next week/days leading to the show will be with out ancora boy.

 

[FashionPower]

see i told you guys last night :-)

basically the ceo called the design heads last night for a last minute meeting to explain next week/days leading to the show will be with out ancora boy.

Thank you for all the insights!
You're the best! Keep on spillin'

 

[FashionPower]

History repeating itself, also Frida got laid off one month prior to the fashion show

 

[tourbillions]

wait what????