Sabato De Sarno - Designer

[proseccotabis]

yeah god knows :-/ above 50k euro k netto at least per year bruto 100 K euro italy taxes are high

its not corporate job to create creative motivation the corporate side can only exemplify it ....i can't say this enough it starts and ends with a creative point of view period !!!!!!

oh for sure.. also i heard in Vetements in Switzerland they are swimmmmmming in money - thats how good the salary is. gulp.

 

[PDFSD]

oh for sure.. also i heard in Vetements in Switzerland they are swimmmmmming in money - thats how good the salary is. gulp.

he overspends on his show stunts .......he is constantly on dr*gs and his open secret boyfriend that works in his company is like miuccia and bertelli they constantly fight and the teams are caught in the middle the staff turnover is high so people come and go and money is the attraction factor....

turnover must be just below $100 million in early sales

 

[FashionPower]

Perfect image of what an actual Gucci customer under Sabato de Sarno looks like.
This is Simone Marchetti, currently editor in chief of Vanity Fair Italy and content manager for european editions of the magazine, he is such an Anna Wintour **** licker...he even got Oprah and Diane Von Furstenberg on the Vanity Fair Italy cover to push the Kamala propaganda (both Oprah and DVF are basically unknown by the italian general public).
Typical Sabato's customer: basic gay with no real substance acting all intellectual and focused on inclusion, diversity and all the woke stuff. Terrible style with that tacky glittery GG monogram jacket paired with the Gucci metal plaque creepers.
Of course he's one of Sabato's BFF...I wouldn't wear that tacky jacket even if it was gifted.
I hate these fashion pack people so much, they despise Philipp Plein and then they dress like they are coming from a Plein Sport outlet...

 

[Xone]

Perfect image of what an actual Gucci customer under Sabato de Sarno looks like.
This is Simone Marchetti, currently editor in chief of Vanity Fair Italy and content manager for european editions of the magazine, he is such an Anna Wintour **** licker...he even got Oprah and Diane Von Furstenberg on the Vanity Fair Italy cover to push the Kamala propaganda (both Oprah and DVF are basically unknown by the italian general public).
Typical Sabato's customer: basic gay with no real substance acting all intellectual and focused on inclusion, diversity and all the woke stuff. Terrible style with that tacky glittery GG monogram jacket paired with the Gucci metal plaque creepers.
Of course he's one of Sabato's BFF...I wouldn't wear that tacky jacket even if it was gifted.
I hate these fashion pack people so much, they despise Philipp Plein and then they dress like they are coming from a Plein Sport outlet...

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I thought to post that look too! haha ...terrible look...the fit is off...

 

[FashionPower]

Another example of Gucci PR / management being super hypocritical.
They pushed the quiet luxury narrative even with the PR / celebrities endorsements with understated looks yet they agreed on collaborating with Tony Effe, one of the trashiest and talentless italian trappers (not even an actual singer...) in italian music history, all because he got a huge following on socials from dumb kiddos and female teenagers who would buy a Gucci baseball cap only because they have seen him wearing it...yeah right
Notice the Sabato trademark of the pants bottom slits and those orthopaedic looking creepers loafers...paired with Ancora driving gloves LOL

 

[Xone]

Another example of Gucci PR / management being super hypocritical.
They pushed the quiet luxury narrative even with the PR / celebrities endorsements with understated looks yet they agreed on collaborating with Tony Effe, one of the trashiest and talentless italian trappers (not even an actual singer...) in italian music history, all because he got a huge following on socials from dumb kiddos and female teenagers who would buy a Gucci baseball cap only because they have seen him wearing it...yeah right
Notice the Sabato trademark of the pants bottom slits and those orthopaedic looking creepers loafers...paired with Ancora driving gloves LOL
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i saw him yesterday and i thought wtf hahaha..he is not even cute and for sure talentless

 

[LadyJunon]

Part of me wonders where we would've been if Sabato got to do his debut show at Brera like he planned.

 

[PDFSD]

Part of me wonders where we would've been if Sabato got to do his debut show at Brera like he planned.

same place the clothes are the same pile of zara trash ...the ideas wouldn't get better we seen it already

how many times we like the set and then the clothes are mediocre most clients don't see shows any way ...he could have photographed the adv in brera still or made adv short movie if the concept was so strong and important to build there would be chapters to his vision ...

did he not say he dont like story telling lol

 

[FashionPower]

Part of me wonders where we would've been if Sabato got to do his debut show at Brera like he planned.

For sure better show consideration from influencers and TikTok fashion commenters (blue square, ideservecouture and so on)...however no change in actual design reviews as that first collection was a complete disaster from the outerwear to the eveningwear and the accessories, a bunch of Zara lookalike clothing with a sprinkle of GG embossed logos. At the end, most people who buy high fashion does not follow the whole show circus so it wouldn't have revolutionized Sabato's tenure...yet it's better to start your tenure with something that might stick into people's mind rather than an irrelevant flop...
I always wonder if Bellettini and the deputy CEO were actually involved in checking the development of that first collection cause any person with a bare knowledge of the fashion market / business would have recognized its intrinsic weakness (no desirable accessories, basic outerwear proposition, no eveningwear)...if I had been Bellettini I would have completely scrapped the collection: you cannot send on the runway a basic gray hoodie with GUCCI embossed logo on the front, for God's sake...and remember this hoodies was priced 3k, close to a Dior bar jacket!



The Cruise 2024 collection designed by Davide Renne (which was not even put into production and scrapped by either Sabato or the management) had a better and more distinctive point of view than Sabato's first, it was the perfect balance of Lallo flamboyant style, fashion forward proposition and more conservative / timeless style. Sabato's collection should have followed that path in transitioning Gucci from Lallo style to something more muted and timeless...instead we got Zara with uncomfortable platform heeled loafers, Jackies with cost reduction zamak clasps and white sneakers.

 

[Xone]

For sure better show consideration from influencers and TikTok fashion commenters (blue square, ideservecouture and so on)...however no change in actual design reviews as that first collection was a complete disaster from the outerwear to the eveningwear and the accessories, a bunch of Zara lookalike clothing with a sprinkle of GG embossed logos. At the end, most people who buy high fashion does not follow the whole show circus so it wouldn't have revolutionized Sabato's tenure...yet it's better to start your tenure with something that might stick into people's mind rather than an irrelevant flop...
I always wonder if Bellettini and the deputy CEO were actually involved in checking the development of that first collection cause any person with a bare knowledge of the fashion market / business would have recognized its intrinsic weakness (no desirable accessories, basic outerwear proposition, no eveningwear)...if I had been Bellettini I would have completely scrapped the collection: you cannot send on the runway a basic gray hoodie with GUCCI embossed logo on the front, for God's sake...and remember this hoodies was priced 3k, close to a Dior bar jacket!

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The Cruise 2024 collection designed by Davide Renne (which was not even put into production and scrapped by either Sabato or the management) had a better and more distinctive point of view than Sabato's first, it was the perfect balance of Lallo flamboyant style, fashion forward proposition and more conservative / timeless style. Sabato's collection should have followed that path in transitioning Gucci from Lallo style to something more muted and timeless...instead we got Zara with uncomfortable platform heeled loafers, Jackies with cost reduction zamak clasps and white sneakers.

Ancora was just clueless from the beginning to the very end of his tenure...
Do a luxury hoodie if you are dying to propose a hoodie for christ sake!
Why we need white sneakers? same happened at the ss25 Loli's look...i think it is he being stubborn sabotage the whole proposal on collections,campaigns,etc...
A mess after another...

For me the transition collections between AM and Ancora (fw23 men and women) were much better and cohesive that any of Ancora's proposals

 

[GivenchyHomme]

Part of me wonders where we would've been if Sabato got to do his debut show at Brera like he planned.

The reaction could have been even worse. We might have ended up criticizing it for looking like a basic b*tch walking down the street in clothing that looked no more expensive than Zara. The runway set helped enhance the clothes in a way that a street setting couldn’t. It worked for Valentino, but that was couture. Ancora wasn’t luxurious or thought-provoking enough to create that kind of contrast.

 

[NoInvite]

They had access to everything. That campaign with Daria really sparked the hype within the industry.
But none of that was reflected in the clothes and communication. As a consumer how are we supposed to feel?
The reason Ancora and the whole vision didn't work is just because there is no commitment, to propose a new style it takes a clear plan from the start and a continuous effort.

 

[Monsieur Cristobal]

An added difficulty to Gucci (and to most Kering houses, in my opinion) is that the boom of rtw and shoes was a big part of their success in the last ten years.
Suddenly, everybody was wearing Gucci, Balenciaga, Saint Laurent.

A lukewarm fashion proposition was (and is) a sure recipe for failure, because there was almost nothing underneath to sustain it.

 

[Frederic01]

Another example of Gucci PR / management being super hypocritical.
They pushed the quiet luxury narrative even with the PR / celebrities endorsements with understated looks yet they agreed on collaborating with Tony Effe, one of the trashiest and talentless italian trappers (not even an actual singer...) in italian music history, all because he got a huge following on socials from dumb kiddos and female teenagers who would buy a Gucci baseball cap only because they have seen him wearing it...yeah right

"“Alessandro's style was downright maximalist, while Sabato De Sarno's aesthetic approach was less extravagant, less maximalist, but it allowed us to do exactly what we wanted,” said Francesca Bellettini, Kering’s deputy CEO in charge of brand development ...“We have focused on the brand’s heritage and tried to elevate our products, to make them consistent with Gucci’s heritage..."


@tonyeffebaby777

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Pure Comedy!

They can't even get the story straight for their shareholders, and yet they expect people to invest in the brand and spend money? Have they completely lost their minds? For goodness sake, this is becoming ridiculous to watch!

 

[proseccotabis]

"“Alessandro's style was downright maximalist, while Sabato De Sarno's aesthetic approach was less extravagant, less maximalist, but it allowed us to do exactly what we wanted,” said Francesca Bellettini, Kering’s deputy CEO in charge of brand development ...“We have focused on the brand’s heritage and tried to elevate our products, to make them consistent with Gucci’s heritage..."

He erased the brand heritage through his collections, come on… the choice to hire him very much sounded like it was management’s first time hiring someone for the role smh…

 

[Creative]

oh for sure.. also i heard in Vetements in Switzerland they are swimmmmmming in money - thats how good the salary is. gulp.

You can’t imagine the lifestyle Guram has… YOU CANNOT. It’s literally another level. He is alledgely one of the top clients at Hermes (I think you need to be very tacky and cheap to like Hermes bags in 2020/2024) and he alledgely introduces worldwide celebrities to them so they can sell them certain bags…

I heard also crazy things about his RR… like it’s made out of gold with diamonds in the inside or something like that 🤔 who on earth is buying Vetements after the first season? Can’t believe that brand managed to generate soooo much to him.

With things like this you realized how cheap most of the world is… having people spending so much money in such a terrible and nonsense brand is insane.

That said, they guy is lovely apparently.

 

[Xone]

Elodie in Gucci (notte?) yesterday at San Remo festival

 

[FashionPower]

Literally the same dress shown in October 2024 at LACMA Gucci event...worn by Kaia
Sabato's tenure flopped and sucked so hard even for eveningwear / celebs custom made dresses: always the same styles with the same fringed embellishments and feathers.
Imagine attending an event like Sanremo and showing up with a recycled dress from 4 months ago...

 

[RosesAreRed]

Do you guys actually think Sabato can find another high profile job after this… experience?

 

[tigerrouge]

There's bound to be a place where he can prosper, but it might not be in a high-profile situation, some people are better off - in every way - making things happen behind the scenes. Not everyone can be a visionary or a design legend, but they can still play an important part in the industry that they love.

If he's managed to get a decent amount of money from this situation, he'll have bought himself the space to breathe and plan his next move. It's probably a brilliant moment to evaluate everything about his life, and I mean that in the best of ways.