Silvia Venturini Fendi - Designer

[Deleted member 164735]

How much LVMH own of Fendi? all?...

Well, if she is tough and her way of work is like modern slavery is difficult....maybe that's why MG said no,thank you...

I've had no idea it was a difficult house...the pr's are annoying but who cares? hahaha

fully, i believe
very difficult to work there, but also to get hired in first place..

 

[FashionPower]

I was pointing out in a boringnotcom post praising Silvia post Karl's collection that these were actually designed by Alessia Pellarini and Silvia works more like a stylist / editor rather than a conventional designer and some random account with blank profile and no posts came at me saying that "Alessia no longer works at Fendi and Silvia is a hard worker"...come on now!
We know Alessia left due to beef with Kim (him showing up in Rome only once per season did not help at all in building trust in the team) and Silvia does not spend 12+ hours per day in the design office.
I really hope that wasn't Delfina in disguise defending the Mamma (Baguette)

 

[Olaffo]

Well, apparently Silvia stays in the role minimum till the end of the year with potential to permanent dual creative role. Great news imho

 

[Salvatore]

Well, apparently Silvia stays in the role minimum till the end of the year with potential to permanent dual creative role. Great news imho

Interesting and good news. That last show was fabulous.

 

[FashionPower]

I don't think they ever going to do couture again...even if Valentino Garavani himself joined the company.

 

[Lola701]

^^
She did Couture on her own already why not doing it again? It’s not like they don’t have the Ateliers.

Well, apparently Silvia stays in the role minimum till the end of the year with potential to permanent dual creative role. Great news imho

Great! Tbh it was expected after the response to the last show. It would a pity to not capitalize on that even if Trump’s decisions may have strong repercussions on the industry.
If there’s one brand that is not in the urgent need of a new CD, it’s Fendi.

 

[LadyJunon]

Silvia Venturini Fendi will be designing the SS25 collection:

Fendi to Go Coed Again in September
Silvia Venturini Fendi will lead the design effort once again.

By Sandra Salibian
April 28, 2025, 10:00am

MILAN — If ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

After the success of its fall 2025 coed show in February, Fendi is continuing its 100th anniversary celebrations by sticking to the format. The Roman house will skip Milan Fashion Week in June to stage another coed runway show in September, WWD has learned.

Silvia Venturini Fendi, artistic director of accessories and menswear collections, will lead the design effort once again, while details on the date and location are still under wraps. Milan Fashion Week is scheduled for Sept. 23 to 29.

Prior to the event in February, Venturini Fendi had opted for the coed format only once previously, for the spring 2021 collection, following the height of the pandemic.

As for the most recent coed show, it offered an opulent start to the brand’s centennial year, intertwining the company’s past and present. For example, Venturini Fendi conceived a unique accordion invitation for the occasion — a booklet reproducing a number of photos taken over the years that she shared with guests. One portrayed her as a child model in a Fendi campaign for fall 1966; another was a group photo of the Fendi sisters — Paola, Franca, Carla, Anna and Alda, daughters of founder Adele Casagrande Fendi — in the Via Borgognona atelier.

As reported, the fall 2025 runway event also coincided with the reopening of Spazio Fendi on Via Solari in Milan, the Roman brand’s longtime runway theater and showroom, which underwent renovation.

In September, the show will mark the inauguration of the brand’s new palazzo, a sprawling flagship on Milan’s Via Montenapoleone. The space is expected to feature four retail floors topped by two levels to be occupied by a new Langosteria restaurant in a partnership with restaurateur Enrico Buonocore and investment vehicle Archive, established by Moncler chairman and chief executive officer Remo Ruffini and led by his son Pietro. Palazzo Fendi also will have a terrace overlooking the city.

In the meantime, the ongoing speculation about a possible successor to Kim Jones — who stepped down as Fendi’s artistic director of haute couture, ready-to-wear and fur collections for women after a four-year tenure in October — continues with potential candidates swinging from new names to familiar faces. Designers who have worked with Venturini Fendi through the years range from Frida Giannini and Maria Grazia Chiuri to Pierpaolo Piccioli, among others.

Granddaughter of Adele Fendi, who founded the family business with a leather goods and luggage shop in Rome in 1925, Venturini Fendi is perhaps best known as the woman who in 1997 masterminded the iconic Baguette bag, and as the designer of Fendi menswear since 2000.

What’s sure is that she will be flanked by a new CEO by the time of the runway show. Once again tapping its deep management reserves, Fendi’s parent company LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton appointed Ramon Ros to the role, effective July 1. Ros will move over from president and CEO of Louis Vuitton, mainland China and will report to Sidney Toledano, senior adviser to LVMH chairman and CEO Bernard Arnault.

At Fendi, Ros is to succeed Pierre-Emmanuel Angeloglou, who on April 15 became deputy CEO of Christian Dior Couture, as reported.

WWD

 

[FashionPower]

Does anyone know Who is the Current Fendi womenswear design director Who is ghost designing all these collections? We know about Alessia Pellarini in the interim post Karl - pre Kim Jones period, but what about now?

 

[PDFSD]

Does anyone know Who is the Current Fendi womenswear design director Who is ghost designing all these collections? We know about Alessia Pellarini in the interim post Karl - pre Kim Jones period, but what about now?

i can ask but are you really dying to know lol

 

[FashionPower]

i can ask but are you really dying to know lol

Honestly, yes! I think the design director did a very good job with that anniversary collection: very opulente, luxurious and roman matron coded. A bit too dusty, demodé and "vecchia signora milanese" however, I am afraid it won't sell too well. Perfect collection for the 2000's era, but in 2025? I'm not sure...

 

[PDFSD]

Honestly, yes! I think the design director did a very good job with that anniversary collection: very opulente, luxurious and roman matron coded. A bit too dusty, demodé and "vecchia signora milanese" however, I am afraid it won't sell too well. Perfect collection for the 2000's era, but in 2025? I'm not sure...

i found it like you said old dusty sure bit better than kim but two wrongs don't make a right :-)

 

[vogue28]

Silvia to step down at Fendi:

 

[Salvatore]

Here comes MGC .....

 

[tourbillions]

how many seasons is she goign to be forced to make a collection and to step down lol

 

[vogue22]

Oh it's so over for us, girls..Let's all hold hands and pray for the salvation of LVMH!

 

[chiccestlavie]

While I wasn’t fully convinced by her last collection I do think she was the right woman for the job and I’m very sad to see her go. 😞

 

[Olaffo]

oh nooo !

Well now the question is who’s going to take womenswear and who’s menswear ?

Not sure if MCG is on the cards tho…

 

[GivenchyAddict]

Argh they really do not want this woman to shine on her own. She just needs a very good stylist or a another CD for the menswear.

One of the very few brands to be fun and luxurious. I don’t want MGC or any boring designer with ChatGPT BS marketing non sense.

 

[LadyJunon]

If they hire MGC, I'll become a voodoo priest and curse the Arnault bloodline or something.

 

[hamburgers]

Silvia Venturini Fendi Named Honorary President, House Eyes New Creative Direction
By: Luisa Zargani

Market sources speculate that former Marni creative director Francesco Risso could be in the running, while it is understood that the Rome-based house has also held talks with Maria Grazia Chiuri and Willy Chavarria.

MILAN — Fendi is lifting the veil on the future of Silvia Venturini Fendi — but is keeping mum about the new creative direction of the brand.

The Rome-based luxury company said that Venturini Fendi will take on the role of honorary president, effective Wednesday, stepping down from the creative direction of the brand. This confirms ongoing speculation that, after the exit of Kim Jones from his role as artistic director of haute couture, ready-to-wear and fur collections for women in October last year, more changes could be taking place at the brand.

Venturini Fendi represents the third generation of the Fendi family. From 1992 until 2019, she seconded Karl Lagerfeld in the artistic direction and since 1994 she has been responsible for the accessories and menswear lines. During the centenary of the house this year, she was also tasked with the design of the women’s collections after Jones departed.

“These have been truly exciting years, a journey I have walked also in the name of my grandmother Adele, my mother Anna, and her sisters,” said Venturini Fendi. “My heart turns to Karl, an extraordinary master who granted me the honor of working by his side, teaching me the art of sharing, a defining quality in my family’s history of women, while guiding me to nurture and protect my own creative vision so that I could then fly on my own. What a wonderful journey it has been, not only creatively but also from a human perspective: first through my bond with Karl Lagerfeld, then with Kim Jones and last but not least with my fantastic team, which over the years has become part of my family.”

In her new capacity, she will focus on supporting the brand’s heritage, craftsmanship and the world of Fendi Casa — also a longtime focus for the designer.

“Since 1992, Silvia has greatly contributed to shape Fendi’s creative direction and has been pivotal to the brand’s international success,” said Ramon Ros, chairman and chief executive officer of Fendi. “Her vision has guided Fendi from its Roman artisanal roots into the future, culminating in the celebration of the house’s 100-year anniversary. I am thrilled to see the new projects that Silvia will lead in her new position, contributing not only to Fendi’s legacy and values but the world of design and craftsmanship around the world.”

A new creative organization for Fendi will be revealed in due time, the company said Monday.

Milan-based sources indicated that former Marni creative director Francesco Risso could be in the running for the position. It is understood there also have been ongoing discussions with Maria Grazia Chiuri, who left her role as artistic director of women’s collections at Dior in May, and with Willy Chavarria, who launched his namesake line in 2015.

Chiuri worked at Fendi before her tenure at Valentino and is said to be on friendly terms with Venturini Fendi, who attended Chiuri’s swan song show in May parading Dior’s cruise 2026 collection.

Venturini Fendi’s last collection was shown in Milan last week for spring 2026, a colorful, crafty and fun ready-to-wear lineup and new highly embellished versions of some of the most successful accessories for the brand, including the Baguette and the Peekaboo.

Fendi has also seen changes at the C-suite level, with Ramon Ros joining as new CEO on July 1. He was previously president and CEO of Louis Vuitton, Mainland China, and succeeded Pierre-Emmanuel Angeloglou, who in April became deputy CEO of Christian Dior Couture.

-WWD

Sort of off topic but Luisa Zargani is a much more reliable beat reporter when it comes to Milan moreso than say her coworker Miles Socha or Lauren Sherman.