MILAN – Thriller solved. On Saturday morning, Kering and Gucci introduced that Sabato De Sarno is the Italian model’s new artistic director, changing Alessandro Michele, who retired final November.
His first present shall be offered in September throughout Milan Trend Week.
De Sarno, who will report back to Chairman and CEO Marco Bizzarri, was raised in Naples, started his profession at Prada in 2005, then moved to Dolce & Gabbana, earlier than becoming a member of Valentino in 2009, the place he held positions of accelerating accountability, and he was ultimately appointed as a clothier. director who oversees the lads’s and girls’s collections.
“I’m delighted that Sabato will be part of Gucci because the Home’s new artistic director, one of the vital influential roles within the luxurious trade,” stated Bizzarri. “Having labored with a number of of Italy’s most famous luxurious trend homes, he brings with him huge and related expertise. I’m assured that by means of Sabato’s deep understanding and appreciation of Gucci’s distinctive legacy, he’ll lead our artistic groups with a particular imaginative and prescient that can assist write this thrilling subsequent chapter, reinforcing the Maison’s trend authority whereas capitalizing on his wealthy legacy.
François-Henri Pinault, Chairman and CEO of Kering, stated: “100 and two years after Guccio Gucci opened his first retailer in Florence, Gucci stays one of the vital iconic, outstanding and influential luxurious homes on this planet. With Sabato De Sarno on the artistic helm, we’re assured that the Home will proceed to affect trend and tradition by means of extremely fascinating merchandise and collections, bringing a novel and up to date perspective to fashionable luxurious.”
“I’m deeply honored to imagine the function of Inventive Director of Gucci. I’m proud to hitch a home with such a rare historical past and legacy, which through the years has been capable of embrace and cherish the values during which I consider. I’m thrilled and excited to contribute my artistic imaginative and prescient for the model,” De Sarno stated.
