Francesco Risso.Photo: Nacho Alegre, FashionJune 2017
Francesco Risso will quit Marni after nearly 10 years as creative director. The message Vogue Business Marni’s parent company OTB this morning.
Born on a sailboat, Risso was appointed as the captain of the house as early as the high-stakes moment in 2016. Although his initial inexperience was a creative lead, he encountered intense criticism in the fierce initial criticism to successfully push the most peculiar creative label of Italian fashion to a new stage of relevance and success.
OTB Group Chairman Renzo Rosso promoted Risso to Marni’s highest job.
“I will always be grateful to Renzo for believing me because I gave me more front seats on the journey than I thought. Mani has always been a studio, a stage, a stage, a dream. It comes with color, instinct, caring, and provides people with space to make people themselves. It’s more extraordinary journeys!”
Risso’s successor was not revealed by the OTB. Whenever an appointment is completed, it will complete a creative refresh of the triple construction within the group Introduction to Simone Bellotti at Jil Sanderand Glenn Martens’s new role leader Maison Margiela Existing creative director positions with OTB’s main economic driver for diesel companies.
