MILAN (AP) — Silvia Venturini Fendi, who took full inventive management of her household’s heritage trend home after the departure of Kim Jones, is stepping down from that function and into a brand new one: honorary president.
“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,” Venturini Fendi mentioned in a press release launched by the corporate Monday.
Jones left Fendi in October 2024. Venturini Fendi, 64, has been heading up each the lads’s and girls’s departments, alongside equipment in the course of the firm’s centennial 12 months. She is within the third era of the Fendi household.
“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,” she mentioned.
Venturini Fendi unleashed her inventive management on a co-ed Spring-Summer time 2026 assortment previewed in the course of the latest Milan Vogue Week that displayed the model’s craft and fantasy. In her new function, she is going to give attention to supporting the model’s legacy and craftsmanship.
“Her vision has guided Fendi from its Roman artisanal roots into the future, culminating in the celebration of the house’s 100-year anniversary,” mentioned Ramon Ros, chairman and CEO of Fendi.
LVMH acquired a majority stake in Fendi in 2001.
