MILAN — Breakout Champagne: 2025 is shaping up to be a festive year for some of Italy’s biggest fashion brands.
This anniversary not only leads to special initiatives, but also influences the Milan Fashion Week calendar. Fendi and Dsquared, for example, will skip their menswear fall 2025 collections this month and hold co-ed shows in February.
Fendi celebrates its 100th anniversary amid questions surrounding the future of its womenswear division following the departure of Kim Jones in October. The British designer, who held the title of artistic director of women’s haute couture, ready-to-wear and fur collections at Fendi, resigned after four years at the company. Silvia Venturini Fendi, Artistic Director of Accessories and Menswear Collections, currently oversees all design for men and women. A new creative organization is yet to be revealed, with names being thrown around from Pierpaolo Piccioli and John Galliano to Maria Grazia Chiuri.
Silvia Venturini Fendi
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Additionally, a new flagship, Palazzo Fendi, is scheduled to open in Milan in 2025 following an extensive renovation of the building. The building is located on Via Montenapoleone, on the corner of Corso Matteotti.
Dsquared2, which has been co-educational for several seasons, will transition from a men’s schedule to a women’s schedule in Milan at an unusual time to commemorate its 30th anniversary.
Giorgio Armani, who turned 90 last year, will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the company that bears his name in 2025. In October, Armani told WWD that it was “still thinking about how to celebrate our 50th anniversary.” This is an important milestone, but I’m not one for fanfare, so it’s going to be subtle. For now, I’m focused on New York, which is already an important and meaningful event for me. ” The designer presented his spring 2025 collection in front of 650 guests at the Park Avenue Armory in October, and at 760 Madison Avenue in Manhattan, completed in partnership with SL Green Realty Corporation. He was referring to the opening of his company’s new office building. One of the city’s leading office landlords.
The building has been completely redesigned and includes residential units, a new Giorgio Armani boutique and Armani/Casa boutique, and an Armani/Ristorante.
Brioni, the men’s clothing brand owned by Kering, will celebrate its 80th anniversary in 2025, and in the fall it will sow the seeds of important activities, including the launch of the Nazareno Fonticoli luxury brand, named after the master tailor who co-founded Brioni with Gaetano Savini. I opened a tailoring school. .
It also formally launches the Brioni Foundation, both of which highlight the company’s long-standing commitment to preserving and strengthening craftsmanship in Penne and Italy’s Abruzzo region. Alongside Rome’s fashion school Accademia Costume & Moda (ACM), whose notable alumni include Alessandro Michele and Frida Giannini, Brioni opened its first menswear design master’s program in November.
Brioni Spring/Summer 2025 Men’s
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K-Way will celebrate its 60th anniversary with the arrival of new shareholder Permira Growth Opportunities II. In October, the company agreed to buy a 40 percent stake in the French luxury outerwear brand from Basicnet, led by the Boglione family.
There are other companies that are set to reach big milestones this year but have yet to reveal their plans. Italian department store Rinascente is celebrating its 160th anniversary, and Swarovski is celebrating its 130th anniversary. Furthermore, Yorks was established in 2015, Valentino in 1960, and Roberto Cavalli in 1970.
