February 6, 2025 |
This morning it was announced that Sabato De Sarno is leaving Gucci after two years at the helm.
In a statement, Stefano Cantino, Gucci’s CEO, said: “I would like to express my deep gratitude to Sabato for his passion and dedication to Gucci. I sincerely appreciate how he honoured Gucci’s craftsmanship and heritage with such commitment.”
Across three seasons, De Sarno took the house in a cleaner, younger, sharper direction, favouring a clean-cut aesthetic. “My dreams, as with my fashion, always converse with reality. Because I am not searching for another world to live in, but rather of ways to live in this world,” said the designer following his sophomore AW24 show.
Previously working at Valentino under Pierpaolo Piccioli, De Sarno’s exit from the Gucci is the latest in a list of major fashion movements, including Kim Jones’s recent departure from Dior Men and John Galliano leaving Maison Margiela (Glenn Martens was recently announced as Galliano’s successor).
Gucci’s upcoming show at Milan Fashion Week, set to take place February 25, will be designed by its in-house atelier. De Sarno’s successor is yet to be announced.
Photography courtesy of Gucci.
