Marni has announced that Consuelo Castiglioni is stepping down as Creative Director of the house she founded over 20 years ago. It is a personal decision of the designer of the Italian company which is part of the group OTB since 2013.

Simultaneously, Marni announces that the creative direction of the brand has been entrusted to Francesco Risso. Francesco studied at Florence Polimoda, at New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology, and at Central Saint Martin’s in London. His work experiences started at Anna Molinari, Alessandro Dell'Acqua, and Malo, until 2008 when he joined Prada Group to work on Prada women’s show collections and on special brand endorsement projects. Francesco will be responsible for all Marni collections for Fall/Winter 2017.