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Etro creative director Marco De Vincenzo is exiting the brand after four years in the role, the Italian fashion house said on Thursday, describing the move as a decision of “mutual agreement.”
No successor was announced.
The departure is the latest in a wave of change in creative direction across the luxury sector over the past two years as brands seek new design direction to pull out of a prolonged slump.
De Vincenzo, a veteran accessories designer with decades of experience at Fendi, joined Etro in 2022 with a broad remit. Recruited by owner L Catterton to rejuvenate the brand, he oversaw men’s, women’s and homeware collections, the purview of which was previously split between members of the founding family.
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De Vincenzo leaned on the house’s boho roots for his last collection in Milan in February, showing patterned dresses and suit jackets.
The brand referred to his tenure as a “meaningful phase of growth and stylistic renewal” but said his departure was aligned with “a new strategic phase” for the label.
L Catterton became majority owner of Etro in 2021, joined in 2025 by a group of investors led by Rams Global including Mathias Facchini and Giulio Gallazzi, who took the founding family’s minority stake.
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