\n\tMILAN \u2014<\/strong> There\u2019s no stopping the game of fashion musical chairs: Etro and its creative director Marco De Vincenzo have ended their collaboration after almost four years.<\/p>\n \n\tAccording to a brief statement released Thursday, the decision was reached by mutual agreement and \u201caligns with a new strategic phase for the brand.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cEtro wishes to express its gratitude to Marco De Vincenzo for his dedication, professionalism, and creative contribution over the years, and extends its best wishes for his future projects,\u201d said the statement. \u201cThe maison now looks to the next developments with confidence, continuing its journey of enhancing its lifestyle identity and creative heritage, in continuity with the innovation and the values that have always distinguished it.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tDe Vincenzo joined the Italian company in 2022, when he was named creative director overseeing women\u2019s and men\u2019s wear and the home category, too.<\/p>\n \n\tHis first designs bowed for spring 2023 in September 2022 during Milan Women\u2019s Fashion Week. Ever since, he looked to balance his own handwriting with the brand\u2019s escapist ethos and rich textile heritage tracing back to 1968. His contribution was particularly significant on the accessories front, a category he helped rev up thanks to his longtime expertise in leather goods honed as a consultant for Fendi.<\/p>\n \n\tThe designer, a former winner of the Vogue Italia \u201cWho Is on Next?\u201d talent search, has always had an eye for bold colors, labor-intensive clothes, optical effects, rich fabrics and sophisticated embellishments, as expressed by his former, namesake brand launched in 2009. The label caught the attention of LVMH Mo\u00ebt Hennessy Louis Vuitton, which struck a joint venture with the Rome-based designer in 2014. In April 2021, De Vincenzo\u00a0bought back his brand from LVMH and his other partner MMGP Srl.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" MILAN \u2014 There\u2019s no stopping the game of fashion musical chairs: Etro and its creative director Marco De Vincenzo have ended their collaboration after almost four years. According to a brief statement released Thursday, the decision was reached by mutual agreement and \u201caligns with a new strategic phase for the brand.\u201d \u201cEtro wishes to express its gratitude to Marco De Vincenzo for his dedication, professionalism, and creative contribution over the years, and extends its best wishes for his future projects,\u201d said the statement. \u201cThe maison now looks to the next developments with confidence, continuing its journey of enhancing its lifestyle identity and creative heritage, in continuity with the innovation and the values that have always distinguished it.\u201d De Vincenzo joined the Italian company in 2022, when he was named creative director overseeing women\u2019s and men\u2019s wear and the home category, too. His first designs bowed for spring 2023 in September 2022 during Milan Women\u2019s Fashion Week. Ever since, he looked to balance his own handwriting with the brand\u2019s escapist ethos and rich textile heritage tracing back to 1968. His contribution was particularly significant on the accessories front, a category he helped rev up thanks to his longtime expertise in leather goods honed as a consultant for Fendi. The designer, a former winner of the Vogue Italia \u201cWho Is on Next?\u201d talent search, has always had an eye for bold colors, labor-intensive clothes, optical effects, rich fabrics and sophisticated embellishments, as expressed by his former, namesake brand launched in 2009. The label caught the attention of LVMH Mo\u00ebt Hennessy Louis Vuitton, which struck a joint venture with the Rome-based designer in 2014. In April 2021, De Vincenzo\u00a0bought back his brand from LVMH and his other partner MMGP Srl.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13234,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13233"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13233\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}