{"id":3657,"date":"2025-07-16T13:19:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T20:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/?p=3657"},"modified":"2025-07-16T13:19:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T20:19:16","slug":"del-cores-licensee-kassandra-is-in-liquidation-according-to-sources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/?p=3657","title":{"rendered":"Del Core\u2019s Licensee Kassandra Is in Liquidation, According to Sources"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tMILAN \u2014<\/strong>\u00a0Del Core may be the latest fashion brand navigating troubled waters.<\/p>\n

\n\tAccording to industry sources, Kassandra Srl, the brand\u2019s Milan-based licensee, is in liquidation and several staff members were let go. Reached by WWD for comment, Del Core declined.<\/p>\n

\n\tIt is understood that founder and creative director Daniel Del Core is still at the brand, but he has been particularly silent this year. The last runway show the designer staged tracks back to September 2024, when he presented his spring 2025 collection as part of Milan Fashion Week, as per his standard practice.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tDel Core, spring 2025 <\/span><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCourtesy of Del Core<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

\n\tShortly before that show, Del Core revealed plans to present a collection off-schedule at the Paris Couture shows in January 2025 and, in the longer term, to show in the French capital once a year as a service to private clients and a way to build a stand-alone business out of his evening and occasion wear, while still continuing to unveil ready-to-wear in Milan.<\/p>\n

\n\tYet those plans didn\u2019t materialize. The brand also skipped the February edition of Milan Fashion Week, and didn\u2019t present a resort 2026 collection.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tMeanwhile, its two stand-alone stores located in London and New York continued to operate. The former, opened in New Bond Street at the end of 2022, is carrying the spring 2025 collection, while the town house on Madison Avenue unveiled last year is currently acting more as a showroom, displaying samples rather than offering designs to try on and purchase.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tThe Del Core store in New York.<\/span><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCourtesy of Del Core<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

\n\tA former special projects and VIP designer at\u00a0Gucci\u00a0\u2014 where he worked with former creative director Alessandro Michele\u00a0on the creation of dramatic looks for celebrities including Lana Del Rey and Bj\u00f6rk \u2014 Del Core established his womenswear brand in December 2019 but didn\u2019t unveil his first collection until February 2021.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tRaised in a small village in Germany\u2019s Black Forest, the designer moved to Italy as a teenager for a cultural exchange and then settled there, where he studied fashion and graphic design. Prior to joining Gucci\u00a0in Rome, Del Core worked for a range of other houses, including Dolce & Gabbana and\u00a0Versace\u00a0in Milan and\u00a0Zuhair Murad\u00a0between Paris and Beirut.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Daniel<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>

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\t\t\t\t\tDaniel Del Core<\/span><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCourtesy of Del Core<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

\n\tSuch previous experiences informed the flamboyant gowns that helped him to immediately catch the industry\u2019s attention with his namesake label, which were soon flanked by sartorially rigorous looks telegraphing his tailoring prowess, too.<\/p>\n

\n\tOver the years, his creations also attracted a pool of celebrities, ranging from\u00a0Florence Pugh wearing a silver Del Core couture dress\u00a0with elevated straps at the 96th annual Academy Awards, Sharon Stone and Carolyn Murphy choosing the brand for the Vanity Fair Oscar Party last year, Sydney Sweeney wearing a peeling pencil dress at the SXSW Conference and Film Festival to Taraji P. Henson, who donned a couture gown at the 55th NAACP Image Awards.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tFlorence Pugh at the 96th annual Academy Awards.<\/span><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGilbert Flores for Variety<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MILAN \u2014\u00a0Del Core may be the latest fashion brand navigating troubled waters. According to industry sources, Kassandra Srl, the brand\u2019s Milan-based licensee, is in liquidation and several staff members were let go. Reached by WWD for comment, Del Core declined. It is understood that founder and creative director Daniel Del Core is still at the brand, but he has been particularly silent this year. The last runway show the designer staged tracks back to September 2024, when he presented his spring 2025 collection as part of Milan Fashion Week, as per his standard practice. Del Core, spring 2025 Courtesy of Del Core Shortly before that show, Del Core revealed plans to present a collection off-schedule at the Paris Couture shows in January 2025 and, in the longer term, to show in the French capital once a year as a service to private clients and a way to build a stand-alone business out of his evening and occasion wear, while still continuing to unveil ready-to-wear in Milan. Yet those plans didn\u2019t materialize. The brand also skipped the February edition of Milan Fashion Week, and didn\u2019t present a resort 2026 collection.\u00a0 Meanwhile, its two stand-alone stores located in London and New York continued to operate. The former, opened in New Bond Street at the end of 2022, is carrying the spring 2025 collection, while the town house on Madison Avenue unveiled last year is currently acting more as a showroom, displaying samples rather than offering designs to try on and purchase. The Del Core store in New York. Courtesy of Del Core A former special projects and VIP designer at\u00a0Gucci\u00a0\u2014 where he worked with former creative director Alessandro Michele\u00a0on the creation of dramatic looks for celebrities including Lana Del Rey and Bj\u00f6rk \u2014 Del Core established his womenswear brand in December 2019 but didn\u2019t unveil his first collection until February 2021.\u00a0 Raised in a small village in Germany\u2019s Black Forest, the designer moved to Italy as a teenager for a cultural exchange and then s…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3658,"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\/3657"}],"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=3657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3657\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}