\n\tBIZZARRI EXIT<\/strong>: Marco Bizzarri has exited his role as chairman of Elisabetta Franchi, WWD has learned.<\/p>\n \n\tAsked to comment, the Italian fashion company issued a statement confirming the exit and that the namesake designer was succeeding Bizzarri in that role.<\/p>\n \n\tResponding to a WWD query, Bizzarri said he had \u201cdisinvested from the company back in July and that he resigned from his position earlier this month, communicating his decision to the board and all shareholders.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tIndeed, while attending the Marco Rambaldi and Ferragamo spring 2026 shows and at the Black Fashion Awards in Milan, Bizzarri was nowhere to be seen at the Elisabetta Franchi show last Friday. <\/p>\n \n\tBetty Blue, the official name of the Franchi company, stated it has \u201cinitiated a process of governance renewal aimed at effectively supporting future development phases and pursuing the company\u2019s best interests.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tBizzarri, the former president and chief executive officer of Gucci, invested in Elisabetta Franchi last year through a personal holding called Nessifashion. He is also an investor in Forel, which in 2024 entered into an agreement on behalf of the FARO fund to acquire a majority stake in Italian luxury interior design brand Visionnaire. The executive first dipped his toes into the investment fund pool in 2021, when he took a stake and became\u00a0a partner in Orienta Capital Partners,\u00a0which specializes in investments in small- and medium-sized companies with strong growth potential. Sources say Bizzarri is eyeing additional investments in fashion.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" BIZZARRI EXIT: Marco Bizzarri has exited his role as chairman of Elisabetta Franchi, WWD has learned. Asked to comment, the Italian fashion company issued a statement confirming the exit and that the namesake designer was succeeding Bizzarri in that role. Responding to a WWD query, Bizzarri said he had \u201cdisinvested from the company back in July and that he resigned from his position earlier this month, communicating his decision to the board and all shareholders.\u201d Indeed, while attending the Marco Rambaldi and Ferragamo spring 2026 shows and at the Black Fashion Awards in Milan, Bizzarri was nowhere to be seen at the Elisabetta Franchi show last Friday. Betty Blue, the official name of the Franchi company, stated it has \u201cinitiated a process of governance renewal aimed at effectively supporting future development phases and pursuing the company\u2019s best interests.\u201d Bizzarri, the former president and chief executive officer of Gucci, invested in Elisabetta Franchi last year through a personal holding called Nessifashion. He is also an investor in Forel, which in 2024 entered into an agreement on behalf of the FARO fund to acquire a majority stake in Italian luxury interior design brand Visionnaire. The executive first dipped his toes into the investment fund pool in 2021, when he took a stake and became\u00a0a partner in Orienta Capital Partners,\u00a0which specializes in investments in small- and medium-sized companies with strong growth potential. Sources say Bizzarri is eyeing additional investments in fashion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6661,"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\/6660"}],"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=6660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6660\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}