In fashion, designers almost never get to script their own farewells. The industry is partial to the pomp of a corporate beheading, delivered with a press release dipped in rosewater by the executioner. You’re “parting ways amicably,” though your head’s already neatly in the basket. What follows is the usual mess of bruised egos, crocodile...
Published September 26, 2025 A double surprise at Sunnei. First, a show that wasn’t a show. Then, an unexpected announcement two hours later. In a statement issued on Friday evening, Loris Messina and Simone Rizzo explained that they are leaving their mens- and womenswear ready-to-wear label. “After ten years, we feel an urgent need to...
MILAN – Sunnei’s show in collaboration with auction house Christie’s — conceived as a mock auction — was in fact the last one with founders Simone Rizzo and Loris Messina at the helm. Friday afternoon, the pair symbolically put up for auction both themselves and the brand. Sardonic, dry, left-of-centre, and amusing in a way...