Alberta Ferretti resigns from eponymous brand

(ANSA) - ROME, SEP 24 - Alberta Ferretti is stepping down as creative director of the eponymous brand she founded, the designer announced on Tuesday.
    The spring-summer 2025 runway show in Milan last week wrapped up the Italian designer's entrepreneurial and creative adventure that began in 1980, according to a note issued by her family business Aeffe Group.
    The 74-year-old designer will stay on in her role as vice president of Aeffe Group, which operates her eponymous brand as well as Moschino, Philosophy di Lorenzo Serafini and Pollini and will announce the name of the person chosen to step in as creative director in the coming weeks.
    Ferretti's last show as creative director on September 17 in Milan paid homage to her signature style with ethereal chiffon dresses, and practical daywear oozing femininity with a modern take.
    Ferretti, whose collaborators have included Steven Meisel and Franca Sozzani, said on Tuesday that "43 years have gone by since my first fashion show.
    "The enthusiasm and passion I feel for this job and fashion haven't changed, but I believe that at this point in my career it is the right and conscious choice to pave the way to a new creative chapter for the brand I founded and which will continue to bear my name", stressed Ferretti. (ANSA).