Woman On Top
Harper's Bazaar Malaysia|November 2019
Fendi moves into the future with Silvia Fendi Venturini at the helm. Natasha Kraal previews this historical tribute couture collection in the birthplace of Rome.
Natasha Kraal
Woman On Top

Silvia Venturini Fendi stands at the top of the wide stairways leading into the monumental Palazzo Della Civiltà Italiana as if she were welcoming guests to her “home”, the global headquarters of Fendi. She’s actually in the midst of her official photoshoot, posing rather matriarch-like in black-and-navy, as I am quickly ushered away into the building. Behind her, candescent Roman sunrays burst through the sculptures by Publio Morbiducci and Alberto de Felci of the Dioscuri—two mythical Greek heroes, the sons of Zeus and Lena— casting light dramatically on the mise en scène.

Not long before, there were also two heroes. Karl Lagerfeld, who was appointed by her mother Anna Fendi and four aunts as the artistic director of Fendi in 1965, when Silvia Fendi was merely five years old, and in the last 20 years took his bow alongside her as creative compatriots—and Silvia Fendi, who was first appointed as menswear designer in 2000 and now remains creative director of menswear, accessories, and children; to date the only family member to work for the luxury brand. Together they propelled Fendi from a fur and leather shop founded in 1925 by her grandparents Adele and Edoardo into one of the most fashion-forward luxury brands in the world. How poignant, on the morning of the Fendi Haute Couture Autumn/Winter ’19 show, this vision of Silvia Fendi standing alone, stoic and ready to take on this new era for the 94-yearold luxury house; and especially symbolic that the collection be called ‘The Dawn of Romans’ (Romans, later expressed by Silvia Fendi as the hybrid of “Rome and Humanity”).

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ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.

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ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.

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