Italian designer Veronica Leoni has been named the brand new artistic director of the Calvin Klein Assortment. Leoni is the primary lady appointed to this function by the model, an emblem of Nineties minimalism.
“We’re proud to call Veronica as Artistic Director of Assortment, the head expression of the Calvin Klein model,” World Model President Eva Serrano stated in an announcement. Leoni will report on to Serrano.
“It was clear from our first conversations that Veronica’s life’s work had been getting ready her for this second and the chance to outline a brand new period for Calvin Klein,” Serrano continued. “I’m assured that her purposeful method to design and work ethic, mixed with our shared values, will additional enrich our iconic model and lead to a group that resonates with our customers world wide.”
Calvin Klein Assortment has been trying to relaunch for years, following the corporate’s determination to half methods with then-creative director Raf Simons (now heading Prada alongside founder Miuccia Prada) in December 2018. The return to the catwalks in February 2025 will thus be a take a look at for Calvin Klein’s mum or dad firm, PVH Group, which additionally owns Tommy Hilfiger.
Veronica Leoni has years of expertise within the trend world, having beforehand labored at Jil Sander, Céline, Moncler and The Row. In 2021, she based the Quira model — named after Veronica’s grandmother, Quirina, a seamstress by occupation. The designer was additionally a finalist for the 2023 version of the LVMH award devoted to younger expertise.
“I’m thrilled and honored to have the chance to put in writing a brand new chapter of the Calvin Klein story. For many years, Calvin Klein interpreted the concept of daring self-expression, and I’m prepared to empower it with a robust accent on type and creativity,” Leoni stated in a launch.
“I’m deeply grateful to Eva Serrano for her imaginative and prescient and belief. My profession has been marked by inspiring encounters with among the most visionary girls in trend and she or he is one in every of them,” Leoni continued.
“Veronica’s work will add the next-level aspirational halo for the model and reinforce the robust basis already in place in the direction of constructing Calvin Klein into probably the most fascinating way of life manufacturers on the planet,” PVH CEO Stefan Larsson stated in a launch.
Leoni was celebrated on Instagram by her colleagues together with Marco De Vincenzo, artistic director of Etro, and Adrian Appiolaza, on the design helm of Moschino.
This story initially ran on The Hollywood Reporter Roma.