Fashion Designer Alberta Ferretti Steps Down From Brand After 43 Years [Video]

Italian fashion designer Alberta Ferretti announced on Tuesday she is stepping down as creative director of the brand she founded after 43 years.

In a heartfelt message on Tuesday, Ferretti reflected on her storied career and hinted at a new direction for the fashion house.

“On Sept. 17th, you attended my last fashion show,” Ferretti wrote in a letter emailed to her colleagues and clients. “Yes, it’s time for me to make room for a new chapter for my brand, a new narrative. It was a difficult, complicated, but very thoughtful choice.”

Though Ferretti, 74, will no longer oversee the day-to-day creative operations, the Alberta Ferretti brand will continue to bear her name. The designer confirmed that a successor will be announced soon, ensuring the brand’s future direction remains.

Fashion powerhouse Aeffe, which owns the Alberta Ferretti label, Philosophy di Lorenzo Serafini, Moschino, and Pollini, has clarified that Ferretti will …