Francesco Risso

Francesco Risso is an Italian fashion designer and has been the creative director of the Marni luxury fashion house since 2016.

Career

After attending Polimoda, the fashion school in Florence, he then attended Central Saint Martin in London where he studied under the notorious professor Louise Wilson, who died in 2014.^[1]

After working for Alessandro Dell'Acqua in Milan, he worked for 8 years at Prada.^[2]

Appointed as Marni’s creative director in 2016, ^[3] Francesco Risso presented his debut collection for Marni in Fall/Winter 2017. ^[4] In June 2025, after nearly a decade as Marni’s creative director, Francesco Risso announced his departure from the Italian fashion house. His exit, effective after nine years at the helm since his 2016 appointment, was confirmed by Marni’s parent group OTB and widely reported by publications such as Il Sole 24 Ore and Vogue Business. ^{[5] [6] [7]}