Marni appoints Meryll Rogge as new Creative Director

OTB Group has announced the appointment of Meryll Rogge as new Creative Director of Italian luxury fashion brand Marni.

The 40-year-old Belgian designer, succeeds Francesco Risso, who departed in June 2025 after nearly a decade. Reporting to Marni CEO Stefano Rosso, Rogge will oversee the design of womenswear, menswear, and accessories, infusing Marni's playful, print-driven aesthetic with her signature subversive femininity.

A graduate in Fashion Design from the Royal Academy of Antwerp in 2008, she spent seven years (2008-2015) as a womenswear designer at Marc Jacobs in New York, and later became Head of Women's Design at Dries Van Noten in Antwerp. In 2020, she launched her eponymous label, to much acclaim and success. She won the Emerging Talent of The Year award (2021) and Designer of the Year (2024) at the Belgian Fashion Awards, and was the recipient of the Grand Prix at the 2025 ANDAM Fashion Awards.

'We met many highly qualified candidates, confirming how Marni continues to inspire and attract creatives from around the world. Meryll impressed us with the sensitivity she brought to reinterpreting the brand's DNA, offering a contemporary vision that embraces Marni globally and across all its dimensions - including accessories, interior design, communication, and special projects. I wish her the best in carrying this vision forward with passion, supported by a team and a Group that have always placed creativity at the core of their identity,' Renzo Rosso, Chairman of OTB, the parent company of Marni said in a press release.

'It is a great pleasure to welcome Meryll in Marni. She is an exceptional creative talent and an inspiring woman, whose vision and expertise will play a key role in shaping the future of this amazing brand,' Marni CEO Stefano Rosso, added.

'I'm truly honored to join Marni - a house I've long admired for its independent spirit. To take on a role defined by such visionary creative directors is both humbling and inspiring. I'm deeply grateful to Renzo and Stefano for recognizing the resonance between our worlds and for entrusting me with this extraordinary opportunity. I look forward to helping shape what comes next for Marni,' Rogge stated on her new role.

Rogge is the first woman to lead Marni since its founder, Consuelo Castiglioni, marking a return to female leadership for the brand established in 1994. Her debut collection for Marni is expected during the Milan Fashion Week which takes place from September 23-29 2025.

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