Introduction
Andrea Incontri is an Italian designer and trained architect from Mantua. He developed an eponymous fashion practice before working with Tod’s and later served as creative director of United Colors of Benetton.
Incontri began collaborating with Tod’s in 2013 and was appointed creative director of menswear on 20 June 2014. His remit covered the men’s ready-to-wear proposition while Alessandra Facchinetti directed women’s collections and, after her departure, an in-house team handled womenswear.
His first official Tod’s season was Autumn–Winter 2015–16, presented at Villa Necchi Campiglio in January 2015. He remained in the menswear role until 30 June 2019, closing a five-year period in which product-led presentations gradually moved towards the house’s first combined men’s and women’s show.
Design ethos
Incontri brings architectural order to clothing through clean geometry, measured proportion and visible function. Outerwear, modular layers, travel pieces and restrained tailoring are treated as systems for use rather than as isolated statements.
At Tod’s he worked with suede, technical fabrics, leather accessories and the relaxed codes of Italian leisure. Villa Necchi’s domestic and garden settings reinforced that scale, allowing bags, shoes and garments to be read within everyday movement rather than through spectacle alone.
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Career history
2019
Andrea Incontri’s menswear creative-director term ended on 30 June 2019. His departure closed the category-split structure before Walter Chiapponi’s appointment across both women’s and men’s collections.
2014
Tod’s appointed Andrea Incontri creative director of menswear on 20 June 2014. His category-specific appointment ran in parallel with Facchinetti’s women’s remit and later with a team-designed womenswear system; it did not make him overall creative director.
2013
Andrea Incontri began collaborating with Tod’s menswear in 2013 before receiving a public category title. The preliminary phase distinguishes his working start from the June 2014 appointment and prevents the later tenure from being compressed into one unsupported date.
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