Introduction
Marco De Vincenzo is an Italian fashion designer born in Messina in 1978. After graduating from IED Rome in 2000, he joined Fendi’s accessories studio and became head of leather goods design. He launched his namesake label in 2009 after winning Vogue Italia’s Who Is On Next? competition; LVMH acquired a minority stake in the business in 2014, and the label was later placed on hold.
Etro appointed De Vincenzo creative director in May 2022, with responsibility for women’s and men’s ready-to-wear and accessories from 1 June. The house and designer ended their collaboration by mutual agreement on 12 March 2026, after the Autumn/Winter 2026 collection.
Givenchy appointed him head of leather goods design on 26 May 2026, working under creative director Sarah Burton. The role is a specialist studio appointment rather than independent creative direction of the house, and no separately attributable Givenchy product output had been identified by the research cutoff.
Design ethos
De Vincenzo’s practice begins with fabric development and the visual behaviour of a surface. Across his namesake collections and his work for Etro, he repeatedly used lurex, iridescence, pleating, engineered stripes, dense pattern and three-dimensional treatments to create colour shifts and optical movement. The factory and the possibilities offered by fabric are recurring starting points, making material research a consistent method across clothing and accessories.
At Etro he worked through an archive defined by print, paisley and textile accumulation, tightening, enlarging and recombining those elements within clear garment structures. His Supèrno project extended the same interest in transformation by re-cutting, re-proportioning and embellishing vintage clothing. Across these projects, surface, colour and construction alter perception while the underlying coat, dress, knit or bag remains legible.
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Career history
2026
Givenchy appointed Marco De Vincenzo head of leather goods design on 26 May 2026, working under Sarah Burton. The specialist role strengthens the current accessories structure without making him an independent creative director of the house.
2026
Etro has no named creative director after Marco De Vincenzo’s mutually agreed exit, tied to a new strategic phase for the brand.
2022
Marco De Vincenzo was the first outsider to take Etro’s creative helm, bringing a sharper and more graphic sensibility to the house.
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