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Fendi
Fendi is the Roman fashion house founded in 1925 by Adele and Edoardo Fendi. It began as a fur and leather-goods business before the five Fendi sisters and their collaborators developed it into an international house spanning ready-to-wear, accessories, jewellery, fragrance and home. Maria Grazia Chiuri became Chief Creative Officer in October 2025, after Silvia Venturini Fendi’s long creative tenure and her transition to Honorary President. Ramon Ros is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. The page keeps those current responsibilities, the Fendi family’s founding authorship and Karl Lagerfeld’s historic 1965–2019 contribution distinct. Fendi belongs to LVMH; consolidated group reporting is never represented as Fendi-only financial performance without an explicit brand-level disclosure.
- Country
- Italy
- Founded
- 1925
- Creative lead
- Delfina Delettrez Fendi
- Ownership
- LVMH
- Revenue scope
- Consolidated LVMH
- Documented milestones
- 5
- Adele Fendi — Co-Founder1925–1978 · house · former · LVMH
- Edoardo Fendi — Co-Founder1925–Present · house · current · LVMH
- Karl Lagerfeld — Creative Director of Fur and Women’s Ready-to-Wear1965–2019 · womenswear · former · LVMH
- Silvia Venturini Fendi — Director of Accessories1994–2025 · accessories · former · LVMH
- Kim Jones — Artistic Director of Couture and Women’s Ready-to-Wear2020–2024 · womenswear · former · LVMH
- Delfina Delettrez Fendi — Artistic Director of Jewellery2020–Present · jewelry · current · FENDI
- Silvia Venturini Fendi — Director of MenswearStart not documented–2025 · menswear · former · LVMH
- Pietro Beccari — Chairman and Chief Executive Officer2012–2017 · house · former · LVMH
- Serge Brunschwig — Chairman and Chief Executive Officer2018–2024 · house · former · LVMH
- Pierre-Emmanuel Angeloglou — Chief Executive Officer2024–2025 · house · former · LVMH
- Ramon Ros — Chairman and Chief Executive Officer2025–Present · house · current · LVMH
- Silvia Venturini Fendi — Honorary President2025–Present · house · current · LVMH
- 1925 — Maison foundedAdele and Edoardo Fendi open the house in Rome.
- 1965 — Karl Lagerfeld joinsKarl Lagerfeld begins a 54-year creative collaboration with Fendi.
- 1994 — Silvia Venturini Fendi leads accessories and menswearThe third generation of the Fendi family assumes major creative responsibility.
- 2001 — LVMH becomes majority shareholderFendi joins LVMH’s Fashion & Leather Goods division.
- 2025 — Maria Grazia Chiuri appointedChiuri returns to Fendi as chief creative officer.