Fashion career profile
Sabato De Sarno
Sabato De Sarno is an Italian fashion designer born near Naples in 1983. He began his career at Prada, then moved to Dolce & Gabbana and joined Valentino in 2009, where he rose to Fashion Director overseeing menswear and womenswear ready-to-wear. Kering appointed him Creative Director of Gucci in 2023; the collaboration ended in February 2025. In September 2026, ICICLE appointed De Sarno Creative Director across women’s and men’s ready-to-wear, accessories and eyewear, with his first collection scheduled for Autumn/Winter 2027–28. ICICLE’s appointment biography dates his Prada start to 2003, while Kering’s 2023 announcement says 2005. The record preserves that source disagreement instead of presenting either year as settled. His current ICICLE role is distinct from his former Gucci tenure, and the women’s show collection continues to have a Design Director working under his overall creative direction.
- Role
- Creative Director, Gucci
- Nationality
- Italian
- Age
- 43
- Career appointments
- 4
- Fashion houses
- 4
- Collections led
- 2
- ICICLE — Creative Director2026–End not documented · status not documented
- Paris Fashion Week: Balenciaga’s chic corals, Icicle embraces colourFashionNetwork · 2026-10-02
- Must Read: 'WYouth' Releases First Issue, Sabato De Sarno Named Creative Director of IcicleFashionista · 2026-09-08
- Sabato De Sarno appointed Icicle’s new creative directorFashionNetwork · 2026-09-07
- Current appointment: ICICLE Creative Director, appointed 7 September 2026Scope includes women’s and men’s ready-to-wear, accessories and eyewear; first collection is scheduled for Autumn/Winter 2027–28. · ICICLE
- Prada start (ICICLE biography): ICICLE dates his start at Prada to 2003Kering’s 2023 appointment biography instead gives 2005; the conflicting years are retained as separate sourced claims. · ICICLE
- Prada start (Kering biography): Kering dates his start at Prada to 2005ICICLE’s 2026 appointment biography instead gives 2003; the conflicting years are retained as separate sourced claims. · Kering
- Valentino scope: Fashion Director for men’s and women’s ready-to-wearICICLE’s biography dates his Valentino entry to 2009 and says he later became Fashion Director; it does not specify the promotion date. · ICICLE
- Gucci departure: Gucci announced the end of its collaboration on 6 February 2025The announcement date is the public end marker used here; no later Gucci role is inferred. · Kering
- 2009 — Joins ValentinoDe Sarno later became Fashion Director overseeing both men’s and women’s ready-to-wear.
- 2023 — Appointed Gucci Creative DirectorKering announced the appointment in January; his debut runway collection followed in September.
- 2025 — Gucci collaboration endsKering announced the end of the collaboration on 6 February 2025.
- 2026 — Appointed ICICLE Creative DirectorThe appointment covers womenswear, menswear, accessories and eyewear; the first collection is planned for Autumn/Winter 2027–28.
- 2023–2025 — Creative Director — GucciHistorical appointment · Gucci
- 2009–2023 — Designer; later Fashion Director — ValentinoHistorical appointment · ICICLE
- 2008–2009 — Designer — Dolce&GabbanaHistorical appointment
- 2005–2008 — Assistant Designer — PradaHistorical appointment