Francesco Scognamiglio Marks 20 Years With Couture Show
The show will be held on Sunday night at the National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art.
MILAN — Francesco Scognamiglio is gearing up to celebrate the 20th anniversary of his namesake fashion house with a couture show to be held in Rome on Sunday night, the closing day of the city’s Altaroma haute couture fashion week.
The designer, who was born in Naples
Pompeii, but actually made his runway debut in 2000 with a show at Rome’s Palazzo Barberini.
“This couture show is a comeback, a sort of tribute to my origins,” said Scognamiglio, who also expressed his gratitude to Alta Roma president Silvia Venturini Fendi, who offered him the opportunity to host his anniversary runway show at the
Art in the Italian capital.
“Hosting my anniversary show in Rome, I also want to pay homage to my country,” he added, revealing that from July he will return to show his couture collections in Paris. The designer was admitted to the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture in