Fendi: Innovative Fashion Shows, Extravagant Collaborations & interviews with Karl Lagerfeld
Shiny handbags. Extravagant sunglasses. Innovative dresses and emancipated menswear collections. This is what the Italian fashion label Fendi is known for. Even superstars like Nicki Minaj, Sarah Jessica Parker, Zendaya and Jackson Wang regularly collaborate with the fashion house and are always photographed in the latest collections. Whether Rome, Shanghai or Paris – the brand is represented worldwide.
History of Fendi: Italian tradition, furs & Lagerfeld’s ‘Haute Fourrure
The Fendi fashion label looks back on a long history. The fur and leather goods distributor was founded by the married couple Adele Casagrande and Edoardo Fendi in Rome in 1917. It took almost two decades until the first fashion show took place in 1932. After the death of the founding couple, the family business was divided between the five daughters Paola, Anna, Franca, Carla and Alda. In 1965 they hired the German fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld as Creative Director. After his death, one of his heiresses, Silvia Venturini Fendi, followed in his footsteps and still runs the Italian luxury brand today.
Progressive fashion shows, innovative collections & Hollywood’s elite as advertising faces
Fendi is unique. Innovative. And extravagant. The creative heads of the company are always coming up with something new. No fashion show is like the previous one. And every campaign tells its own exclusive story. Always with you: the who-is-who of Hollywood.
Delicate lace skirts, heavy coats & statement accessories in Shanghai
In common Fendi tradition, women’s and men’s collections are usually presented together. For the XXL fashion show in Shanghai, both collections were presented together for the first time in the history of the fashion house. The location was the unique Powerlong Museum in Shanghai. Watch the entire fashion show here.
Baguette Friends Forever: campaign with Sarah Jessica Parker & Caro Daur
One of the most famous parts of the Italian fashion house is the Fendi Baguette – a dazzling handbag and the eternal favorite of many a big city girl. The campaign consists of several videos featuring multiple international and local celebrities. Watch in this clip how Hollywood darling Sarah Jessica Parker becomes Carrie Bradshaw again and gets the new Fendi Baguette. Included are influencers Caro Daur and Natascha Lau, and models Ebonee Davis and Melissa Martinez.
The China Peekaboo Project with Chinese Actress Angelababy
Fendi is not only known as part of the international Fashion Olympus, but also for its humanitarian work. For example, the Peekaboo Project in China donates the proceeds of its creations to the China Children and Teenagers’ Fund. See here in the clip how the Chinese actress Angelababy designs her own Fendi handbag for the auction. Her greatest inspiration? Her little cat.
Designer Karl Lagerfeld & his Fendi legacy
The German designer was Creative Director of the Italian fashion house Fendi for over five decades. But who was actually the brilliant man behind the fashion brand? What were his beginnings? From what did he draw inspiration? And how did the fashion house honor him after his death? You can find out all this and more here.
About his first day at Fendi: With sunglasses and culottes in the studio
In 1865 Karl Lagerfeld had his first official working day as Creative Director Fendis. See here how fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld remembers his outfits. Spoilers: The black sunglasses were already his trademark back then.
Interview with Karl Lagerfeld & Silvia Venturini Fendi
What inspires Karl Lagerfeld for his single layer creations? Where does his preference for fairy tales come from? And what does he love most about being a fashion designer? He answers these questions here in an exclusive interview with Fendi. You will also get an exclusive insight backstage.
Fashion Show in memory of Karl Lagerfeld in Rome
After Lagerfeld’s death, the fashion label dedicated a complete fashion show to its former creative director. For this special occasion the Palatine Hill in Rome was chosen for the Haute Couture Show 2019-2020. A breathtaking backdrop from which one can also overlook the Collosseum of Rome. Take a look at the top class fashion show here.
The biggest events, Pop Up Stores & Exhibitions Fendis
The creative heads of Fendi are always coming up with something new. They regularly plan pop-up stores, exhibit at exhibitions and organize events with an exclusive guest list.
FF Reloaded at Dubai Mall: The ultimate Pop Up Shop
One of the biggest Pop Ups Fendi can be found in Dubai. More precisely, in the Dubai Mall. For this, extra small figures were made, dressed with the exclusive Fashion Fendis and thus provided that certain extra in the Pop Up Shop. Team Fendis found inspiration for the store here in the Rome Headquarters at Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana. Watch the Making Off here.
Fendi Studios: Innovative exhibition at Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana
Fendi loves the world of cinema and dedicated a complete exhibition to it at Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana, the Fendi headquarters in Rome, Italy. Here the different films of Fendi are shown. For the opening, of course, only the crème de la crème of the fashion world came.
Event at the Madison Avenue boutique with Zendaya, Winnie Harlow & Co.
Fendi’s preference for exclusive events is not only evident in the regular pop-ups and exhibitions, but also in events in the brand’s flagship stores. See here how CEO Serge Brunschwig and Creative Director Silvia Venturini Fendi showcase the latest images of the Fendi Women’s Spring/Summer.
