sergio rossi

Sergio Rossi is an Italian company that produces luxury footwear for women and men and also deals with bags and accessories. Founded by the designer of the same name in 1951 in the footwear district of San Mauro Pascoli, the company was purchased in 1999 by the Gucci Group, both of which later passed to François Pinault's French Kering group. Starting from the 1980s the business grew and diversified: thus the bags and the men's collection were born and collaboration with many other designers began, including Dolce&Gabbana and Azzedine Alaïa. On April 3, 2020, the company founder died at the Bufalini hospital in Cesena, where he had been hospitalized in intensive care due to complications due to COVID-19. Then, in 2021, the company was acquired by the Lanvin Group, which decided to set it on a new course and revive it from years of declining turnover: for this reason it appointed Evangelie Smyrniotaki as Artistic Director, who, thanks to her experience as an influencer , has been identified as a resource for the growth of the brand in the digital world and the definition of a new image strategy. With the same objectives, on April 17, 2023, Paul Kotrba was appointed interim CEO. The icon of the brand is the Godiva model, produced for years now and reinvented every year with different materials and colours. The iconic décolleté in fine black nappa leather and high heel confirms itself as the timeless accessory of every season, made to be worn day and night. The Cachet model was created by Francesco Russo on the occasion of the wedding of Salma Hayek and François-Henri Pinault.