Dive Brief:
- Meryll Rogge is the new creative director of Marni, according to a Tuesday news release from parent company OTB Group.
- Rogge succeeds Francesco Risso, who left the brand in June after joining in 2016. Risso was responsible for womenswear, expanding menswear and developing shows and experiences.
- Rogge joins the house after a career that includes stints at Marc Jacobs and Dries Van Noten, where she developed the beauty line until this year. Rogge founded her eponymous brand in 2020.
Dive Insight:
Rogge joins a cohort of new creative directors at Italy-based fashion firm OTB. Earlier this year, the firm appointed new creative directors at Maison Margiela and Jil Sander.
However, creative director shakeups haven’t been unique to OTB, as luxury fashion has faced a lot of creative turnover in the last few years. In the first quarter of 2025, there were a dozen changes. More recently, Jonathan Anderson was hired to helm fashion at Dior, and Balenciaga hired Valentino alum Pierpaolo Piccioli as creative director.
In Tuesday’s release, Rogge said she was looking forward to shaping what came next for Marni.
Rogge was recently awarded the Grand Prix at the ANDAM Fashion Awards, per the release. She was the first woman to receive the title of Designer of the Year in 2024 at the Belgian Fashion Awards, and was named Emerging Talent of the year by the same group in 2021.
“Meryll impressed us with the sensitivity she brought to reinterpreting the brand’s DNA, offering a contemporary vision that embraces Marni globally and across all its dimensions – including accessories, interior design, communication, and special projects,” OTB Group chairman Renzo Rosso said in the release.
OTB’s other brand holdings include Diesel, Viktor&Rolf, Brave Kid and Staff International. It bought a controlling stake in Marni in 2012, and purchased the remaining interest in 2015. The brand appointed Renzo Rosso’s son Stefano Rosso CEO in 2024.
OTB doesn’t report financial figures for all of its brands, but the company’s overall 2024 fiscal year revenue was 1.7 billion euros, about $1.78 billion at the time of the report. That represented a 5% decrease year over year.
