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Fendi: Silvia Venturini Fendi named honorary president of the Maison

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Nazia BIBI KEENOO
Published
September 29, 2025
Fendi has announced that, as of October 1, Silvia Venturini Fendi will assume the role of honorary president of the Roman Maison, following her illustrious creative tenure, which included overseeing the women’s wear collections during the brand’s centenary year. In her new capacity, she will champion Fendi’s heritage, continue to promote the brand globally, and celebrate the Maison’s rich history, exceptional craftsmanship, and the world of Fendi Casa.
Silvia Venturini Fendi represents the third generation of the Fendi family, founders of the historic Roman Maison. From 1992 to 2019, she worked alongside Karl Lagerfeld within the artistic direction. Since 1994, she has overseen the accessories and menswear lines and, more recently, the womenswear line. “These have been exhilarating years, which I have lived also in the name of my grandmother Adele, my mother Anna and her sisters. My thoughts go to Karl, an extraordinary master who honored me by allowing me to collaborate with him, teaching me the art of sharing — a defining quality in the female‑led history of my family — and encouraging me to cultivate and safeguard my creative vision before taking flight on my own. It has been a wonderful journey for me, also on a personal level: the bond with Karl Lagerfeld, then with Kim Jones, and, last but not least, with my fantastic team, which over the years has become part of my family,” says Silvia Venturini Fendi.
“Since 1992, Silvia has contributed significantly to shaping Fendi’s creative direction and has been instrumental in the brand’s international success. Her vision has guided Fendi from its Roman artisanal roots towards the future, culminating in the celebration of the Maison’s centenary. I am excited to see the projects Silvia will lead in her new role, contributing not only to Fendi’s legacy and values, but also to the worlds of design and craftsmanship on a global scale,” says Ramon Ros, chairman and CEO of Fendi.
A new creative organization for Fendi will be announced in due course.
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Calzedonia and partners launch “Re-Tights” project to recycle tights across Europe

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Published
September 29, 2025
Backed by the European Union, the Re-Tights industrial initiative—known as “ReFilés” in French—is on a mission to build the first circular value chain for tights in Europe. The project brings together leading players in fashion and logistics, including Italian legwear giant Golden Lady, hosiery and retail powerhouse Calzedonia, its manufacturing subsidiary Ytres, postal logistics expert Asendia, and textile recycler Union Industries.
The project uses chemical separation technology to recover polyamide fibers. Each machine developed for this purpose is capable of recycling up to 1.6 million pairs of tights per year. The system relies on the specific expertise of each project partner.
Used tights are collected in Calzedonia stores, with logistics managed by Asendia. Golden Lady, a manufacturer of yarn and tights, in collaboration with Union Industries, is responsible for separating and recycling used tights using a process designed to produce polyamide yarn of comparable quality to virgin yarn. Calzedonia, via its Ytres subsidiary, then handles the production of new tights, ranging from essentials to more creative styles.
“Through this collaboration, Re-Tights aims to create a reproducible and sustainable model that could be applied to other complex textile products,” say the project leaders, supported by the LIFE programme, the European Commission’s financial instrument dedicated to supporting innovative environmental and climate protection projects.
In 2024, the European market for stockings and tights is estimated to have reached 402 million pairs. This corresponds to approximately €5.5 billion in revenue for the last financial year.
On the French market, Calzedonia operates a network of around 230 outlets. The brand belongs to the Oniverse group, which also owns Intimissimi, Tezenis and Falconeri. In 2024, Oniverse saw its total sales increase by 13.5% compared with 2023, exceeding €3.5 billion.
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Mesdan to showcase advanced spinning solutions at ITMA Asia + CITME

Also in 2025, Mesdan will be exhibiting at the most important textile machinery exhibition in Asia: ITMA Asia + CITME 2025, which will be held in Singapore, 28 to 31 October 2025.
In 2025, Mesdan will exhibit at ITMA Asia + CITME in Singapore, October 28–31, sharing Vandewiele’s 286 meter square booth (Hall 4, A302).
The company will showcase four key lab instruments—Contest-S, Autofil, Nati Advanced, and Burstmatic 2—plus the Savio Proxima winder with upgraded splicers, highlighting advanced testing and spinning solutions for cotton, yarn, and fabrics.
As part of the spinning solutions of Vandewiele, Mesdan will be sharing their space within the 286 m2 booth of the group, located in Hall 4, booth n° A302.
Mesdan will be exhibiting 4 of their most important lab equipment:
- Contest-S – fully automatic high volume testing equipment designed to detect, measure, classify and grade cotton stickiness (honeydew/sugar content); unique equipment providing cotton stickiness risk probability (stickiness in practice), on the basis of its grade enabling spinners to anticipate proper actions (how to process C blend different cotton bales); ensures fast testing and very repeatable and consistent results; precious tool for ginning, spinning mills, cotton traders, textile institutes, RCD labs and other cotton grading, arbitration and classing institutes; testing method for stickiness grading recognised by ITMF – ICCTM.
- Autofil – fully automatic yarn tensile strength tester, with integrated cop changing system with 24 positions, also suitable for hanks/LEA (CLSP) and light fabrics in the semi- automatic mode. Suitable for testing a wide variety of yarns: spun, continuous filaments, POY, spandex, sewing threads, etc. thanks to its vast assortment of various clamps, jaws and other testing tools. Special automatic clamps are available for high tenacity yarns (like sewing threads, industrial and carpet yarns) available. Software with integrated and interactive pre-loaded database of testing methods, complying to the major testing methods (ISO, ASTM, JIS, BS, IWS, NEXT, MCS, etc.).
- Nati Advanced – the latest version of the famous neps and trash indicator, designed for the integration with the “Contest-F2” cotton fibre testing equipment, and for the obtaining of the seed coats neps and trash indication as well; the stand-alone setting allows the testing of both the cotton and the synthetic fibres. It is an important tool to improve and predict yarn quality, increase efficiency of carding and combing operations, and reduce maintenance costs and overheads.
- Burstmatic 2 – pneumatic bursting strength tester to determine the bursting resistance and the dynamic fatigue of woven and knitted fabrics as well as technical textiles, non- wovens, leather (artificial and natural), and of other non-textile applications (like paper, plastic, packagings, medical, etc.). It measures the required pressure necessary to burst or tear a specimen, as well as the specimen distension “height” prior to bursting. The sample distension “height” is measured by means of laser technology.
Then, on the exhibited Savio Proxima winder, the latest splicers versions will be installed, featuring technological upgrades to improve the durability of some mechanical parts subjected to major stress, and to guarantee the utmost consistency in splice quality.
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