Silvia Venturini Fendi & Delfina Delettrez Fendi In Conversation
The mother and daughter join Tim Blanks for a conversation spanning leonine loyalty, legacies and indomitable spirit
April 01, 2021
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“Ciao, mamma.”
Delfina Delettrez Fendi and her mother,
Silvia Venturini Fendi, are in different parts of Rome, I’m peering at them both on a screen in London. Past, present, future . is there anyone in fashion better equipped to talk about that trinity than a Fendi? Delfina is fourth generation, after all. But despite the weight of heritage, Fendi is the least predictable of the big luxury brands. For that, credit is due to Silvia, daughter of Anna, the second born of the formidable five Fendi sisters who transformed the famil