Alain Prost Steps Down as CEO of Ginori 1735

MILAN — The chief shuffle gripping the style world has made its technique to the house sector. Ginori 1735 chairman and chief govt officer Alain Prost, who took the helm of the historic porcelain maker in 2019, has stepped down, WWD has discovered.

A spokesperson for Ginori 1735 mum or dad firm, Paris-based Kering, confirmed the exit to WWD on Wednesday.

“The group warmly thanks him for his contribution to the expansion of the corporate. An interim CEO and governance is being put in place beneath the supervision of the board of administrators of the corporate,” learn an emailed assertion from Kering.

Prost, a luxurious veteran, joined the Tuscany-based agency simply earlier than the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and introduced an extended roster {of professional} experiences from firms like La Perla, Groupe Chantelle and L’Oréal. On the time, Prost reported on to Kering‘s chief working officer Mehdi Benabadji, who lined the function of chairman and CEO on an interim foundation after Giovanni Giunchedi exited the corporate.

Prost was tasked on the time with consolidating the high-end positioning of the model and additional growing its retail presence domestically and in worldwide markets.

Underneath Prost’s time period as CEO, Richard Ginori grew to become generally known as Ginori 1735. It additionally expanded its attain, rolling out its first marketing campaign fronted by A-list Hollywood actor Jake Gyllenhaal in 2023. The identical 12 months, it named actress and mannequin Ko So-Younger its model ambassador for the South Korean market. A second chapter of the Gyllenhaal advert marketing campaign was unveiled in October and was set in Doccia, Tuscany, the place Marquis Carlo Andrea Ginori launched his first manufacturing enterprise within the villa of the household property.

Throughout Milan Design Week in 2023,  Ginori 1735 stepped into the world of furnishings, lighting and equipment with Venetian designer Luca Nichetto and the Domus assortment of assertion items, that included items made with fabric-maker Rubelli and glassmaker Barovier&Toso. In November, at Florence’s St. Regis lodge Ginori 1735 unveiled the primary Café Ginori, a world curated across the Florence-born model. The idea introduced Ginori’s Domus residence decor assortment, Oriente Italiano tableware and wallpaper to the forefront in a bodily house.

Previously referred to as Richard Ginori, the agency’s artisans have been producing luxurious porcelain tableware and different parts for the house for practically 300 years. In a contemporary age, it had garnered widespread recognition by partnering with artists and luxurious manufacturers, for instance with Saint Laurent, Etro and Buccellati, and artists Luke Edward Hall and Paolo Stella.  Richard Ginori was acquired by Gucci in 2013, and it ventured into residence decor, fragrances and tableware to adapt to a digitally frenzied period. It then handed beneath the Kering umbrella in 2016.