Genny Fall 2025: The Archives Can’t Do No Good
Four life-size tassels with a heart-shaped top stood at the head of the Genny runway Thursday morning, anticipating not just the pattern that would appear ubiquitously — as a print on fluid pants and shirts and intarsia-ed on fuzzy knit sets — but also signaling Sara Cavazza Facchini’s first overt reference to the Genny archives during her tenure.
For starters, the brand was founded in 1962 by Arnaldo and Donatella Girombelli and helmed by many a creative director in its 60-year-plus history, including the late Gianni Versace.
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Backstage, Cavazza Facchini said she looked at the richness of the brand’s history and realized how “beautiful things are timeless by definition.”
Tassel patterns were Versace’s, from a 1993 collection.
Putting a younger spin on her fall lineup, Cavazza Facchini kept her signature pompous flourishes restrained — which contributed to a better look overall.
The designer shortened the length of skirts, now minis with petal-like ruffles worn with knit crewnecks with dangling tassels; draped models in cool bias-cut tops with flowing pants, and channeled the Swinging ‘60s with boxy skirt suits in tweed and furry coats — the latter not exactly reading luxury but nonetheless appealing.
A few of the looks stuck to the designer’s playbook — such as the fiery red strapless gowns ruched at the side and the flowing dresses with sexy cutout on the torso. Although there certainly is a customer for those, they still looked outdated.
Launch Gallery: Genny Fall 2025 Ready-to-Wear Collection
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