CIAO, ROMA
FENDI IS ROMAN BY BIRTH, HAVING STARTED IN THE CITY AS A fur and leather workshop in 1925. The striking Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana is its storied headquarters, the financial and artistic command post of the company. It’s here that we’re introduced to the relaunched Fendi Casa, a marriage of sorts between Fendi and Design Holding, the owner of a number of legacy brands in the world of luxury furnishings and lighting. Newly joined, Fendi and Design Holding have birthed Fashion Furniture Design (FF Design), a venture focused on developing Fendi Casa’s business and strengthening ties between the house’s trend-driven fashion collections and its interiors arm. Silvia Venturini Fendi, the house’s artistic director of accessories and menswear, has signed on as creative director, taking over the interiors business that her mother,…