Brioni (brand)

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Brioni
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryLuxury
Founded1945; 79 years ago (1945)
FounderNazareno Fonticoli
Gaetano Savini
Headquarters,
Key people
Mehdi Benabadji (CEO)
Norbert Stumpfl (Creative Director)
€170 million (2011)[1]
OwnerKering
Number of employees
1,200 (2017)[2]
Websitewww.brioni.com

Brioni is an Italian menswear luxury fashion house based in Rome and specialised in sartorial ready-to-wear, leather goods, shoes, eyewear and fragrance, and provides a tailor-made service (Bespoke).

Brioni was founded in Rome in 1945. In 1952, the brand organised the first menswear runway show in the modern history of fashion. The brand invented the trunk show and the Prêt Couture. Brioni opened the tailoring school Scuola di Alta Sartoria in Penne, Italia, in 1985. Brioni was acquired by the luxury group Kering in 2011. Mehdi Benabadji is the CEO of Brioni since December 2019, and Norbert Stumpfl the creative director since October 2018.