Marcelo Burlon will step down as inventive director of Marcelo Burlon County of Milan, the corporate confirmed Monday.
Burlon, a former DJ, stylist and PR, based the Milan-based label as a T-shirt line in 2012, impressed by ‘90s membership tradition. He was additionally a founding companion of New Guards Group — beneath which the model sits alongside Off-White, Palm Angels, Y-Mission and others — in 2015.
County of Milan rapidly grew to embody menswear, womenswear and kidswear, together with equipment and residential items. The label additionally launched co-branded collaborations with the likes of Levi’s and heritage sportswear label Kappa.
The discharge didn’t point out whether or not the model is straight away looking for a brand new inventive lead, however added “County of Milan’s workforce will proceed to hold the legacy and the route of the model”.
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