In launching his Davi line, Davide Marello followed his heart, he said, just as he did when he moved to Paris from Milan.
“It was a matter of now or never. I’ve always wanted to live in Paris and I already speak French, but when you have your circle of friends and habits — and a job that takes up most of your time — you postpone some life-changing decisions,” said the soft-spoken Marello, 38, during a trip to Milan where he still has a home.
After studying fashion design at Istituto Marangoni in Milan, Marello worked at Ter et Bantine, Dirk Bikkembergs, Mila Schön and Giorgio Armani. That was followed by a 10-year experience at Gucci as men’s wear designer with Frida Giannini and later with her successor Alessandro Michele, before being appointed Boglioli’s first creative director in 2015.