The single best reason why Belgian designer Meryll Rogge makes such an awesome appointment as the new creative director of Marni is her work. To see it for yourself, simply slide into Vogue Runway and check out Laird Borrelli-Persson’s reviews alongside nearly all of Rogge’s collections.
As Borrelli-Persson put it in her first season covering Rogge: “The fun, the colour, the cleverness and the sophistication of this Belgian’s work, which is speaking to women and men around the world, belie the superhuman effort it takes to get a new brand up and running.” That was 2021, and four years on, Rogge is still running her brand from a renovated farm in the Belgian countryside. Already, this year has been a big one: last month, she took home the Andam Grand Prize as the only female finalist. She was a finalist last year, too.
