Bottega Veneta

Every December, Bottega Veneta honors People with Unique Abilities during Disability Awareness Month—a global opportunity to reflect, connect, and advance inclusivity. This year, our Global Inclusion & Diversity Committee joined forces to create impactful events around the world, including a performance in Milan by the award-winning Babilonia Theater Company. Their rendition of Bernard-Marie Koltès’ "La Nuit Juste Avant Les Forêts" brought together colleagues across all departments, including our CEO Bartolomeo Rongone, in a powerful moment of shared appreciation and connection. As we look back on this year’s achievements, we celebrate the richness of diversity and the extraordinary talents that shape our world. Together, we continue building an environment where every voice is not only heard, but truly valued. #BOTTEGAVENETA

BOTTEGA VENETA OPENS NEW STORE IN AZABUDAI HILLS   Bottega Veneta opens its new store in the prestigious Azabudai Hills. The store will offer the most elevated Bottega Veneta products and customer experience, including private salons, rare pieces, and a range of exclusive made-to-order services. In this artful combination of heritage references and modern sensibility, the Azabudai Hills store embodies Bottega Veneta’s core commitment to innovative craft. #BOTTEGAVENETA

LOUISE TROTTER APPOINTED CREATIVE DIRECTOR OF BOTTEGA VENETA Bottega Veneta and Kering are delighted to announce the appointment of Louise Trotter as the new Creative Director for the House, marking the opening of an exciting new chapter in the brand’s creative journey.   Louise Trotter, Creative Director of Carven, is celebrated for her ability to draw inspiration from real life and meticulous approach to craftsmanship. She will join Bottega Veneta at the end of January 2025.   As we welcome Louise, we extend our gratitude to Matthieu Blazy for his transformative contributions during his three years as Creative Director and we wish him every success in his future endeavors. Bartolomeo Rongone, CEO of Bottega Veneta, said: “I am pleased to welcome Louise as our new Creative Director. Her aesthetic seamlessly combines exquisite design with sublime craft and her commitment to cultural advocacy aligns beautifully with our brand vision. Through her sophisticated lens, Bottega Veneta will continue to celebrate its heritage while preserving modern relevance. I also want to express my profound appreciation for Matthieu, who has been an extraordinary partner in infusing our brand with desirability, emotional resonance, and intellectual identity.”    Louise Trotter said: “I am deeply honored to join Bottega Veneta as Creative Director. The House’s storied legacy of artistry and innovation is truly inspiring, and I am excited to contribute to its future and celebrate its timeless vision.” #BOTTEGAVENETA

BOTTEGA VENETA PRESENTS BOTTEGA FOR BOTTEGAS 2024 For the fourth consecutive year, Bottega Veneta presents Bottega for Bottegas, a seasonal showcase of artisanal craft. In a tribute to the house’s Venetian roots, this year’s selection features six small-scale artisans, each based in or around Venice. Throughout December, Bottega Veneta’s website, advertising spaces, newsletters, and store windows will be given over to brass objects by Fonderia Artistica Valese; a wooden puzzle by Signor Blum; a set of playing cards in a leather case by Modiano; and glass creations by Laguna~B, Bruno Amadi, and Wave Murano Glass. #BOTTEGAVENETA

BOTTEGA VENETA OPENS NEW YORK RESIDENCE The Madison Avenue space is down the street from the brand’s first ever store.   Bottega Veneta opens a new residence at 740 Madison Avenue, New York. The elegant loft apartment, situated above the Bottega Veneta store, is the brand’s second space for private clients following the opening of the Bottega Veneta residence in Palazzo Soranzo Van Axel in Venice in June.   Designed by Matthieu Blazy, the residence brings together Bottega Veneta craft, creativity, and cultural advocacy. On an appointment-only basis, it will offer the most discerning Bottega Veneta clients a range of exclusive services, while also hosting a regular programme of cultural events that builds on the house’s history of cultural engagement and nurtures dialogue, exchange, and community building across artistic disciplines, genres, and generations. #BOTTEGAVENETA

BOTTEGA VENETA PARTNERS WITH FLOS ON SPECIAL EDITION OF GINO SARFATTI’S MODEL 600 LAMP #BOTTEGAVENETA

BOTTEGA VENETA LAUNCHES WINTER SOLSTICE 24 CAMPAIGN #BOTTEGAVENETA

BOTTEGA VENETA LAUNCHES NEW CAMPAIGN STARRING JACOB ELORDI Bottega Veneta today launches a new campaign starring Brand Ambassador Jacob Elordi. The campaign, captured by Magnum photographer Alec Soth, draws on the brand’s integral code of movement to celebrate “Going Places”. Shot on location in Utah and Nevada, it shows Elordi moving through the dramatic natural features and sleek architecture of the desert.   With Elordi in dynamic and balletic poses, the cinematic images spotlight new Bottega Veneta travel accessories and underscore the motion and discovery at the heart of the brand’s heritage. Established in 1966, the house set itself apart with the softness and malleability of its leather goods. Unlike the more formal and structured bags that dominated the market at the time, Bottega Veneta designs were supple and flexible, readily adapting to the wearer in motion.   For Creative Director Matthieu Blazy, “Bottega Veneta is in essence pragmatic because it is a leather goods company. Because it specialises in bags, it is about movement, going somewhere; there is fundamentally an idea of craft in motion.” #BOTTEGAVENETA

BOTTEGA VENETA INTRODUCES NEW FRAGRANCE COLLECTION   This fall, Bottega Veneta introduces its first fragrance collection under the Creative Direction of Matthieu Blazy. Rooted in house heritage, the collection is inspired by Bottega Veneta’s origin city of Venice, as well as the house’s signature leather weave, the Intrecciato.   Looking to Venice’s long-standing history as a hub of cross-cultural trade and encounter, Blazy designed each of the collection’s five fragrances as a meeting of ingredients from different countries and continents. Just as Venice long bridged influences from North and South, East and West, this olfactory Intrecciato tells a global story, weaving 100% natural origin essences from different corners of the globe into evocative perfumes that captivate the senses and transport the imagination. Intended as an elevated object for life, the bottle is refillable, with 0% plastic and sustainable materials in every component of the design. #BOTTEGAVENETA

SUMMER 25 SHOW SPACE INTRODUCES THE ARK Commissioned by Matthieu Blazy for Bottega Veneta, The Ark is a limited-edition lounge chair collection inspired by the Zanotta Sacco. The Sacco was designed in 1968 by Piero Gatti, Cesare Paolini and Franco Teodoro. It shares the same softness, antiformalism, malleability and fluidity that characterised Bottega Veneta’s early bags. In his lively take on Zanotta’s design classic, Blazy’s reinterpretation of the Sacco utilises the chair’s malleability, metamorphosing its shape into playful animal forms. Each iteration is an evocation of childlike creativity, representing wonder and boundless imagination – what Blazy refers to as ‘the power of wow.’ 15 animals are featured in a variety of colourways: dog, panda, rabbit, ladybird, snake, bird, chicken, dinosaur, otter, elephant, cat, fox, bear, horse, whale. Sold over six months in small numbers, the first limited quantities of The Ark is available on the Bottega Veneta website. Appropriately enough, there will be two of each animal. The Ark is next available this year at Design Miami – December 01-08 – where the light grey rabbit and white chicken will be sold exclusively at the fair. #BOTTEGAVENETA