TODD SNYDER RETURNS TO RUNWAY AT JANUARY’S PITTI UOMO
American designer Todd Snyder will kick off the festivities for Pitti Uomo 105 in Florence as part of this season’s Designer Showcase on January 9, 2024. The brand, founded in 2011, hasn’t had a runway show since its fall 2020 collection because it became a direct-to-consumer company. This move purportedly heralds a return to wholesale in coming seasons.
“I met Todd Snyder in New York about a year ago, on the occasion of our traditional appointment with the American press,” says Raffaello Napoleone, CEO of Pitti Immagine,” and during that long and pleasant conversation we both spontaneously agreed that it would be perfect make his long-awaited return to the catwalk one of the special events of our international men’s fashion and lifestyle event. Well, we succeeded: I am happy to announce that Todd Snyder, with the new collection, will be the protagonist of the Pitti Uomo 105 Designer Showcase. But this project is also Pitti’s recognition of a long and brilliant career, characterized by the ability to constantly renew itself in tune with the spirit of the time, remaining faithful to an idea of modern elegance welded to the values of sustainability. And it is also a good wish: Todd Snyder’s fashion show, scheduled for Tuesday 9 January, the opening day of the show, opens the calendar of events of an edition that we have built to be strong, dynamic, and full of inspirations for the entire sector, inside the Fortezza and in the city.”
Says Snyder, “I’m incredibly excited to return to the runway, and to do that at Pitti Uomo, one of the world’s most iconic menswear destinations, is truly a dream come true. As much as I pride myself on being an American designer, I continue to draw so much inspiration from Italian style, and as a company, we continue to partner with many of Italy’s legendary mills. I’ve always loved the sense of camaraderie, and the sense of discovery, at Pitti. There is no better place to catch up with old friends and build new relationships as we talk about the best, next steps to expand the Todd Snyder brand globally. My team and I are grateful to Raffaello Napoleone and the entire Pitti Uomo 105 team for this incredible honor.”
Before launching his label, Todd held leading roles at Ralph Lauren, The Gap, and J.Crew. He has also been recognized twice by the Council of Fashion Designers of America as a Menswear Designer of the Year nominee and a CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund finalist.
Snyder currently operates fifteen stores, including four in New York City, as well as Los Angeles and San Francisco, Calif., Miami, Fla., Boston, Mass., Chicago, Ill., Washington, D.C., Dallas, Tex., East Hampton and Manhasset, N.Y., Greenwich, Conn., and Atlanta, Ga.