Milan — Building on the reputation it built with its fashion and lifestyle-focused weekly special issue D, Italy's progressive newspaper La Repubblica is preparing to introduce a new men's title in June. However, the name has not yet been revealed.
The glossy paper will replace dLui, which has been published twice a year since 2015. Editor-in-chief Emanuele Farneti said the latter no longer reflected the top positioning of the supplement. New titles will be published every month, this year he will be published from issue 6, in 2025 he will be published from issue 8 to issue 10.
Farneti will take command of the new men's title and has already made key appointments. Ben Kelleway and Giovanni Dario Laudicina will serve as creative director and fashion director, respectively.
The former is a London-based creative director who founded his own studio in 2011 and consulted for media clients across print and digital platforms before being appointed creative director of bi-annual Pop magazine; Since 2014, he has led men's coverage at Arena Homme+. He co-founded Mastermind with Marie-Amélie Sauve.
Laudicina is best known for her role as fashion editor and market editor for Vogue Homme Paris, but she is currently a freelance stylist based in Paris and has worked on films such as Fantastic Man, Dust ” and “AnOther”.
Farneti, a Condé Nast veteran, joined La Repubblica in 2021 as editor-in-chief of newspaper D, with the additional role of overseeing the paper's fashion and beauty content hub and its supplements.
Mr. Farneti began his career in television, joining Condé Nast in 1999 as part of the team that launched GQ Italy. He returned to Condé Nast in 2014 as editor-in-chief of AD, after working at other Italian publications such as La Gazzetta dello Sport, men's magazine Sportweek, Men's Health, Flair, and Icon, which he founded. In December 2015 he was appointed editor-in-chief of GQ, and in 2017 he was appointed editor-in-chief of Vogue Italia and Luomo Vogue, replacing the late Franca Sozzani. .
After scaling up D Magazine with covers by Paolo Roversi, Willy Vanderperre and Karlin Jacobs, among others, Farneti last year launched La Repubblica's monthly supplement Doors, which focuses on design, interiors and home decor. introduced.
Anja Rubik's cover shows the new direction of the Italian weekly magazine “D”.
Provided by Karlin Jacobs/D
La Repubblica and its supplements are part of the GEDI Gruppo Editore Media Group portfolio, which is majority owned by John Elkann's holding company Exor.
