Valeria Massai
Florence
With Fabrique since 2024
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Background
Valeria Massai is an Italian accessories designer whose career spans some of the most influential luxury fashion houses of the last two decades. Raised in a medieval Tuscan village, her early fascination with design began simply—with pencils and sketchbooks—laying the foundation for a lifelong dedication to craftsmanship.
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She trained at Prada, where she developed a rigorous understanding of accessories design and product development, before contributing to collections at Miu Miu, Jil Sander, and Helmut Lang. These formative roles sharpened her sensitivity to proportion, materiality, and the balance between creativity and restraint.
Massai later joined Bottega Veneta, where she spent 11 years and ultimately became Women’s Leather Goods Director. Working under Daniel Lee, she played a central role in creating some of the house’s most recognisable and defining bags, reinforcing her reputation for combining innovation with timeless appeal. Her experience also includes work with Christian Dior and Bvlgari, further grounding her expertise in high-end luxury.
Today, Massai works from her farmhouse studio in the Tuscan countryside, leading a small, close-knit team. Her process moves fluidly between the calm rhythms of rural life and the demands of the international fashion world, drawing inspiration from both. This duality—heritage and modernity, intimacy and scale—defines her design philosophy.
Her collaboration with Fabrique, launched in 2024, reflects this approach. The collection transitions effortlessly from beachside ease to city sophistication, crafted using sustainable materials and traditional techniques. Designed to evolve with the wearer, her bags prioritise meaning, durability, and enduring relevance—pieces intended to be used, lived with, and passed on.
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