Italian fashion designer Alberta Ferretti announced she is stepping down as creative director of the brand she founded.

Italian designer Alberta Ferretti is stepping down as creative director of her eponymous brand after 43 years, fashion group Aeffe said on Tuesday. The new creative director for the Alberta Ferretti brand will be announced in the next few months,

Italian desiger Alberta Ferretti, who counts Taylor Swift among her clients, has given up her post of creative director of the fashion brand that she founded in the 1980s, the Aeffe group owners said Tuesday.