Bellisotto Plate
Sunnei's hand-glazed ceramic plates in saturated colour translate the label's playful, object-driven Milanese humour into homeware.
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Sunnei
Milan label known for striped, brightly coloured contemporary wear; its founders left in 2025 and Sunnei srl entered liquidation in 2026.
MilanOrigin
UnisexFocus
Minimalist / ContemporaryStyle
$$$Price
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What to know about Sunnei
Boxy cuts, loud colour, Italian factories
The house look is broad stripes and saturated colour on boxy tailoring, chunky knits and rubber-soled shoes, produced with small Italian workshops.
Trousers and knitwear carry it
Within a minimalist-contemporary line-up with avant-garde and streetwear leanings, the pieces the label is actually known for are its trousers and knitwear.
The company is in liquidation
Founders Messina and Rizzo left in September 2025 after Vanguards Group took majority control in 2020, and Sunnei srl entered liquidation under a May 2026 ruling.
The pieces that define Sunnei
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The Birra and Naturale candleholders are the clearest expression of Sunnei's small-batch Italian craft and deliberately absurd studio objects.
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If you like Sunnei
84% matchEckhaus Latta
Gender-neutral experimental knits with a wry, arty streak
What changes: Rawer, more body-conscious and New York downtown than Milan-polished
82% matchVITELLI
Same Milan orbit, colour-saturated felted knitwear
What changes: Knitwear specialist rather than full boxy-tailoring wardrobe
78% matchJW Anderson
Playful, craft-led sculptural knits at a higher tier
What changes: Luxury pricing and runway-scale conceptualism
75% matchHenrik Vibskov
Bolder prints and more theatrical show antics
What changes: Art-installation eccentricity over wearable everyday basics
Brand facts
Sunnei is a Milan label founded in 2014 by Loris Messina and Simone Rizzo, known for broad stripes, saturated colour, boxy tailoring, chunky knitwear and rubber-soled shoes made with small Italian factories. Womenswear followed in 2018, alongside deliberately absurd presentations including audience-judged contests and a mock model auction. Vanguards Group, the fund behind Nanushka, took a majority stake in 2020. The founders exited in September 2025 and were named Moschino creative directors in June 2026. Sunnei srl entered liquidation under a May 2026 court ruling, with a liabilities hearing set for September 2026.
- Founded
- 2014
- Origin
- Milan, Italy
- Made in
- Italy
- Price
- $$$
- Focus
- Unisex
- Facts checked
- August 2026
- Styles
- Minimalist / Contemporary, Streetwear, Avant-garde