Ugo Cacciatori

Ugo Cacciatori was born in Carrara into a family of marble quarry owners and artists and studied architecture at the University of Florence, then moved to London to work in architectural offices. At the end of the 1990s he crossed into fashion, designing for Valentino, Giambattista Valli, Romeo Gigli, Marni, Prada and Diesel while assembling a collection under his own name.

His jewellery treats silver, gold, leather and rough stones the way a sculptor treats marble: heavy chains, hand-finished surfaces and stones left unpolished, made in Italy and sold through avant-garde boutiques. The pieces have been photographed by Ellen von Unwerth, Paolo Roversi, Peter Lindbergh, Steven Meisel and Karl Lagerfeld, and the studio now takes on interiors too; in 2026 Cacciatori returns to design Henge’s Vocla club at Milan’s Baggio Military Hospital.