This is The Run Through. I'm Nicole Phelps. Today on the show, I'm joined by Francesco Riso, the creative director of Marni.

I think of Francesco as an artist philosopher, so I was really excited to get his thoughts on the state of fashion, what inspires him, and of course, his

Instagram handle, a slice of Bambi. Here's my conversation with Francesco Riso.

Thank you, Francesco, for being here today on the Run Through podcast. Thank you, Nicole. It's such a

pleasure to see you, even with the We're far. I am so glad you're here. It's such a pleasure to see you, even with The Over Far.

I am so glad you're here. I don't know if you saw this, but in the days after the shows,

we often talk about our favorite collections on Vogue.com. And I named your show, your Marnie

show, my favorite of the season. I was so moved and everything came together

for me, the set, the live music, the way the collection built from almost spare to quite extravagant.

And I was wondering, when you're backstage, how do you know something is working?

Oh, you know, this is actually a great question.

I didn't know that anything was working until I had done my bowing,

and I came back to the backstage, and suddenly I look around at people, and I see everyone's crying. And that actually made me really like

stopped for a second and I was like, wow, wait a minute. I didn't understand what was actually

really happening there. I was like too taken by putting things back together,

like stitching the last things.

Actually, I had to stitch like a coat

that was like, by mistake, was ripped and I was there,

like so taken by that that I didn't realize anything

until I came back from my bowing.

And then, unfortunately, or fortunately, I started crying too.

Well, I have cried at other of your shows in the past, which we'll get to later.

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