The Sicilian designer will unveil his first collection for the brand in January 2021.

Sicilian designer Fausto Puglisi is said to be joining the fashion company.

Sources say former Philipp Plein executive Ennio Fontana has taken on the role of general manager at the Italian company.

Gian Giacomo Ferraris joined the brand in 2016 from Versace and will leave at the end of the year.

The unions see the company’s plan to move its headquarters from Tuscany as a mass layoff strategy and a loss of resources in the territory.

The company’s strategic plan is to continue to pursue “a mainly commercial vocation” claimed to fit with a move to Milan, while the unions lament the closure of the Tuscan complex.

Unions claim the decision to move 170 employees to Milan is a strategy of “lay offs masked by a proposal of a mass transfer.”

The procedure is expected from Sept. 1, according to the unions.

The decision means 170 employees would need to move to Milan and unions view this as “an impoverishment of the Tuscan territory.”

Questions swirl over the industrial plan and the future of the Italian brand after the acquisition by Dubai-based Damac Properties.

The news comes not long after the jewelry company was acquired by LVMH in a blockbuster $16.2 billion deal.

The founder and chairman of Dubai-based Damac Properties, Hussain Sajwani, confirmed the purchase of 100 percent of the Italian fashion house through his private investment company Vision Investments.

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The transfer of shares to Dubai-based Vision Investment will take place 15 days after the judge’s approval.

A judge has not yet approved the restructuring plan, necessary to finalize the sale of the company to Damac, but ceo Gian Giacomo Ferraris says he is expecting a response shortly.