Jimmy Choo aperitivo evening at Pitti Uomo 96

Influencer Marketing

Sociably staged an influencer-hosted aperitivo in Florence during Pitti Uomo 96 for Jimmy Choo, reporting a combined reach of 1.5 million followers.

1.5MCombined follower reach

About the campaign

Jimmy Choo wanted visibility with a fashion-forward audience around Pitti Uomo 96 in Florence, without falling back on a standard product post. During fashion week, audiences reward content that feels like genuine participation and scroll past anything that looks like a staged advertisement, and luxury labels all compete for attention around major menswear moments. Sociably's insight was that content created inside a real fashion week moment reads as organic coverage rather than advertising, and lands while attention on Florence is at its peak.

Sociably staged an aperitivo evening in Florence, native to the Italian fashion week context, casting Blake Scott and Louis-Nicolas Darbon as hosts. An aperitivo is a natural social ritual in the city, so an influencer-hosted evening gave the creators a real occasion to document. The agency handled full event production, on-site photography, and retouching, and the content ran on the two hosts' own channels timed to peak industry attention.

Activating inside an existing cultural moment let the brand borrow relevance and timing instead of manufacturing attention, and a format native to the setting made the coverage read as organic rather than sponsored. Two well-matched hosts proved sufficient because the event supplied the content. The agency reports a combined reach of 1.5 million followers, though this describes the hosts' combined follower base rather than measured views or engagement. Platforms, dates, content volumes, and commercial outcomes are undisclosed and the figure is self-reported, so it should be read as agency self-report until independently verified.

Case in 60 seconds

Jimmy Choo wanted visibility with a fashion-forward audience around Pitti Uomo 96 in Florence, without falling back on a standard product post.

Content created inside a real fashion week moment reads as organic coverage rather than advertising, and lands while industry attention on Florence is at its peak.

Stage an aperitivo evening in Florence, native to the Italian fashion week context, with two luxury influencers as hosts.

Sociably handled full event production, casting Blake Scott and Louis-Nicolas Darbon as hosts, with on-site photography and post-production retouching; content ran on the hosts' channels.

The agency reports content from the evening reached a combined audience of 1.5 million followers across the two hosts' channels. The figure is self-reported and not independently verified.

Strategy Breakdown

The primary strategy-learning section — interpretation, not a press-release summary.

A fashion-forward audience following the two host influencers and the wider Pitti Uomo 96 menswear moment.
During fashion week, audiences reward content that feels like genuine participation in the event and scroll past content that looks like a staged product advertisement.
Luxury labels compete for attention around major menswear events, and a standard product post would not stand out amid peak Pitti Uomo coverage.
Jimmy Choo acted as the host of a social moment inside the fashion week, present in the culture rather than interrupting it.
An aperitivo is a natural social ritual in Florence, so an influencer-hosted evening gives creators a real occasion to document, producing organic-feeling coverage their followers engage with.

Creative & Execution System

Assets & channels

  • Live aperitivo event in Florence
  • On-site event photography with post-production retouching
  • Content published on the two host influencers' channels (platforms not disclosed)

Partners

  • Sociably
  • Blake Scott (host)
  • Louis-Nicolas Darbon (host)

Participation mechanic

  • Two luxury influencers hosted the evening and covered it through their own channels

Creator role

  • Hosts of the event and distributors of the resulting content

Results & Evidence

MetricValueResult type
Combined follower reach1.5 millionreach

Why Sociably's strategy worked

  1. 1

    Activating inside an existing cultural moment, here Pitti Uomo 96, lets a brand borrow relevance and timing instead of manufacturing attention from scratch.

  2. 2

    A format native to the setting, an aperitivo evening in Florence, gives creators a real occasion to document, so the coverage reads as organic rather than sponsored.

  3. 3

    Two well-matched hosts can be sufficient when the event itself supplies the content; the reported 1.5 million combined reach came from just two influencers' channels.

  4. 4

    Owning full event production, casting, photography, and retouching keeps the output on-brand for a luxury client while still flowing through creators' own channels.