Category 'diary'

Honored for a great experience at Victoria Beckham HQ in London where I gave an inspirational speech to employees on the meanings and challenges of sustainability in fashion. A sharp and honest observation of society and the actions needed to create a more honest and responsible fashion system. A walk through my experiences and collaborations where…

  A 2 days smart talk initiative curated by Class Ecohub on sustainability and its various meanings and challenges. Bethany Williams and I discussed about social values and high end craftsmanship such as that of Sanpatrignano textile lab and the fruitful collaboration with Bethany and many other designers, creating hand woven textiles for the market. Our…

So honored to give the opening speech at the 14th Coloquio de Moda on 2nd September. Coloquio de Moda is a national gathering of fashion professors from the most prestigious fashion Universities in Brazil and a great platform to meet creatives and entrepreneurs shaping the brazilian industry. I presented a visual presentation with images and…

https://stateoffashion.org/en/meet/fashion-design-better-world-conscious-contemporary-craft-creating-communities/

October 2017 Honoured to present the work of the San Patrignano Textile workshop at Politecnico in Milan, sharing our experience with key players of the luxury industry. I talked about humanity behind products, the healing power of craft and the high quality of our hand woven textiles made with love and passion.

Pistoia, December 2017 Grateful to share my experience with an unusual audience talking about the healing power of craft and creativity.

I was really honored to be invited by Laura Novik of Blink Design to give a workshop on ‘research on fashion trends’ to designers and entrepreneurs of Chile at Universidad Catòlica last August. Twenty creative souls who are active in the fashion industry of their country with whom I shared opinions and thoughts. It has…

Last saturday afternoon more then 1000 people gathered in Palasanpa in the community of Sanpatrignano to watch the documentary ‘The True Cost’. This documentary talks about the hidden world of ‘fast fashion’ showing stories of exploitation of many garment laborers throughout the world and shares the experience of the many people in the fashion industry…

http://www.fondazionezegna.org/en/news_fondazione/san-patrignano-the-value-of-know-how/

ENSAAMA, école nationale supérieure des arts appliqués et des metiéres d’art, Paris 2 december 2015 Open lecture Last week I have done an interesting experience. I have been invited to give an open lecture to the students of ENSAAMA, a stunning public university based in Paris, where new creatives and makers are trained to a…