I came to London in 1995 to finish my studies in marketing and public relations, when I decided to stay and follow my dream to become a fashion designer, I enroled at London College of Fashion where I studied pattern cutting, and a few years later to join the St Martins to study Fashion accessories. Fashion has always been my passion, I was always surrounded by clothes since I was a child, as my m
other was a professional dress maker, and when I wasn’t observing her work I would spend my time in my grandfather’s textile shop. Being brought up in Italy by my mother who came from the very north of Italy, Veneto, and by my father who came from a town just outside Palermo, Sicily, I got used to great cultural surroundings. My father was an architect and I was always fascinated by his drawings and architectural eye. Fashion has always been with me, the sense of colours, the perception for the flawless design, however London is where I came to ultimately achieve my dream to become a fashion designer, I started from the end of the whole process, from the shop floor, by getting my first job as sales assistant in Harvey Nichols, to progress onto retail management and distribution, to where I am today.
