CONTESTS
Winner of Vogue Italia Contest
The exhibit, to commemorate 90 years of Istituto Marangoni, featured nine students with each student designing an outfit inspired by one of the 9 decades.
My outfit was inspired by the decade between 1935-1945 and it featured over 2700 hand-embroidered beads
here, you can see some construction details and the paper prototype
1st place in IB Kamara mentorship
I was selected by Istituto Marangoni to present my outfit to IB Kamara as part of his mentorship.
My work was inspired by medieval armour, specifically its separate surviving pieces.
The outfit is entirely up-cycled from tapestries and dead-stock fabrics
3rd place at "Moda from School"
I was selected among fellow students from Istituto Marangoni Milan to represent the school at the Moda from School Televised Contest in July 2024. The contest has sustainability as its central theme.
I placed third among 30 contestants from 15 schools around Italy.
I created an up-cycled outfit, from thrifted button-downs and jeans
Regione Marche Televised Contest
Winner of "Equally different, differently equal" contest
The goal was to design a garment / a few outfits for people with disabilities. For my project, I chose to design for those in wheelchairs, adjusting my designs to be more practical.
Alongside 4 other winners, I was selected to participate in a 6-week internship in Vienna in July 2024 to contribute to the creation of a book on the creation of collections for people with disabilities
For this project, the goal was to add gemstones to a popelin shirt
Swarovski Contest
