Luxury Lingerie and Fine Clothing Brand, Made in Italy, for women who are strong and delicate at the same time and want to express their unique sensual side that is different from anything else. Ikonostas is a brand distinguished by an experimental approach to luxury lingerie and clothes. Drapery, unusual materials and extreme details are at the centre of the design.Launched in Florence the brand is now distributed across Europe, USA and Australia in high-end boutiques and online.www.ikonostas.net

Fashion Styling

Designed curriculum ‘Product Unusual’ focused at unconventional concepts that became iconic. Key theme is the combination of innovation and boldness in the light of a specific historical context, both elements are necessary to make a long-lasting difference in the design world. Contained more than 10 courses for master and undergraduate students which I either supervised or actively taught.Developed and led Lingerie Design course International Master courses:- Fashion Trend Forecasting (Master: Fashion Trend Forecasting)- Set Design (Master: Creative Direction)- Product Unusual - Concept Development (Master: International Fashion Business)- Product Unusual – Fashion Styling DIY (Master: Fashion Styling)- Fashion Trends and Unusual Products (Master: Fashion Marketing and Communication)- Product Unusual - Merchandising (Master: Fashion Merchandising & Buying) Undergraduate courses:- Business of Fashion- Product Development - Fashion Design - Fashion Luxury Management- Fashion Communication

- Styling - Fashion Shooting Art Direction

Conceptual Brand Made in Italy Clothing for Men and WomenAll of the garments in 8TTAGONI are solely made out of octagonal pieces of fabric [‘ottagoni’] and the collection consists of eight unisex garments [‘otto’]. www.ottottagoni.com

Fashion Consultancy in Brazil concerning:- identifing the latest trends in clothing and accessories - selecting and purchasing material and accessories and finding vendors in Brazil- collection Development adapting the Brazilian trends at the European market- creating new styles- supervising work of the pattern cutters and the machinists- estimating costs and setting the quality standards

Fashion IllustrationCollection Development

2005-2013Worked directly with Vivienne Westwood and Andreas Kronthaler on research and fitting activities, and oversaw the Product Development team, the Production team and the atelier. Set up the range plan with the Marketing Team and established retail prices with the Sales Department. Coordinated all departments to meet fashion shows and sales dead lines. Selected samples for Press Offices.Collaborated with Head of Couture in London on special design requests (e.g. as corset specialist I created the new base of corset dresses for Bergdorf Goodman in substitution of the iconic Liberty Corset).Oversaw the development of the line extension Bridal.Supervised Head of Production.-1996-2004Working directly with Vivienne Westwood and Andreas Kronthaler on the collection development, I was responsible for design and materials research, and coordinated sourcing of fabrics and accessories, printing, embroideries and clothing treatments.Established and identify external manufacturing network and coordinated all activities.Technical Sheets, sampling and production fitting, production costings.Presented the collection to international buyers in Paris show room.

Apparel DesignDraping

Cultural Mediator between the school and tuscany fashion firms

Coats and Jersey Blazers Capsule Collection- Coordinating the production process of prototypes and samples from beginning to end- Giving status updates to different departments- Organizing samples to return to the appropriate departments- Organizing all instruction folders and transfering the info to Design Team in New York

Collection Developmentfor the Master’s Degree of Fashion: Practical Field Work (a fashion Collection project towards the identification of new season trends, logo design, brand label, packaging, sampling and exhibition in a shop for the selling) Coordinating the American Master’s Degree for Marist College, New York, in collaboration with Industrial and Jewellery DepartmentsFashion Drawing

Styling (history of fashion photography, colours and gesture psychology, photo-shoot production)Fashion Drawing

Assisting the Design Office in Paris in the production of prototypes and samples for the denim capsule collection, achieving design and brand aesthetic, product safety and reliability standards, costing and meet timelines.