ITS#EIGHT preselections
April 14, 2009
Finally the deadline (March 25th was the date) has arrived and passed, a thousand projects (with thousands of dreams) invaded EVE Headquarters, and now is time for jury’s hard duty….select!!…. On April 16 and 17th (for ITS#FASHION and ITS#ACCESSORIES) and on April 20th (for ITS#PHOTO) hard decisions have to be taken,…here is the impressive list of the renowned jurors, good luck to all the ones who enrolled!!
- Barbara Franchin - Talent Scout
- She was born in Trieste, Italy, and living in a border zone has led to her openness and curiosity in terms of interfusion in all its forms. She took her first steps in the fashion world establishing an atelier with a friend aimed to the creation of extravagant womenswear clothing. Her propensity for exchange, comparison, curiosity and the search for the creative spark lead her to create and organise in 1993 Mittelmoda, a projects created to provide space for the elaboration and search for talent within the fashion world.
Barbara left it after the 2000 edition to launch a new and autonomous entrepreneurial project in Trieste; an agency, EVE, of which she is Director & Project Supervisor. As director of EVE she has been organising ITS - International Talent Support since the very beginning. - Bernadette Wittmann - Founder and Head of BWG
- Bernadette Wittmann Glittenberg has over 20 years of experience in the fashion industry, from marketing to consulting through sales strategy,production of fashion shows and selection juries etc .During her international career she worked with renowned fashion designers and houses such as Dries Van Noten, Rochas by Olivier Theyskens, Dirk Schönberger, and guided emerging talents and events such as Kostas Murkudis, Spastor, Bread & butter Studio to develop their businesses in both a creative and a commercial way. With her company BWG Fashion, Bernadette is mainly working in the fields of creative consulting and commercial guidance, and she recently started collaborating on special projects that relate to fashion and fashion design, for example collaborations with fashion schools and exhibition projects around the work of specific designers. BWG also acts as a bridge between fashion designers and the industry, drawing upon a well-established database (providing contact details of many key players in the fashion industry).
- Deanna Ferretti - Entrepreneur
- Deanna Ferretti Veroni started her career in Reggio Emilia, Italy more than 30 years ago. She has since then successfully collaborated with some of the most important designers of this past century. She met Kenzo when she was barely 25 years old and with him she worked successfully for over 20 years. During the 70’s she collaborated with Yves Saint Laurent (Tricot e Variation), Rena Kraft, Chiwitt, Frapp, Luis London, Blaky Dress, Giorgio Correggiari, Popy Moreni and Michelle Bruyere.
In the 80’s she started to have her first licences with Adrienne Vittadini, Armani and Joseph. Their collections were drawn by John Galliano and John Richmond.
In the 90’s, she worked for Martin Margiela, Gai Mattiolo, Valentino, Neil Barret and for many others brands. She has a wide experience in textiles and knitwear but she cannot be called neither a fashion designer nor simply a business woman. Actually, she is an atypical figure born for realise almost every designer’s dream. Now, every three or four years her company supports a new young talent, because Miss Deanna is a symbol of originality and quality. - Elisa Palomino - Vice President of Design at Diane Von Furstenberg
- Born in Valencia, Spain, she leaves for London in 1989 to study at Central St Martins (MA Fashion and textiles).She started her professional career in New York in 1992, soon she moved back to London to work for Timney Fowler ( Furnishing Textiles ). In 1995 she joined Moschino and design for five years for the " Couture" and " Cheap and Chic " line. In 2000 Elisa moved to Paris at John Galliano as the head of the studio and she also worked on Christian Dior PAP and Haute Couture. Their collaboration lasted seven years. She was head of the studio for Roberto Cavalli for a short while.
Currently she is the head of the studio at Diane von Furstenberg, New York. She is also an external teacher at Central Saint Martins, UK and at Shenkar University, Israel. - Katarina (Kat) Nadj - UK HR Manager, Gucci Group Services Ltd
- Katarina (Kat) Nadj has an honours degree in Sociology.
After the studies she went travelling for 16 months and came back and decided to start her own small womenswear business with a friend. They were sponsored by the Prince's Trust which is a trust fund run by the Prince of Wales. They put forward a business plan and were awarded the funds to start.
The company was called Dahlia and sold its apparel at Portobello Market, Topshop and Urban outfitters.
After THREE years Kat decided to sell her share and went to work for the Soho House Group for TWO and a half years...Then she joined Gucci Group in Jan 2006 and work as HR Manager for all brands within the UK and globally for McQueen and McCartney Her main focus is recruitment in all areas - from store to the creative teams.
- Mandi Lennard - Head of Mandi Lennard Publicity
- Mandi Lennard heads Mandi Lennard Publicity Ltd, a fashion and style PR agency celebrating it’s 10th year who have built their reputation from supporting new talent from graduate level. Their client roster includes: Gareth Pugh, Roksanda Ilincic, and House of Holland.Ensuring their clients are connected with the right: publications, stylists and creative talent, limiting their media output in order to nurture a loyal following and organic growth of recognition, the agency prides itself on it’s synergy of clients that also includes the recently launched new Conde Nast publication LOVE, whose Editor-in-Chief Katie Grand, they have worked with for 9 years on 20 issues of her previous magazine POP.
- Valentina Maggi - Director of the Design Practice at Floriane de St. Pierre
- Graduated in Architecture from the Politecnico di Milano, Valentina Maggi began her professional career in the Conservation and History of Architecture Department of the Politecnico di Milano. With her passion for Design in the wider sense, Valentina Maggi joined FLORIANE DE SAINT PIERRE & ASSOCIÉS in 1999 and has headed up the Design Practice since 2000.
- Vladimiro Baldin - Creative Centre Coordinator at Diesel
- Vladimiro Baldin,. "Vlady”, as he is known, was born in Padua, Italy, in 1974 and after tasting the flavour of clothing, fabrics and textures during his 3-year experience in a “total look” casualwear Italian company, he landed on Planet Diesel in 1998. Since then, Vlady’s career in Diesel has touched Sourcing & Buying management and the direction of Product Development that ultimately got him to the Creative Centre which he manages since 2006, working closely with the founder of the company, Renzo Rosso, as well as with the Creative Director Wilbert Das. The creativity of Diesel and its constant innovation are what keep Vlady in love with his work, assets that are naturally part of a project like ITS.
- Kei Kagami - Fashion Designer
- Kei Kagami initially studied architecture and worked as studio assistant to the pre-eminent figurehead of Twentieth Century Japanese building design, Kenzo Tange. During this period Kagami realised his true vocation and promptly enrolled at Tokyo's Bunka College to study tailoring. Building a bridge between the two disciplines, the move into fashion was a sort of logical progression. In 1989 Arriving on the doorstep of John Galliano's studio in London his talent and determination were instantly recognised and Galliano put him to work without hesitation, and he remained there as Galliano's studio assistant for three seasons working very closely with his mentor.
In 1990 with the help of Sisheido, Kagami enrolled at the prestigious Central Saint Martins. In 2001, his first catwalk show was held off-schedule at The Bulgarian Embassy in London. He has shown in London for several seasons and now presents his catwalk show in Milan. Kagami's first shoe-exhibition was held at a gallery in Milan in 2003.
Transcending fashion, Kagami's intricate, structural designs have been displayed in museums and galleries across the world including the Museum of Modern Art (Belgrade), Au Musée du Textile et des Costumes de Wesserling (France), Design 21 exhibition ( New York), triennale (Milano ), Rooms (Tokyo) 'The Fashion of Architecture ' (London and New York), 'Body Extensions' (Switzerland).
