Sustainable Fashion Days in Venice
Venice Fashion Week is committed to promoting craftsmanship as a value for the future of the planet. We have analyzed the Veneto region as an ecosystem of sustainable enterprises starting in 2018 with the conference Make it last, organized as part of Venice Fashion Week, in 2019 with the Sustainable Fashion Day organized with the British Consulate, in the roundtable Ecosistema Venezia in 2021, and with Alto Artigianato Venezia in 2022, a conference organized in partnership with Homo Faber on the island of San Giorgio.
In 2023, the conference The True Colours of Fashion was held with some of the most important Italian experts in sustainability, environment, and ethical labor: Marina Spadafora, ambassador of ethical fashion worldwide, lecturer and Italian national coordinator of Fashion Revolution Italia, Sara Sozzani Maino – Educational and Scouting Advisor of Vogue Italia and Creative Director of Fondazione Sozzani, International Brand Ambassador for Camera della Moda, and Matteo Ward – activist and CEO of Wråd, a creative agency that supports companies in their journey toward sustainability. Read the article on Vogue.
From the textile industry world, Rodolfo Bevilacqua of Tessitura Luigi Bevilacqua and Giovanni Bonotto, creative director of Bonotto and founder of the “Fabbrica Lenta,” shared their inspirations and achievements. Francesca Santoro, Specialist of the Ocean Education Programme of UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, Stefano Micelli, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and Upskill 4.0, and Arianna Safayi, a young Italian-Persian designer, shared with students, academics, creatives, and fashion entrepreneurs projects for the protection of the planet and opportunities for emerging young designers and future artisans.
At the conclusion of the proceedings, Matteo Ward presented the preview of Junk-Armadi Pieni, the series co-produced by Will Media and Sky Italia airing on Sky.
Made in Italy and the Economy of Beauty
The 2023 Banca Ifis study highlights that the Economy of Beauty is worth approximately 500 billion euros, 26% of the national GDP. The latest Sustainable Fashion Day organized as part of Venice Fashion Week took place on October 25, 2023, at Palazzo Ferro Fini, seat of the Regional Council of Veneto. Focus on artisan enterprises, Made in Italy and the economy of beauty with experts in sustainability, economics, marketing, and education such as Carmelo Carbotti, Banca Ifis, Stefano Micelli, Upskill 4.0 and Ca’ Foscari, Alessandra De Nitto, Fondazione Cologni, Michele Bugliesi, Fondazione di Venezia, Elena Donazzan, Councilor for Labor of the Veneto Region, and Lorenzo Cinotti and Laura Scarpa of Venezia da Vivere.
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Photos by Igor Serdyukov (including the cover), Marta Formentello, Farid Zarrinabadi, and Marco Sanfilippo.
Photos courtesy of Judith Bradl – Brand Endelea at Palazzo Sagredo for Venice Fashion Week 2022.
