Fashion Revolution Italia celebrates its 10th anniversary and brings the Fashion Revolution Tour to Venice: a gathering at the Giardini Reali in Piazza San Marco and an itinerary discovering international fashion designers and Venetian master artisans
For its tenth anniversary, Fashion Revolution Italia inaugurates the Fashion Revolution Tour in Venice: a cultural itinerary to discover fashion sustainability through the craftsmanship of Venetian artisans and contemporary designers.
“Venice is one of the world’s historic textile capitals, a port of arrival and a hub for the dissemination of culture that has influenced the fashion system over the centuries,” states Marina Spadafora, Country Coordinator and President of Fashion Revolution Italy, the world’s leading ethical fashion movement since 2014.
The day begins at 2 PM at the Giardini Reali in Piazza San Marco, a historic meeting place restored and reopened to the public by the Venice Gardens Foundation, with a talk by Marina Spadafora (Fashion Revolution Italia) with the participation of Orsola de Castro, co-founder of Fashion Revolution, and the partners who contributed to the project: Laura Scarpa (Venezia da Vivere and Venice Fashion Week), Sara Sozzani Maino (Fondazione Sozzani), Matteo Ward (Fashion Revolution Italia and WRÅD) and Alessandra Vaccari (IUAV University of Venice).
Designers and workshops with the Fashion Revolution Tour
After the talk, we will set off to discover the designers and workshops of the Fashion Revolution Tour:
the brand Dennj at the Attombri workshop, Lessico Familiare at Tabinotabi, designer Felipe Fiallo with his innovative sneakers at the Ramosalso atelier of tailor Demis Marin, designer Marcello Pipitone at the historic printing house VeneziaStampa, the projects of Sanaz Nataj Couture and Made for a Woman at the carpentry workshop Lunardelli Venezia, the brand Cavia at Paperoowl, where we will toast with wines from Fiorotto 1934.
Part of the itinerary, which will be open until April 29, will also include Palazzo Mora, which will host the work Hope Dress by Elaine Foster-Gandey.
The tour is free and open to everyone. With a digital map, we will depart around 3:30 PM from the Giardini Reali.
Fashion Revolution Tour
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Giardini Reali, 2 PM
Fashion Revolution Tour is organized in collaboration with Venice Fashion Week, Venezia da Vivere, IUAV University of Venice and Sara Sozzani Maino, is sponsored by the Municipality of Venice and part of the celebrations of the Ministry for Made in Italy and is part of the Venice Fashion Week 2024 program.
Brand identity and exhibition curation by At Studio by Stella Stone and Joshua Billsborough.
We thank Venice Gardens Foundation, The St. Regis Venice Hotel, Violino d’Oro Boutique Hotel and Vini Fiorotto 1934 for their collaboration.
Venice Fashion Week is sponsored by the Municipality of Venice and is part of the official calendar of initiatives of the Ministry of Made in Italy.
Article by Laura Scarpa.
Photos by Marta Formentello, Igor Serdyukov and Fashion Revolution Italia.
