Venice Fashion Week brings to Galeries Bartoux Crafting Luxury Brands, a conference on craftsmanship and luxury featuring the Brand Ratio research, and Le Mani Sapienti, which exhibits collections by Venetian designers and students from Università Iuav di Venezia
Venice Fashion Week 2025, scheduled from October 20 to 26, dedicates October 22 to the relationship between craftsmanship and contemporary luxury with two events at Galeries Bartoux, a new center for art and culture in Venice.
In the morning Crafting Luxury Brands, a conference on growth strategies for artisan brands with the presentation of the Brand Ratio research, and in the afternoon Le Mani Sapienti exhibits the collections of four Venetian designers and five students from Università Iuav di Venezia.
PROGRAM
Morning | Conference–Workshop Crafting Luxury Brands
Time: from 10:00 AM
Opening remarks
- Lorenza Lain, Director Galeries Bartoux
Introduction
- Stefano Micelli, Professor of International Management – Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, President Upskill 4.0
- Lorenzo Cinotti and Laura Scarpa, founders of Venezia da Vivere and creators of Venice Fashion Week
Research presentation
- Marco Bettiol, Professor of Internet Marketing Università di Padova
Round table moderated by Selena Brocca, Director Upskill 4.0 with:
- Roberto Bottoli, President Sistema Moda – Confindustria Veneto Est, CEO Lanificio Bottoli
- Benedetta Medici di Marignano, General Manager Laboratorio Paravicini
- Katia Pizzocaro, CEO Paoul and President Federazione Moda Veneto
- Elisa Guidi, Coordinator Artex
- Laura Tonicello, Public Relations & Cultural Manager Orsoni Venezia 1888
Conclusions
- Stefano Micelli, Full Professor Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, President Upskill 4.0
To follow: visit to the artisan and designer exhibitors.
To register your participation, complete the following form UpskillVFW2025
From strategic reflection on brand growth to the concrete narrative of craftsmanship
The conference Crafting Luxury Brands, curated by Upskill 4.0 – a spin-off of Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, explores how craftsmanship, sustainability, and urban regeneration can form the foundation for a responsible and competitive growth model in the luxury sector.
The focus is on the connection with artisan work as a distinctive element for new regional brands, at a time of industry transformation that opens space for more rooted realities oriented toward authentic value.
The initiative is part of the Homo Faber Economy project by Università Ca’ Foscari with Fondazione di Venezia and Upskill 4.0 to strengthen the skills of Venice’s productive and artisan fabric, fostering innovation, sustainability, and new local business models.
A central moment of the morning is the presentation of Brand Ratio, a spin-off of Università di Padova, which proposes research on the positioning of 200 Italian brands connected to high craftsmanship. The research, presented by Prof. Marco Bettiol, is discussed with specialized financial funds, banks, communication firms, and training schools to identify strategies for enhancing artisan brands and making them competitive in the global market.
Afternoon | Le Mani Sapienti
Times: 5:00 PM (press preview), 6:00 PM (by invitation), 7:00 PM (open to the public)
Le Mani Sapienti presents at Galeries Bartoux four Venetian designers – Alessandra Micolucci, BVL Venezia, Gaiofatto, Teod’Amar – and five students from the Fashion master’s program at Università Iuav di Venezia, selected by Laura Scarpa and professor Alessandra Vaccari.
Now in its third edition and curated by Venezia da Vivere, it celebrates artisan excellence and sustainable fashion, placing sartorial fashion and contemporary design at the center, in a dialogue between technique and new aesthetic visions.
The proposed collections unite the art of making with the pursuit of innovation, explore the boundaries between bespoke manufacturing and upcycling, introducing new creative languages that engage with haute couture and the demands of contemporary life.
Le Mani Sapienti discovers and supports emerging talents capable of transforming traditional techniques into tools of aesthetic research and sustainability. Artisan work, reinterpreted by new generations, renews Italian fashion and redefines the concept of luxury.
The 2025 edition strengthens the connection between Venice and the world of high craftsmanship, with a journey that unites creativity, quality, and vision, confirming the city as an international reference for sartorial fashion.
Venice Fashion Week
It is a project conceived and curated since 2013 by Venezia da Vivere, a digital communication, events, and projects company whose mission is to support talent and promote Venice as an ideal city in which to live and create.
Venice Fashion Week has the patronage of:
City of Venice, Ministry of Enterprise and Made in Italy, Tavolo Veneto della Moda, Fondazione Cologni dei Mestieri d’Arte, Università Iuav di Venezia.
Main Partners
Tessitura Luigi Bevilacqua, Palazzo Venart Luxury Hotel.
Partners
Upskill 4.0 – spin-off of Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Fondazione Giancarlo Ligabue, ITS Marco Polo Academy, Seguso Vetri d’Arte, Orsoni Venezia 1888, Kolding School of Design, City of Gdańsk, Amberif International Amber and Jewelry Fair, Fondazione La Via dell’Ambra, Libreria La Toletta, CreativeMornings Venice, Lightbox, Antonio dei Rossi, Alwaysupportalent, Associazione Piazza San Marco.
We thank
Palazzo Keller, Palazzo Nani Mocenigo, Palazzo Contarini Polignac, Galeries Bartoux Venezia, Venice Gardens Foundation, Seguso Vetri d’Arte, Bellini Canella.
The poster is designed by artist and illustrator Jacopo Ascari.
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