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The Project

Students from the 3rd year of the BA Fashion Design course have attended a textile design workshop with the tutorship of the entrepreneur Qirong-er, for the company ShiangXia (Hermès Group). Ancient techniques, as cashmere felting and craft dyeing have been reinterpreted in a contemporary version.

Area: Fashion Design
Courses: Fashion Design
Campus: NABA Milan
Collaboration: Shang Xia

Credits

Colomba Leddi
Fashion Design Area Leader
Fashion Design Area Leader
Colomba Leddi
<p>After a number of collaborations with many top fashion designers, including Nanni Strada, Colomba Leddi joined Frammenti in 1992, a group experimenting with artisanal techniques to be applied to the clothing sector. In 1996, she opened her own atelier of tailor-made, unique pieces, and her label can be found in some of the best Italian and foreign boutiques, including Biffi in Milan, Philippe Model Maison in Paris, HP Deco in Japan, Thimbloom in Korea and Bird Boutique in New Zealand. She has participated in several fashion fairs and group exhibitions in Italy and abroad, including Passeggiata evanescente, with Melina Mulas, at Galleria Le 5 Venice, in Venice (2010), W. Women in Italian Design at Triennale Milano (2016-2017), Documenta 2020 &ndash; Windows in pandemic, Tsinghua University Art Museum Beijing (2020). She also works as a theatre and cinema costume designer and has taught at many different universities and academies.</p>
Miao Ran
Course Leader
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Students involved

Diana Caponi, Manuel Capozzi, Luxi Chen, Clelia Levis, Daniela Ponzo, Leyla Talakoub

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