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 – 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.

Alessandro Manzi is Chief Creative Director and Partner of the K-448 and Accident agencies. Alumnus of Politecnico di Milano, in his experience he has developed creative strategies and products for international companies i.e. Marella, Kiton, Aspesi, Prada, Gucci, Msgm, Duvetica, Poltrona Frau, Spotti, Le Sirenuse, Mantero, and Silversea. He is Senior Lecturer and Subject Leader at NABA, Nuova Accademia Belle Arti and he teaches at several Italian and international schools such as Politecnico di Milano, Poli.Design Master, MFI, DOMUS Academy, IED and many others. As a researcher, he is part of the “FIP-Fashion in process” collective of Politecnico di Milano. He is also author of articles and Ted Talks about Theories on Sustainability in the Fashion System and on copying in the fashion industry.

Member of the Superior Council for the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism, her professional activity spreads across fashion, art and design, through industrial and handcrafted knitwear collections, international fashion and design exhibitions, books publishing and collaboration with magazines, as well as the creation of textile artworks. Several projects started from her work in NABA: Do-knit-yourself, with the exhibitions Do-it-jibun-de at Muji Atelier in Tokyo, and Dritto-Rovescio at Triennale Milano, where the project Family Dress, a collective knitting artwork, was first presented, becoming a reference point for the new knitting world; Milano-Cina, a design experience, a project involving the Milan Chinatown community. She has held lectures and keynote speeches in Canada, China, Germany, India, Japan, Sweden, South Africa.