Once upon a time (I’ve always wanted to say that), there was a boy who dreamed of big life.

IWhere it all began

My story as a designer began a few years ago, while I was still in high school. But according to my mom, I was a fashion kid long before I knew what fashion was. At three, I would raid the wardrobes of my parents and my sister, put on whatever I found, and stage little shows in the living room, with no idea that's what they were called.

Growing up, I was always fascinated by the world of the West, especially West Europe and the USA. I would watch Gucci shows in the living room with my mom, visit expensive stores, pretend I had all the money in the world, and try on the prettiest clothes I had been admiring on Pinterest and Tumblr. Fashion shows, fame, the whole atmosphere of that world. I was obsessed with it. More than anything, I wanted to be there. I desperately wanted to move away and become part of that world.

Back then, I had no idea how to make it happen. I didn’t know where to start, how to get there, or how to turn that dream into reality. Honestly, it was something I could barely even imagine happening to me.

But then, during my third year of high school, something changed. I realised that this was what I wanted to do with my life. There was no plan B. Fashion was always going to be my ride or die.

IIMilan

That’s why I applied to NABA, Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti, in Milan, Italy. And somehow, I got in.

A young man from a small village of just 500 people suddenly found himself in Milan, the fashion capital of the world. Even writing that sentence feels a little surreal.

My years at NABA were a dream I actually got to live. They taught me so much, not only about fashion and design, but also about myself and the world around me. I met the most amazing people from all over the world, people who shaped me, inspired me, and helped me understand how this industry really works.

I went to fashion weeks and after-parties. I met people I had never imagined I would meet, and experienced things that once felt so far away from my little world back home. The little kid inside me was living his best life. And I could feel him being happy.

But somewhere along the way, things started to change. My dreams began to feel more real, my work became more serious, and I started discovering what I wanted to say through my own art. It was no longer just about being part of the fashion world. It was about finding my own place in it.

IIIMiriam

In July 2025, I graduated from NABA with a project that would become one of the most important turning points in my life so far: Miriam.

Miriam is a fashion film for which I created the story and designed and made all the costumes. The film went on to be screened at international festivals, including the London Fashion Film Festival (LFFF) 2025, the Berlin Fashion Film Festival and ASVOFF in Paris. It also received recognition in categories celebrating film and costume design among student film projects.

But for me Miriam was much more. It felt like a rebirth. A reminder of a part of myself that had always been there, sometimes even stronger than my obsession with fashion: my love for cinema, storytelling, and poetry.

That project opened doors I could only have dreamed of. It led to incredible collaborations and opportunities connected with magazines such as Vogue Italia and Harper’s Bazaar, and I honestly couldn’t be more grateful for the experiences that happened next.

I also had the opportunity to present my work through fashion shows in Milan in June 2025, and later in Venice and Zurich in 2026. Each experience brought new people, new perspectives, and new memories that I will carry with me for a long time.

IVFashion & poetry

And yet, the more I grow as a designer, the more I realise that fashion has never been the only thing I love.

I love to create little scripts, and building an entire worlds inside my head. Sometimes I get an idea and I cannot stop thinking about, so I start writing. I create characters, emotions, situations, and stories. And when it becomes clear enough, I find a way to translate it into a fashion collection, a film, or another creative project. Sometimes, when I have an idea that I cannot stop thinking about, I start writing. I create characters, emotions, situations, and stories. And when the idea becomes clear enough, I find a way to translate it into a fashion collection, a film, or another creative project.

Art has always been everything to me. It is not just my job, my passion, or something I do in my free time. It is a part of who I am. It has been there through the happiest moments of my life, but also through the ones when I felt completely lost.

Breakups, fights, disappointments, and days when I didn’t feel good enough. No matter what was happening around me, art was always there. It gave me somewhere to go when I didn’t know what to do with myself. It helped me understand my emotions, make sense of the world, and turn some of the hardest moments into something meaningful.

And I think that is one of the reasons why I want to keep creating.

I want my work to mean something to someone. I want people to find a little piece of themselves in my stories, to feel understood, to feel less alone, or simply to experience something that stays with them for a while. I know how powerful art can be, because I have experienced that power myself.

VMy own worlds

I am still that little boy who used to put on random clothes and walk around the living room, dreaming about a world that felt impossibly far away. The difference is that now, I get to create my own worlds.

And this is only the beginning.

This is my story, my fashion, my poetry, my way of seeing the world.

If I hope for one thing through all of it, it is to be there for people, the way art has always been there for me.