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re-Shaping fashion MADE IN ITALY

In this collection of interviews, leading voices in fashion reflect on how the industry can be reshaped through sustainability. From pioneering designers to forward-thinking entrepreneurs, each shares insights on innovative materials, circular production, and ethical practices. Together, their perspectives outline a future where creativity and responsibility move hand in hand, offering a vision of style that respects both people and the planet.

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Which lever best drives fashion innovation: tech, society or production links?
Federica Rossi (Curator * Museo della Calzatura di Villa Foscarini Rossi)
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What opportunities arise from university–industry collaboration for sustainable fashion?
Paolo Paoletti (CEO * Lanificio Paoletti)
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What values define a circular and local approach to wool fabric production?
Paolo Paoletti (CEO * Lanificio Paoletti)
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What challenges and actions shape circularity in your daily work?
Paolo Paoletti (CEO * Lanificio Paoletti)
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Will fashion waste become a strategic resource or remain a problem to manage?
Stella Tosco and Maria De Ambrogio (Co-founders * serienumerica)
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What key features make your products truly circular?
Stella Tosco and Maria De Ambrogio (Co-founders * serienumerica)
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Are tools like LCA, blockchain and DPP transforming fashion production?
Stella Tosco and Maria De Ambrogio (Co-founders * serienumerica)
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How does Serica 1870 position itself in the fashion landscape?
Enrico Frezza (Controller * Serica 1870)
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What tech innovations reduced your company’s energy footprint?
Enrico Frezza (Controller * Serica 1870)
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How do craft, technology and AI merge in textile product development?
Enrico Frezza (Controller * Serica 1870)
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How does BCN Concerie position itself in the fashion landscape?
Roberto Lupi (President * BCN Concerie)
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What values define circularity in the tanning process?
Roberto Lupi (President * BCN Concerie)
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What limits still affect the development of circular products?
Roberto Lupi (President * BCN Concerie)
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How might the concept of waste evolve in the fashion industry?
Roberto Lupi (President * BCN Concerie)
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What synergy opportunities exist between company and university?
Roberto Lupi (President * BCN Concerie)
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How is your company innovating Italian fashion and shaping future academia ties?
Gustavo De Negri (Founder * De Negri Luxury)
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Will future companies also become places of learning?
Gustavo De Negri (Founder * De Negri Luxury)
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How is Italian fashion education evolving to foster innovation?
Gustavo De Negri (Founder * De Negri Luxury)
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What role do certifications play in global competitiveness and consumer trust?
Gustavo De Negri (Founder * De Negri Luxury)
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How to overcome existing barriers to achieve truly circular fashion?
Gustavo Ascione (Founder * Silk & Beyond)
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How can textile waste become a strategic resource for the future?
Gustavo Ascione (Founder * Silk & Beyond)
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What barriers hinder circularity and how to overcome them?
Costanza Conti Valiani (President * F.M.V. Trasmissioni Meccaniche)
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How to give new life to metal processing waste?
Costanza Conti Valiani (President * F.M.V. Trasmissioni Meccaniche)
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How does manufacturing become a space for learning and cultural transmission?
Paolo Paoletti (CEO * Lanificio Paoletti)

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FASHION HUMAN CAPITAL

In RHITA, the voices of companies, artisans, and innovators offer a living portrait of how Italian fashion is evolving. Each interview fragment opens a window onto a different tension or opportunity: the search for new forms of circularity, the rediscovery of craft, the promise of digital tools, the challenges of regulation, the desire for shared knowledge and more responsible futures.

 

These insights have been gathered into a set of thematic areas that mirror the transformations shaping the sector today, from material innovation to policy shifts, from waste-to-value practices to new models of collaboration. Alongside these themes, every contribution is also connected to RHITA’s three guiding dimensions — circular, phygital, and education — which frame the project’s vision of a fashion system capable of renewing itself while remaining deeply rooted in its cultural identity.

 

Together, these voices trace a constellation of perspectives that illuminate how Italy’s fashion landscape is imagining its next chapter: more connected, more conscious, and more attuned to the balance between tradition and innovation.