About Me
Hi! I'm Mia, a fashion design graduate at IED Firenze
Fashion and Textile Designer passionate about craftsmanship, innovation, and storytelling. I blend traditional techniques with modern aesthetics to turn concepts into wearable experiences. I’m curious, creative, and precise—fashion, to me, is a language of culture, emotion, and bold ideas.
I graduated with honors from Fashion Design at IED Florence, specializing in sustainable design, patternmaking, and collection development. My training at Mita Academy as a Textile and Fashion Process Technician deepened my expertise in fabric innovation and production techniques. My creative journey began at Liceo Artistico di Porta Romana, where I integrated art, costume design, and sartorial craftsmanship, laying the foundation for a multidisciplinary approach that blends creativity with technical precision in fashion.
INSPIRATION
Fashion reveals identity. I design garments that tell stories and inspire futures.
My inspiration begins with a deep respect for heritage, materials, and craft. I’m drawn to artisanal techniques like weaving and tailoring, which carry centuries of cultural significance. Nature, history, and personal memory often guide my creative direction, grounding each collection in emotion and purpose.
I find beauty in contrasts—between past and present, structure and softness, precision and spontaneity. Whether it’s a vintage textile or a contemporary art movement, I explore how tactile experiences and visual storytelling can shape a garment into something meaningful, wearable, and emotionally resonant.
MY WORK
PORTFOLIOS
Moodboard, inspiration and concept
Target study
Role model
Competitor study
Accessories and jewellery
Collection overview
Final outfits selected to be sewn
Freedom not to choose between fixed categories ...
... but to cross them all or none at all.
The garment becomes an accomplice, an ally.
Each possible combo is a small creative act.
True style is not conformity, it's possibilities
The strongest presence is often the one in silence
Male or female, black or white In or out, either/o
Fashion does not define you but walks beside you
Between elegance and functionality
It questions what we call “normal” ...
... Let's breack the rules!
"Silence remains, inescapably, a form of speech."
DETAIL
A manifesto of fluid duality: where seams connect, not divide.
BETWEEN THE LINES outsiders presents itself as a wearable manifesto — a visual and material narrative of contemporary fluidity. A collection made of hybrid constructions and unconventional tailoring solutions, where seams are not boundaries but connections. The result is a dynamic wardrobe that lives in the fertile paradox of duality: between streetwear and elegance, precision and movement, structure and softness, order and deconstruction. Black and white — the stylistic hallmark of the collection — is not the absence of color, but a space to breathe: a neutral ground on which to let visual accents, subtle contrasts, and personal gestures emerge.
"SILENCE REMAINS, INESCAPABLY, A FORM OF SPEECH" - SUSAN SONTAG
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