The seventh edition of Who is on Next?, project by Altaroma in collaboration with Vogue Italia, will see eleven young talents competing for the final award.
Seven of them specialize in clothing: Angelos Bratis, from Athens, has studied at theFashion Institute Arnhem in Holland; Au Jour Le Jour, a brand set up by Mirko Fontana andDiego Marquez and inspired by a fresh concept of fashion; Co/te, the brand of Francesco Ferrari and Tomaso Anfossi, both from Milan, who embrace geometric cuts; Cristina Miraldi, from Milan, who has been immersed in fashion since her childhood in the family workshop;Marta Ferri, raised between Milan and New York; Stella Jean, born in Rome, but of Caribbean origin, who paints on fabric; Tô Long-Nam, from Vietnam, has lived in Berlin and Paris.
In the accessories category the following talents will be competing: Alessio Spinelli, from Rome, who graduated in Economics and then earned a diploma at the Accademia Koefia in Rome; Paula Cademartori, graduated in Industrial Design at the Universidade Luterana do Brasil; the duo Ragazze Ornamentali made up of Isabelle Bois and Valentina Tortorella, set up in 2009; Thomas Blakk, a creative brand founded at the beginning of 2011 by Thomas Bambagioni.
Hometown and current city
Valentina: Milan and Paris. Isabelle: Paris and Paris.
Define your style in five words
"A constant work on language through the objects: timeless, classic, purified, feminine."
Define elegance
"Fluidity."
Describe Rome in three words
"Past, present, future: the notion of time."
Career highlight
"It still has to come."
What is Who is on Next? for you?
"A source of energy."
Your greatest dream?
"Collaborations, and giving the artistic professions due honor."
