As soon as I get up I check my e-mails. Then the app Discord, an instant messaging platform, and then Instagram. I always look at the @openlygayanimals profile. I love all the funny videos and memes with animals.
“Mission Vegan: Wildly Delicious Food for Everyone”, di Danny Bowien, Ecco Pr (36,70 €, su amazon.com).
LAST SONG I DOWNLOADED
One Of Your Girls by Troye Sivan. It is accompanied by a video that has gone viral, in which the Australian singer and actor transforms into a 1990s diva ( open.spotify.com ).
LAST MEAL THAT IMPRESSED ME
All the dishes I eat at the home of chef Danny Bowien, who is family to me. He is very unorthodox and at his place you taste a fusion cuisine that mixes the spicy flavours of Sichuan with pesto alla Genovese (dannybowien.com; in 2022 he published Mission Vegan: Wildly Delicious Food for Everyone, Ecco Pr, EUR 36.70, at amazon.com ).
Hillary Taymour all’uscita di una sfilata. (ph @ _collina)
My favourite room in my home .
My walk-in wardrobe. I just decluttered it by getting rid of everything superfluous and now it is perfect, exactly as I wanted it.
A CAPE TO LEAVE
A pair of tweed cargo trousers I made with Gucci a few years ago, as part of the Gucci Vault project, an online concept store of unique products, such as garments created by independent designers with recycled Gucci materials and reconditioned archive models ( gucci.com/en/st/capsule/about-vault ).
A RECENT DISCOVERY .
Vegea, the vegan leather made from vineyard waste: ethical, sustainable, I introduced it in my collections ( vegeacompany.com ).
Orecchini Green Broccoli, COLLINA STRADA (38,95 €).
THE ACCESSORY I LOVE MOST
I designed it. It is the Broccoli Bag that I created for the Spring/Summer 23 collection: a fresh broccoli head to which I attached a green chain and strands of Swarovski crystals, a unique piece. On my website, however, there are broccoli-themed earrings in silver and green crystals. My vision of ethical, green and sustainable fashion is encapsulated in I Care a Lotta, I Wear Collina Strada, the brand monograph published by Rizzoli New York. Inside is our whole story, our philosophy. I am very proud of it (Green Broccoli Earrings, EUR 38.95; I Care a Lotta, I Wear Collina Strada, EUR 65, on amazon.it ).
Il designer Alessandro Michele. (ph GETTY IMAGES)
A STYLIST I LOVE .
Without doubt Alessandro Michele (@alessandro_michele).
The SUSTAINABLE FASHION BRAND I PREFER .
Pangaia, a B Corp that produces only in Italy and Portugal by recycling textile waste and became a must during the pandemic for its colourful sweatshirts and tracksuits ( pangaia.com ).
The ARTIST I WOULD COLLECT IF I COULD .
Stephanie Temma Hier, a Canadian ceramicist living in Brooklyn. I already have one of her frog sculptures (her works are at Nino Mier Gallery, miergallery.com ).
T-shirt Logo S/S tee pink, Mutant (40 €).
The MOST INTERESTING ARTISTIC PROJECT I HAVE SEEN RECENTLY
The Mutant;Destrudo show by Arca, a non-binary musician, composer and DJ who mixes electronic music, technology, fashion and art in a performance that aims to destroy gender prejudices and stereotypes. I saw it in New York, at the latest edition of The Armory Show (@arca10000).
IF I HAD TO LIMIT MY SHOPPING TO A CITY DISTRICT, I WOULD CHOOSE
Avenue Montaigne, where all the major fashion houses have a boutique, in Paris, the city where I would want to live if I didn't live in New York.
