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When all of my friends got sick of my many questions (or, of my applying the 5 journalistic W to daily life), I realized that my future was to be a journalist. I must however say that what really interests me most is to look at society, people and trends, and analyze them through my writing.

As an Italian student living and studying in London, the international side of fashion has become of great interest to me. After moving to London and taking a closer look at the fashion industry, I soon realized how there is so much more than the clothes when we consider fashion, and I was therefore highly motivated to discover it all. While in the U.K., I tried to take full advantage of the opportunities London had to offer, and I did so by interning at a variety of publications. I went from a small independent magazine (Amelia’s) to an established national newspaper (The Guardian) to a unique fashion periodical (Intersection) and, finally, to exploring travel writing at a world-famous design magazine (Wallpaper*). All of these experiences helped me get an idea of what the London (fashion) publishing scene is like, and to learn how to behave in a job.

After almost three years in London, I am planning to move back to Milan to find a job. I have been lucky enough to interview Vogue Italia’s Franca Sozzani last November, and since she mentioned the possibility for me to intern at the magazine after I graduate, I haven’t been able to think about anything else. Although an internship at Vogue is on top of my dreams, I must however confess that their writing is not always that brilliant (while most of their editorials are, if a bit daring at times), so I hope to eventually find job at one of the periodicals published by either Rizzoli or L’Espresso. In fact, these two publishers produce publications that in the Italian fashion periodicals scene have a unique approach to writing, and do exactly what I am passionate about: analyze society, its habits, its flaws, in an impeccably presented way.

Should this not work, I will be more than happy to keep doing what has lately become an obsession of mine: blogging. In fact, after opening an Italian fashion blog, Pillole Di Moda, about a year ago, I have hardly been able to stop writing. What I do in my blog is what I hope to do in the future: analyze trends with a personal point of view; engage myself in a divertissement about fashion, design, lifestyle and society altogether.

In the meantime, taking part to this project with Parsons is a further chance for me to compare fashion industries: London and New York, with hints of Milan. What I hope this project will be, however, is the future of all of us: the designers of tomorrow meet the journalists of tomorrow, our careers start here.