aw24/25
3-5 october 24
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mbr aw24/25 JURY MEMBERS
Below you can read more about our jury members. We are still updating the jury list, so keep an eye on this page. These jury members will make the final decision as to which brands will present their new collections at Moldovan Brands Runway during the upcoming season. Such selection is necessary to keep the choice objective as well as provide relevant feedback to applicants from global industry professionals.
Sara Sozzani Maino
Creative Director Fondazione Sozzani
She has been at the Italian Vogue for over two decades and has a penchant for scouting young design talent.
Sara Maino Sozzani collaborates with many educational institutions and serves on several boards working and creating awareness for a more responsible planet. In March 2022, Maino joined the advisory board for the Circular Fashion Summit. The summit is a a global collective action summit, supporting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 2030. To date, she is a Creative advisor for CNCC (Conde Nast Commercial Creative), dealing with the conception and proposition of multi-platform projects for the Condé Nast Italia brands.
Since September 2018, Sara has been the International Brand Ambassador of Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana supporting the new generation of designers. She is also part of the Camera Fashion Trust founded in 2018, which supports Italian designers. In 2019 she launched A New Awareness a project that aims to create more awareness and consciousness in the younger generation. In 2021, Maino was named head of special projects at Vogue Italia.
Sara Maino Sozzani collaborates with many educational institutions and serves on several boards working and creating awareness for a more responsible planet. In March 2022, Maino joined the advisory board for the Circular Fashion Summit. The summit is a a global collective action summit, supporting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 2030. To date, she is a Creative advisor for CNCC (Conde Nast Commercial Creative), dealing with the conception and proposition of multi-platform projects for the Condé Nast Italia brands.
Since September 2018, Sara has been the International Brand Ambassador of Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana supporting the new generation of designers. She is also part of the Camera Fashion Trust founded in 2018, which supports Italian designers. In 2019 she launched A New Awareness a project that aims to create more awareness and consciousness in the younger generation. In 2021, Maino was named head of special projects at Vogue Italia.
Fiona Petroni Granata
Designer and Creative Director, Management Consultant, Lecturer at POLIMODA
Designer and creative director with extensive international experience, both as an external freelance consultant and in-house management roles, with over 30 years expertise in the premium and luxury apparel and accessories market, specialised in project planning, merchandising, design and collection development over many categories and market segments, in Italy, Europe and Asia. Further, broad experience in non-design areas; brand development, marketing, merchandising, retail strategy and distribution. Parallel to my industry career I collaborate with international universities, design and business schools, creating and contributing to academic programmes and lecturing on design, merchandising, product strategy and branding. Presently collaborating with Polimoda as a visiting lecturer on undergraduate and post graduate programs, employee mentor initiatives with the luxury industry and marketing initiatives for the promotion of the institute globally.
As a women's and menswear designer with extensive international experience, both as an external freelance consultant and in internal design and product management roles, she has over 25 years expertise in the prestige apparel market, specialised in project planning, design and collection development, accessory design and product development over many categories and market segments. Parallel to her industry career she collaborates with international universities and design colleges, creating and contributing to academic programs and lecturing on design and fashion related subjects. Further, she has gained broad experience in non-design areas and presently consult on brand development, marketing, merchandising, retail strategy and distribution for young brands and start-ups in both Italy and the UK.
As a women's and menswear designer with extensive international experience, both as an external freelance consultant and in internal design and product management roles, she has over 25 years expertise in the prestige apparel market, specialised in project planning, design and collection development, accessory design and product development over many categories and market segments. Parallel to her industry career she collaborates with international universities and design colleges, creating and contributing to academic programs and lecturing on design and fashion related subjects. Further, she has gained broad experience in non-design areas and presently consult on brand development, marketing, merchandising, retail strategy and distribution for young brands and start-ups in both Italy and the UK.
Fiona Petroni Granata
Designer and Creative Director, Management Consultant, Lecturer at POLIMODA
Designer and creative director with extensive international experience, both as an external freelance consultant and in-house management roles, with over 30 years expertise in the premium and luxury apparel and accessories market, specialised in project planning, merchandising, design and collection development over many categories and market segments, in Italy, Europe and Asia. Further, broad experience in non-design areas; brand development, marketing, merchandising, retail strategy and distribution. Parallel to my industry career I collaborate with international universities, design and business schools, creating and contributing to academic programmes and lecturing on design, merchandising, product strategy and branding. Presently collaborating with Polimoda as a visiting lecturer on undergraduate and post graduate programs, employee mentor initiatives with the luxury industry and marketing initiatives for the promotion of the institute globally.
As a women's and menswear designer with extensive international experience, both as an external freelance consultant and in internal design and product management roles, she has over 25 years expertise in the prestige apparel market, specialised in project planning, design and collection development, accessory design and product development over many categories and market segments. Parallel to her industry career she collaborates with international universities and design colleges, creating and contributing to academic programs and lecturing on design and fashion related subjects. Further, she has gained broad experience in non-design areas and presently consult on brand development, marketing, merchandising, retail strategy and distribution for young brands and start-ups in both Italy and the UK.
As a women's and menswear designer with extensive international experience, both as an external freelance consultant and in internal design and product management roles, she has over 25 years expertise in the prestige apparel market, specialised in project planning, design and collection development, accessory design and product development over many categories and market segments. Parallel to her industry career she collaborates with international universities and design colleges, creating and contributing to academic programs and lecturing on design and fashion related subjects. Further, she has gained broad experience in non-design areas and presently consult on brand development, marketing, merchandising, retail strategy and distribution for young brands and start-ups in both Italy and the UK.
Diane Pernet
ASVOFF Founder/Director
Along with pioneering the advent of fashion blogging via her blog ‘A Shaded View on Fashion’ (ASVOF), celebrated fashion writer Diane Pernet is also credited with spearheading the fashion film genre, providing a new interactive medium through which artists, photographers and designers can collaborate on creative projects.
Along with founding A Shaded View On Fashion Film (ASVOFF) – an international travelling showcase holding competitions for short films within the fashion, style and beauty genres – Pernet has also curated film projects such as CineOpera in 2010 held at the Corso Como in Milan and NOOVO in Santiago de Compostela in Spain.
Prior to launching ASVOF in 2005, Pernet was a digital fashion reporter for Joyce, Elle France and Vogue Paris. The American, having initially designed for thirteen years under her namesake brand, had relocated to Paris in the early nineties, landing her first role as a costume designer for the film Golem l'Esprit d'Exile in 1992.
In 2006, Pernet was commissioned by Mark Eley of Eley Kishimoto to make a film for the brand's menswear launch. Along with filming the documentary, Pernet blogged about the entire journey from London to Monte Carlo and the project served as the impetus for launching a fashion film festival. Pernet’s first festival, entitled ‘You Wear it Well’ debuted in Los Angeles at CineSpace in 2006, laying the foundations for the ASVOFF in 2008, with the festival’s first edition launched in September in the Jeu de Paume national museum in Paris.
Pernet has also produced documentaries such as Swiss Textile Designer Profiles, 8 Years of the Making of the Festival d’Hyères, Portrait of a Consumer, and Fashioned Out, and has served as a talent scout for the Festival d’Hyères in the South of France. The multi-talented creative holds a degree in filmmaking and communications from Temple University in America and has also attended both Parsons and FIT.
Photo credit: Ruven Afanador
Along with founding A Shaded View On Fashion Film (ASVOFF) – an international travelling showcase holding competitions for short films within the fashion, style and beauty genres – Pernet has also curated film projects such as CineOpera in 2010 held at the Corso Como in Milan and NOOVO in Santiago de Compostela in Spain.
Prior to launching ASVOF in 2005, Pernet was a digital fashion reporter for Joyce, Elle France and Vogue Paris. The American, having initially designed for thirteen years under her namesake brand, had relocated to Paris in the early nineties, landing her first role as a costume designer for the film Golem l'Esprit d'Exile in 1992.
In 2006, Pernet was commissioned by Mark Eley of Eley Kishimoto to make a film for the brand's menswear launch. Along with filming the documentary, Pernet blogged about the entire journey from London to Monte Carlo and the project served as the impetus for launching a fashion film festival. Pernet’s first festival, entitled ‘You Wear it Well’ debuted in Los Angeles at CineSpace in 2006, laying the foundations for the ASVOFF in 2008, with the festival’s first edition launched in September in the Jeu de Paume national museum in Paris.
Pernet has also produced documentaries such as Swiss Textile Designer Profiles, 8 Years of the Making of the Festival d’Hyères, Portrait of a Consumer, and Fashioned Out, and has served as a talent scout for the Festival d’Hyères in the South of France. The multi-talented creative holds a degree in filmmaking and communications from Temple University in America and has also attended both Parsons and FIT.
Photo credit: Ruven Afanador
Alessio Cian Seren
Marketing & Communication Advisor
Alessio Cian Seren, a graduate of International Political Science and a master's in Fashion Brand Management, is a professional with over 25 years of experience in fashion marketing and communication.
For over 20, he has held various roles within the Italian-based international fashion group OTB (Diesel, Maison Margiela, Marni, Jil Sander, Viktor&Rolf, Amiri, Staff International, and Brave Kid).
His last position within the group was OTB Head of Corporate Communication while maintaining contemporaneously the responsibility of Staff International and Brave Kid companies as Head of Communication.
For about 2 years he was also appointed as interim Chief Marketing Officer for the brand Maison Margiela in Paris.
Currently, he collaborates as a Marketing & Communication Advisor for some Italian luxury brands.
In Polimoda is a professor and project leader for the Masters in Fashion Marketing and Communication.
For over 20, he has held various roles within the Italian-based international fashion group OTB (Diesel, Maison Margiela, Marni, Jil Sander, Viktor&Rolf, Amiri, Staff International, and Brave Kid).
His last position within the group was OTB Head of Corporate Communication while maintaining contemporaneously the responsibility of Staff International and Brave Kid companies as Head of Communication.
For about 2 years he was also appointed as interim Chief Marketing Officer for the brand Maison Margiela in Paris.
Currently, he collaborates as a Marketing & Communication Advisor for some Italian luxury brands.
In Polimoda is a professor and project leader for the Masters in Fashion Marketing and Communication.
Alessio Cian Seren
Marketing & Communication Advisor
Alessio Cian Seren, a graduate of International Political Science and a master's in Fashion Brand Management, is a professional with over 25 years of experience in fashion marketing and communication.
For over 20, he has held various roles within the Italian-based international fashion group OTB (Diesel, Maison Margiela, Marni, Jil Sander, Viktor&Rolf, Amiri, Staff International, and Brave Kid).
His last position within the group was OTB Head of Corporate Communication while maintaining contemporaneously the responsibility of Staff International and Brave Kid companies as Head of Communication.
For about 2 years he was also appointed as interim Chief Marketing Officer for the brand Maison Margiela in Paris.
Currently, he collaborates as a Marketing & Communication Advisor for some Italian luxury brands.
In Polimoda is a professor and project leader for the Masters in Fashion Marketing and Communication.
For over 20, he has held various roles within the Italian-based international fashion group OTB (Diesel, Maison Margiela, Marni, Jil Sander, Viktor&Rolf, Amiri, Staff International, and Brave Kid).
His last position within the group was OTB Head of Corporate Communication while maintaining contemporaneously the responsibility of Staff International and Brave Kid companies as Head of Communication.
For about 2 years he was also appointed as interim Chief Marketing Officer for the brand Maison Margiela in Paris.
Currently, he collaborates as a Marketing & Communication Advisor for some Italian luxury brands.
In Polimoda is a professor and project leader for the Masters in Fashion Marketing and Communication.
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