Carlo Giordanetti is member of the Product & Design Committee of Swatch Ltd. As CEO of the Swatch Art Peace Hotel in Shanghai, he is in charge of developing the project as a strategic element of the overall brand program. He comes to Swatch from Montblanc (2007-2012), where he served as Creative Director for all product groups. Previously, as Co-Founder and Creative Director of Brand DNA (2000-2007), he specialized in the development of branding concepts and brand (re)positioning in the luxury goods market.

Carlo also brings extensive experience at Swatch to his new role. For ten years (1987-1992 and 1995-2000) he served in a variety of positions, including Vice President, Marketing, contributing actively to numerous projects involving art, brand-building events, new product development and the Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games. He was also a member of the team that founded both the Milan and New York design labs of Swatch. From 2012 to 2019 he has been Creative Director at Swatch, responsible for a unified brand message across product, communications and retail. From 1992-1995 Mr. Giordanetti worked at Piaggio, makers of Vespa scooters, where he established a new retail concept and directed the company’s first international communications campaign. He is fluent in several European languages and has lived and worked in Milan, Florence, New York, Paris, Hamburg, Zurich and now Bern.

She graduated in Literature with a specialization in Art History from the University of Florence; in 1984 she began to work with the Galleria del Costume of Palazzo Pitti and with Pitti Immagine, curating the realization of some exhibitions and catalogues such as “La Sala Bianca: nascita della moda Italiana” (Electa) in 1992 and, in 1996, on the occasion of the Biennale d’Arte e Moda in Florence, the catalogue of the Emilio Pucci exhibition (Skira). In 1985, she curated the first retrospective exhibition on Salvatore Ferragamo at Palazzo Strozzi in Florence and its various venues at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London (1987), at the Los Angeles County Museum (1992), at the Sogetsu Kai Foundation in Tokyo (1998) and at the Museo Palacio des Bellas Artes in Mexico City (2006), starting with the organization of the company’s archive. Since 1995 she has been the director of the Museo Ferragamo and she has also been responsible for cultural events around the world; since then, she has curated all the exhibitions organized by the museum and the related catalogues, including “Audrey Hepburn. Una donna, lo stile” (Audrey Hepburn. A woman, the style) (Leonardo Arte) in 1999, “Evolving Legend. Salvatore Ferragamo 1928-2008” (Skira, 2009), “Greta Garbo. Il mistero dello stile” (Greta Garbo. The mystery of style) (Skira, 2010), “Marilyn” (Skira, 2012), “Il calzolaio prodigioso” (The Amazing Shoemaker) (Skira, 2013), “Equilibrium” (Skira, 2014), “Un palazzo e la città” (A Palace and the City) (Skira, 2015), “Tra arte e moda” (Across Art and Fashion) (Mandragora, 2016), “1927 Il ritorno in Italia” (1927 The Return to Italy) (Skira, 2017), “L’Italia a Hollywood” (Italy in Hollywood) (Skira, 2018), “Sustainable Thinking” (Electa, 2019), “Seta” (Silk) (Electa, 2021), “Donne in equilibrio” (Women in Balance) (Electa, 2022), “Salvatore Ferragamo 1898-1960” (Electa, 2023).
In 2019, she was appointed as a member of the Study Commission, established by the Ministero della Cultura, for the identification of public policies for the protection, conservation, enhancement and use of Italian fashion as cultural heritage. She has been director of the Ferragamo Foundation since 2013.

Andrea Rosso, born in Bassano del Grappa, embodies curiosity and passion. His love for music, graphic art, and flea markets fuels his creativity. As a descendant of Diesel’s founder, he was drawn to fashion, studying pattern cutting in Padua and later discovering a passion for nonconformist skills in California.

He pursued Textile Development and Marketing at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, before conceiving his role inside the family business. Andrea led the creative development of Diesel Living, launched in 2008 as home textiles, now including partnerships with top design firms like Moroso, Lodes, and Scavolini. In 2014, he launched MYAR, a sustainable fashion project focused on upcycled military garments, blending history with modern style.

In 2020, Andrea took on the role of Diesel Sustainability Ambassador, and in the same year the brand launched its ‘For Responsible Living’ strategy, a commitment to benefit current and future generations.

She has been the Special Events Coordinator at Pitti Immagine for about 10 years, overseeing all the special events of the fairs organized by the company, from Pitti Uomo to Pitti Filati, from Taste to Fragranze, and the brand-new Testo.

Her professional career in Pitti started right after graduating in Foreign Languages and Art at the University of Florence with a great teacher, Mr. Giuseppe Bevilacqua. In the beginning, she was working for the Press Office. Part of her duties was sharing information and taking care of the Italian and international press, communicating not only their trade fairs, but also their exhibitions dedicated to fashion culture (curated by Mr. Luigi Settembrini, Maria Luisa Frisa, Stefano Tonchi…), and the peculiar contemporary art program directed by Mr. Francesco Bonami for the Fondazione Pitti Discovery.

Later on, the company decided to develop an internal Special Events Division, and she was gladly given the opportunity to coordinate it. Organising special events proved to be a challenging puzzle as it entails the constant need to be dealing with a great variety of characters (many different egos!), heterogeneous cultures, everchanging venues/stages
and… weather conditions. Empathy is a key factor. She succeeds if the final result comes together as an organic whole and not just the sum of the single pieces! On the occasion of
their international press tours she is the “events spokeswoman”.

She owes her training to many masters of communication, fashion, art, architecture… She owes the success in her job to her curiosity and to an attitude of listening to and learning from
people.

Matteo Ward is an Italian entrepreneur and sustainability advocate, CEO of IO Fashion, Textiles & Home.

He is best known as the CEO and co-founder of WRÅD. Matteo serves as Vice President of Fashion Revolution Italia and is a member of their Education team. In 2023, Matteo co-authored and hosted "JUNK," a docu-series co-produced by Sky Italia and Will Media, while in 2024 he published his first book, FUORIMODA!, with DeAgostini Mondadori.

As a Food Hero, he collaborated with FAO on a children's activity book.

In March 2025, Wrad is acquired by Inside Out, a holding company founded by Suzy Amis Cameron. Matteo Ward is appointed CEO of Inside Out Fashion Textiles & Home, the holding's division dedicated to fashion sustainability.

The companies and projects that fall under Inside Out Fashion Textiles & Home’s umbrella have been organized in four key areas: Education, Media, Brands, and Consulting, each supported by the Inside Out's other five verticals and investment in scientific research and innovation collaboratively with institutions like the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Texas Tech, and Georgia Tech.

Maximilian Raynor, a British fashion designer and Central Saint Martins graduate, built his brand on experimental work and in London has solidified himself as an ‘industry favourite’ and ‘one to watch’. His early career began with work experience under Dame Vivienne Westwood, later interning at JW Anderson and receiving support from Perfect Magazine and LVMH.

Raynor’s BA collection was shown in Rwanda hosted by The British Council and King Charles III whilst his designs, featured in Vogue, Dazed, and Wonderland, have been worn by Lady Gaga and Chappell Roan among countless others. The London-based designer debuted on the London Fashion Week schedule in September 2025 with the support of talent initiative ‘Hi-fi’ and was among last year’s winners of the ITS contest 2025.

Tom Eerebout, a stylist and fashion consultant from Belgium, has made a significant impact in the industry. After refining his skills as an assistant in London, he developed a distinctive storytelling aesthetic. Some of Eerebout's impressive clientele include Lady Gaga, Kylie Minogue, Banks, Austin Butler, Rebecca Ferguson, and Sylvie Kreusch. With a decade of experience, he has worked on international tours, music videos, red carpets, editorials, and campaigns. Notably, Eerebout served as the Fashion Director for Lady Gaga's Las Vegas residencies, "Enigma," "Jazz and Piano," and "The Chromatica Ball" alongside Sandra Amador. Most recently he has also designed a capsule collection of sunglasses for Komono and a Unisex jewelry line for Elliot & Ostrich. His versatile and captivating styles demonstrate his exceptional eye for detail. Through his styling and fashion consultancy, Eerebout continues to leave a lasting impact, harnessing fashion's power to tell compelling stories.

Graduated in Architecture from the Politecnico di Milano, Valentina Maggi began her professional career in the Conservation and History of Architecture Department of the Politecnico di Milano. With her passion for Design in the wider sense, Valentina Maggi joined FLORIANE DE SAINT PIERRE & ASSOCIÉS in 1999 and has headed up the Design Practice since 2000.

Fashion veteran Serge Carreira is currently Director of Emerging Brands Initiative at the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode. He is also affiliated Professor at Sciences Po in Paris, one of the global leading schools in the field of social sciences. Carreira has contributed to the LVMH Inside Certificate with the module "Past, Present and Future : the Luxury Formula.". Over his 20 years career in fashion and luxury, he held diverse management positions at Galeries Lafayette, Prada, Miu Miu and Mary Katrantzou.

Having grown up “breathing” fashion in the family’s company, she has developed, since a very young age, a passion and competence linked to the creation of knitwear collections for some of the most important Italian and international designers. After having graduated and after an experience at Miss Deanna, she moves to New York and Paris from 1997 to 2001, working as Director of Creative Service for Badger & Partners, marketing, advertising and communication agency. In 2003 she returns to Italy and works as a stylist for different fashion brands and for the music industry curating, among many projects, also the music videos for the famous rock star Vasco Rossi. From 2004 to 2011 she is Artistic Director for the Knitwear Company GOTHA. Between 2008 and 2010 she is Professor for Fashion Materials at IUAV, in Venice. In 2005 she is the founder of Modateca Deanna, International Centre for Fashion Documentation, and continues promoting Made in Italy with particular interest in Knitwear Design, through the creation and realization of exhibition projects in Italy and abroad.

Since 2016, Sonia Veroni is also the Director of the academic Master in Creative Knitwear Design (CKD Master) of Accademia Costume & Moda, in collaboration with Modateca Deanna. The Master in Creative Knitwear Design is a new concept in advanced knitwear education, offering to young fashion designers a complete and specific education in Knitwear. In partnership with some of the Italian most prestigious Knitwear and Yarns Companies and with the technical support offered by highly specialized partners, the course is based on the on-site learning, interactive lessons and the collaboration with the most innovative and important Italian companies specialized in fashion knitwear. CKD philosophy is to create knitwear projects with the care and ethic of the past mastering technology innovation of the present and the future.

Odunayo Ojo is an established fashion journalist who has written for publications such as System Magazine, GQ, The Business of Fashion, Vogue Runway and more. He has been mentioned as a "fashion critic for a new generation" by Vogue Business. He brings this expertise to YouTube, where he analyses fashion runway shows and talks about fashion history.

Hanan Besovic is a content creator and fashion critic who runs the popular Instagram account @ideservecouture.
Raised in Croatia, Besovic was a passionate fashion fan who moved to Florida in 2016 to work in hospitality. He launched @ideservecouture during the pandemic and has amassed a following of 576,000 Instagram followers and built a reputation for honest and compassionate, of-the-moment fashion criticism and reviews.
But Besovic doesn’t take fashion too seriously. He also regularly shares memes and other comedic fashion-centric content And because he doesn’t have formal training or a degree in fashion, Besovic has an outsider's point of view on the industry, which resonates with fans looking for someone to pull back the curtain on fashion.
“What I am selling is my personality, my insight,” he told Say Who. “And I am still an Internet junkie, a fashion history geek that loves to read opinions. I want to hear what people think about collections. I don’t want to just seethe clothes, I want to understand the meaning behind them.

Dana Thomas is an award-winning journalist and bestselling author of Fashionopolis: The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes, Gods and Kings: The Rise and Fall of Alexander McQueen and John Galliano and Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster, all published by Penguin Press, and Fashionopolis Young Readers Edition, published by Dial Books. She is a regular contributor to the New York Times and Bloomberg, the European Editor of Palmer magazine, and the host of The Green Dream, an award-winning podcast on sustainability. She wrote the screenplay for Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams, an award-winning feature documentary directed by Luca Guadagnino, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2020. Distributed by Sony Classics, Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams was nominated for a Critic’s Choice Doc Award in 2022. Her book Deluxe was adapted for the docuseries, Kingdom of Dreams. 

Thomas began her career writing for the Style section of The Washington Post, and for fifteen years she served as a cultural and fashion correspondent for Newsweek in Paris. Thomas has written for The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, T: The New York Times Style Magazine, Architectural Digest, and British Vogue, where she served as the European Sustainability Editor. She has spoken at a host of major conferences and institutions, including the Aspen Institute, Harvard Business School, the United Nations, and TED.

In 1987, Thomas received the Sigma Delta Chi Foundation’s Ellis Haller Award for Outstanding Achievement in Journalism. In 2016, the French Minister of Culture named Thomas a Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters. In 2017, she was a Logan Nonfiction Fellow at the Carey Institute for Global Good. Thomas is an ambassador for the King’s Foundation, King Charles III’s sustainability center in Scotland. She lives in Paris.

Takeharu Hirakawa began following Paris Fashion Week as a freelancer in 1985, and has continued to do so every year since. Since 1997, he has served as an international judge for various fashion competitions, including those at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp and other EU countries, as well as fashion universities in Brussels, Arnhem, Vienna, Berlin, Basel and Paris and Barcelona, and for Hyères, ITS Contest and GWAND, ​​for a total of approximately 10 years.
For over 40 years, he has remained consistent in his approach, deciphering "ideas for creativity" and discussing the relationship between fashion and society in each era with frank and sharp commentary, while also working as a fashion educator and consultant.

Karen Binns is Global Fashion Director of 10 Magazine and 10 Men and currently serves as Creative Director/Consultant/Stylist, BFC NewGen Judge, BFC Fashion Awards Judge, and was recently President of the Belgium Fashion Awards Jury. Her career spans over 30 years in fashion and music, including work as stylist and creative consultant for Kanye West, Tori Amos, Nile Rodgers & CHIC, Bianca Saunders and WizKid. She has collaborated with designers including Ozwald Boateng, Maharishi, Ashish, and served as stylist and mentor to 2025 ITS Contest winner Maximillian Rayner through the Hi-Fi initiative. Her early training included six seasons with Andre Walker in Paris, and she has contributed to programs supporting young creatives, including Kurt Geiger’s Masterclass.

Emanuele Coccia is the author of The Life of Plants (2018), Metamorphosis (2021) and Philosophy of the Home (2024). He recently published a photo-theory book with Dutch photographer Viviane Sassen (Modern Alchemy 2022), a philosophical epistolary on light with photographer Paolo Roversi (Lettres sur la lumières, 2024) and a book on the relationship between fashion and philosophy with Valentino's creative director Alessandro Michele (The Life of forms. Philosophy or Re-enchantment, 2024).

Together with Olivier Saillard he curated the exhibition "The Many Lives of a Garment" at ITS Arcademy, and together with Yuko Hasegawa an exhibition on Art and Ecology (Dancing with All) at the Museum for 21st Century in Kanazawa (Japan). He is currently developing (once again with Olivier Saillard) the next exhibition at ITS Arcademy that will open in March 2025.