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Frida Giannini —
Italian
Designer
born on December 30, 1972,
Frida Giannini is an Italian fashion designer. She was the Creative Director of the Italian fashion house Gucci from 2006 through 2014... (wikipedia)
Venice never quite seems real, but rather an ornate film set suspended on the water.
I don't want to be too 'classic' because it's not in the DNA of Gucci. You need to be a little bit provocative.
The idea of 'ferie,' or summer break, is a long tradition of which all Italians, including myself, participate. It's a time to relax, reflect and recharge.
All the drawings and sketches and clothes of Yves Saint Laurent in the '70s were so colorful, so bright.
I grew up in Rome, in actually what I would say was a liberal, open-minded family. My father was an architect and my mother was a teacher of art history, so it was sort of intellectual, and maybe a bit much for me when I was a child.