Out Of The Clouds Paolo Ferrarini on content curation, fashion's opportunity and getting closer to nature
This week, I am joined by my good friend, curator, journalist and teacher Paolo Ferrarini (@paolostyleops).
Paolo started his career in trend forecasting before becoming a design journalist and teacher at several of Europe's most prestigious schools. He writes for the Cool Hunting and Italian design title Interni as well. We met a few years back in Milan and were lucky to have the opportunity to spend more time together during a couple of press trips (which I organised), back in the days when we could, you know, travel!
Paolo indulged me first by telling me about his career, which as it turns out I didn't know so much about, his passion for great craftsmanship and photography, including a course in self-portraiture, pre-selfies.
He offers bold thoughts on the future of fashion and how companies should create content out of love, making authenticity a company strategy, rather than merely a philosophy.
Paolo, a podcaster himself, tells me about interviewing one of his idols Debbie Millman (the podcast is out this week) for Edit Naples, and his new talk project, the Human Difference talks.
We finish on my favorite questions:
What is your favorite word? "Incantevole" - enchanting in English - like the song by the band Subsonica
What brings you happiness? My family and the people on quick dial in my phone, that's what brings me the most joy.
Enjoy!
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Show Notes:
You can check out all of Paolo's work and projects on his website: http://paoloferrarini.it/
On Instagram @paolostyleops and on Twitter : https://twitter.com/paolostylops
And check out his podcast Parola Progetto
Francesco Morace & Future Concept Lab
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/
The article I quote about limits to growth
Documentary : Margiela in his own words https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/13/movies/martin-margiela-in-his-own-words-review.html
Fear of God : https://fearofgod.com/
Pyer Moss https://pyermoss.com/
Virgil Abloh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgil_Abloh
Paolo's interview of Debbie for Cool Hunting and his interview on the new podcast for Edit
The song that best represents Paolo: Sunshine Reggae
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