Andreādamo, Niccolò Pasqualetti, Francesco Murano, and Lorenzo Seghezzi are the recipients of the fourth edition of the Cnmi Fashion Trust Grant, an initiative founded in 2017 to support independent Made in Italy brands that, thanks to this program, can access financial support, as well as a business mentoring and one-to-one tutoring path offered by the Trust's network.

On Thursday, May 9, the finalists presented their collections to the evaluation committee and outlined their projects for the potential use of the grants. Afterward, the committee selected the four brands to which, starting in June 2024, an exclusive path to support their brand development will be dedicated. The selected designers will have the opportunity to access a series of strategic consultations provided by influential personalities from the Italian fashion world, as well as financial support. Creativity, strategic planning, and attention to sustainability are some of the main criteria applied during the selection process.

The winners were selected by a committee from among 10 finalists (including Andreādamo, Ascend Beyond, Be Nina, Domenico Orefice, Durazzi Milano, Federico Cina, Francesco Murano, Lorenzo Seghezzi, Niccolò Pasqualetti, Victor Hart), shortlisted from 76 applicants. The four winning brands will receive 50,000 euros each in funding. In addition, Max&Co. selected VIctor Hart who will have the opportunity to collaborate with the brand's style team. With the project "The Max&Co. Design for Change", the Max&Co. brand offers the recipient the know-how and resources to enable him to transform his creative vision into concrete actions for everyone's future.

"The future can not ignore the new generation of creatives, which is why Cnmi works alongside Camera Moda Fashion Trust to support them in creating collections that look to the future and to sustainability, and to help independent designers in their brand development stages," said Carlo Capasa, president of Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana and a trustee of the Camera Moda Fashion Trust.

Andreādamo
Andrea Adamo was born in 1984 in Crotone. While studying at the fine arts academy of Bologna, he began his career as a fashion designer thanks to an internship at Les Copains. He worked for nearly 5 years alongside Elisabetta Franchi and then moved on to Robert Cavalli, where his passion for formal and eveningwear grew. He later moved to Paris to work with Zuhair Murad, then he decided to return to Italy where he became the head designer for celebrities and special projects at Dolce & Gabbana. In 2018 he returned to Paris to follow the image of Ingie Paris. In early 2020, Andrea Adamo founded his brand andreādamo.


Andrea Adamo


Niccolò Pasqualetti
Niccolò Pasqualetti was trained at Iuav in Venice, in Belgium, and at the Row in New York. He went on to undertake his m.a. in womenswear at Central Saint Martins, followed by a period working at Loewe. Since launching his eponymous brand in 2021, he has been given the Franca Sozzani award who is on next? 2021, was made a semi-finalist for the 2022 Lvmh prize and was awarded the Camera Moda Fashion Trust in 2023. He is based between Paris and his native Tuscany.


Niccolò Pasqualetti

Francesco Murano
Francesco Murano, was born December 18, 1997, in Agropoli, he grew up in a small town in the province of Salerno in Campania. He attended the Carlo Levi Art School of Eboli, specializing in plastic and ceramic design. In 2016 he moved to Milan to study fashion, enrolling in Ied and choosing Fashion Design.


Francesco Murano


Lorenzo Seghezzi
Lorenzo Seghezzi is an artisanal clothing brand based in Milan, Italy, that aims to be a social, cultural, and political statement against the abuses that the Lgbtq+ community endures every day all around the world. The main purpose of the brand is to be a tool for putting into discussion white, heterosexual, and cisgender supremacy and to question machismo and masculinity as a symbol of strength and power. “Masculine” or “feminine” are adjectives that don’t have any place in Seghezzi’s fashion. Elements of both worlds are mixed up and presented in an unconventional way that makes fun of the traditional fashion codes.


Lorenzo Seghezzi