On the occasion of Milan Fashion Week, the Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana (CNMI) continues its action to promote emerging fashion designers. The new edition of the CNMI Fashion Hub will open its doors on February 25, 2025, at Palazzo Giureconsulti, in the heart of Milan. The project is supported by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) and the Italian Trade Agency (ICE).
This edition will feature several projects, including Designers for the Planet, Voices of Seoul, GoMongolia, MFW Forward, a presentation by Charles De Vilmorin, educational conferences, and intercultural business conversations.
Modem introduces the eight emerging designers participating in Designers for the Planet, an initiative spotlighting new talent committed to sustainability in fashion. Curated by Sara Sozzani Maino, international ambassador for new brands at the CNMI and creative director of the Sozzani Foundation, this selection showcases the next generation of designers. The featured brands: Cascinelli, Grossi, Lizzio, Lucia Chain, Marea, Noir Déchiré, Servati, and Tolo.
CASCINELLI
Cascinelli is a journey through time, nature, and innovation. Each piece in the collection is born from a vision that blends timeless elegance with modernity, inspired by the beauty of the natural world and a passion for sustainable design. Filippo Cascinelli, the young and promising creative director of the brand, is an emerging talent with over 5 years of experience in first-line luxury brands. His fresh and dynamic vision brings a new perspective to elegance, with a strong commitment to sustainability and innovation.
GROSSI
Andrea Grossi was born in 1996 and is originally from Reggio Emilia. After studying at the Blaise Pascal Graphic High School, the designer enrolled at the Polimoda Institute in Florence. In 2018, he won the fifth edition of the Isko I-skool denim award, presenting the creation of a wedding dress entirely made of eco-sustainable denim; he participated in the Hyères Festival in October 2020. Subsequently, he also worked for Diesel. His creative vision combines tradition and innovation becoming the interpreter of a style that blends craftsmanship and advanced technologies. The brand focuses its attention on materials, the collections play on the balance between past, present, and future. Experimentation is at the center of the Grossi project; the label is committed to environmental sustainability, innovating with eco-friendly materials and techniques.
LIZZIO
Lizzio creates exclusive luxury quality footwear that is on point with fashion and a taste of style. All Lizzio collections are made with 100% genuine leather shoes, focusing on craftsmanship, superior quality, and opulent designs.
LUCIA CHAIN.
Lucia Chain. is an Italian-Argentinian fashion brand based in Piemonte, Italy. Committed to the environment, since 2017, their plant-based designs are made by hand in their little studio with raw local fabrics and organic dyes. Zero waste patterns, a-gender fits and slow production make their biodegradable clothing stand the test of time. Lucía Chain is the founder of her eponymous label. Born in Buenos Aires in 1988, she is a fashion and textile designer with postgraduate degrees in sportswear design (UBA, Argentina) and fashion business (Scholarship at Marangoni Institute Paris, France). In 2014, Lucia won Semillero UBA and started her brand. Her work was part of exhibitions at different galleries and museums, such as the Salvatore Ferragamo Museum ("Sustainable Thinking", Florence, Italy, 2019/2021).
MAREA
Marea, born in 2023 from the vision of Giuseppe Della Monica, is a brand that fuses luxury, craftsmanship, and sustainability. Born as an evolution of the designer's stylistic journey, the brand promotes an innovative approach to fashion, where each garment is designed to be aesthetically refined and environmentally conscious. Production is almost entirely plastic-free, using recycled materials and eco-friendly techniques such as water-based printing. Each collection tells a story of modern tailoring and responsibility towards the planet, transforming vintage and discarded materials into unique pieces. Marea is a brand that reflects the founder's modern vision of fashion, interweaving craftsmanship, innovation, and sustainability.
NOIR DÉCHIRÉ
Born in 1997 in Cesena, Davide Casadei has lived different experiences as a sales assistant and sneaker maker, before embarking on a career path in fashion design driven by the desire to create clothes that would give him a sense of protection. Attracted by what requires the most attention to be understood, by silent and unshouted actions, he makes introspection and discreet actions become the basis of his creative research. After graduating in Fashion Design at IED Milano he founded the brand Noir Déchiré to explore an alternative approach to create and produce, where sustainability and awareness of materials are fundamental values. Noir Déchiré wants to break the patterns silently with a graceful post-punk, suspended between essentiality, comfort, and elegance. The brand’s goal is to overcome the boundaries of conventional menswear celebrating the tension between the comfort of deconstructed knitwear and the rigidity of the sartorial structure.
SERVATI
Apulian brand that combines technology and craftsmanship, redefining the rules of design and sustainability. Servati sneakers represent the perfect combination of cutting-edge technology and the tradition of being made in Italy. Born from the vision of Matteo Di Paola and Marco Primiceri, two young entrepreneurs from Puglia, in the heart of the Casarano shoe district, in the south of Italy, these shoes perfectly balance craftsmanship and innovation, giving life to an original product made with advanced 3D printing technology, 100% recyclable materials and a futuristic design.
TOLO
Tolo was born in 2019 by Francesco Tolotta, originally from a small Calabrian village. The brand is initially focused on custom and then moved on to a 360° design of each garment. The name Tolo is more than the abbreviation of the founder's surname, the logo is clean and balanced, best expressing the aesthetics in just four letters. Tolo is the result of a path that combines artistic roots and the beauty search. Through this approach Tolotta wants to tell the simplicity of ordinary people, everyday stories, real and sometimes not-real places, and environments, walking his story backward and digging into the memories of his childhood. The mission is to communicate beauty, inspired by nostalgic memories, in a unique brand made of painting and fashion.
Designers for the Planet
February 25 - March 03, 2025
Fashion Hub - Palazzo Giureconsulti
piazza dei Mercanti 2 - 20123 Milano
Photo Cover: Grossi
