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Silvia Venturini Fendi, President of Altaroma, summed up the end of Rome Fashion week as follows, “The event serves as an ideal bridge between the values of craftsmanship and modern creativity to face the new challenges of an increasingly demanding market. Creative interpretations serving as proof of ongoing evolution and a never-ending search for style. Fashion and savoir faire combined with all the skill and expertise of hands that create marvellous objects. The re-appropriation of Italy’s cultural heritage, projected towards the future.  From the meeting between these seemingly opposing elements, a new equilibrium is born. An equilibrium that generates energy and a creative ability that not only transcends all limits but also  lays the foundations for a different set of values”

2 photographic exhibitions including internationally acclaimed TODO O NADA by Mario Testino held at Fondazione Memmo and supported by 3 of Italy’s most famous fashion houses - Fendi, Gucci and Valentino.

151 creative talents including “cutting edge” designers, artisan artists and stylists.

12 Haute Couture Maisons showcased their collections.

200 fashion students , divided up among 6 academies and fashion schools, presented their Final Works. Since 2005 to-date, more than 2,500  fashion students  have presented their creations on the Altaroma catwalks.

Since 2005, the number of finalists participating in the ‘Who is on Next?” competition - created and organized by Altaroma in collaboration with Vogue Italia – has totalled  67 of whom 48 are Italian and 14 Roman, including the winners of the accessories and clothing categories who actually live and produce their collections between the Lazio area and Rome.

A combination of 12 sponsors, media partners, online & retail media partners and official suppliers of the event, by now staunch supporters of the Rome fashion week. These are just some of the impressive figures of the prestigious event that has just ended.