UNIFORM &
Visual Project

Born in Vienna, Arthur Arbesser is one of the most refined designers of his generation. Trained at Istituto Marangoni in Milan and Central Saint Martins in London, he worked with Giorgio Armani before founding his own brand in 2013.

His approach combines architectural rigor and chromatic sensitivity in a radically contemporary vision of the wardrobe — always attentive to the territory, the urban fabric, and the community.

For the PVDD × Istituto Secoli 2026 project, Arbesser guided the students in interpreting Porta Venezia as a visual and identity system, transforming the neighborhood into a fashion language.

Claudia Romeo's project stems from an investigation of the Porta Venezia neighborhood as a space of identity and alterity: the historical overlap between Milanese monumental heritage and the Ethiopian community that has lived in and shaped the neighborhood for decades.

The core of the project is coffee — in Ethiopian ቡና (buna) — as a ritual, social, and visual symbol. The Ethiopian coffee ceremony, its cultural meaning, and its unifying power become design material: an original print inspired by African wax fabrics, built from the typography of Ethiopian characters.

The garment — a reversible oversized jacket with a hood — combines urban functionality and cultural storytelling. The turquoise version reveals the print as a lining, with its patterns emerging at the edges, cuffs, and hood.

Daniele Cavallo's project is born from Milan's inexhaustible energy — frantic, chaotic, dynamic. Instead of dampening this tension, the capsule celebrates it, transforming it into aesthetics and identity.

The concept is rooted in Futurism and its manifesto of speed: the project reinterprets Giacomo Balla's Anti-Neutral Suit Manifesto, which called for abandoning static forms in favor of bold, dynamic, and vibrant lines.

Contour lines (isoipse) — cartographic elevation lines — become the graphic sign of this tireless energy: dynamic, closely spaced, and vibrant, they translate Milanese tension into a precise and pulsating aesthetic. An all-over print applied to an asymmetrically geometric capsule, in "muscular" colors: Very Violet, Very Yellow, Very Red, Very Blue, Very Beige.

Cinzia Carecchio's project originates from direct observation of Porta Venezia as a living urban ecosystem: its historical architecture, its heterogeneous population, its energy layered over time.

The central garment is a jacket with an integrated balaclava — a system of coexisting layers: the jacket in navy technical fabric, the bright green knit balaclava hood emerging from the zip collar, and the V-shaped back panel revealing the color contrast.

The print was developed in two variants: Pattern 1 — staggered circles in green, orange, lilac, and gray, inspired by the octagonal shapes of Liberty-style floors — and Pattern 2 — the street map of Porta Venezia reinterpreted as an all-over graphic, tracing the residents' paths.

Sasha Trettenero's project brings a radically contemporary vision to the heart of Porta Venezia: a uniform that does not hide, but declares itself. Pink — a single, total, all-encompassing tone — becomes the visual code for the district's staff.

The garment is a multi-pocket garment-dyed denim jacket, oversized with a mandarin collar, a hidden zip closure, and a bellows pocket system on the front and back. The back bears the word STAFF as a visible and proud identity statement.

The palette is monochromatic — pink in various saturations — paired with blue-gray trousers. A garment that transforms the wearer into a recognizable and inclusive part of the neighborhood.

Elisa Brun's project stems from the duality of Porta Venezia: a Milanese neighborhood where historical stratifications and contemporary drives coexist. Three sources converse with each other — the Futurist Fashion Manifesto, Liberty architecture, and the neighborhood's queer nightlife — creating an imagery where memory, avant-garde, and underground culture overlap.

The garment is a structured, total black cropped jacket with a high mandarin collar and a central zip closure. The diagonal lines carved into the fabric build a sharp geometry that recalls Liberty architecture and Futurist tension. On the front: pocket panels, multiple sliders, cuts. On the back: a soft, non-adhering panel, suspended like a second skin.

A garment that declares belonging to the neighborhood without sacrificing its underground identity.

Emma Canova's project is born from a fundamental idea: combining different elements to achieve harmony. The synergy created when heterogeneous components find themselves in the same environment — they converge, exchange, communicate, learn. Porta Venezia as a model of cohabitation.

The garment is a unisex jacket, developed in a size 48 with raglan shoulders that adapt to various measurements. The front is divided into three pieces by sinuous cuts where the pockets are inserted. The side is oblique and moved forward by 7 cm. The closure is an asymmetrical and oblique zip. The collar is crater-shaped.

The fit is loose, the armhole very wide — to provide freedom of movement. The palette is strictly neutral: three deep grays blending with the wool-blend bouclé fabric.

Lorenzo Guazzaroni's project starts from a precise observation: the turn Porta Venezia has taken. Not the fold of a fabric — but the fold of the neighborhood, its deviation from the expected path, its way of being bourgeois and rebellious all at once.

The chosen symbol is the mouth: where the voice, protest, and desire emerge. A symbol of sexuality and eroticism, the mouth becomes the internal lining of the jacket — the map of Porta Venezia printed inside, hidden, revealed only to those who open the garment.

The garment is a waxed denim field jacket — four flap pockets, shirt collar, snap button closure, adjustable bottom strap. Olive green for the final render, with black and CG7 as alternative colorways. Fabric: 12 oz 100% cotton denim with a wax coating.