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Stefano Pilati - exclusive Meeting design students in Milan

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So this guy came over to talk to my school today.
What can I say?
Firstly, very polite and nice man, with a great sense of humor.I also liked the fact that he really opened up to us and said it like it is. Apparantley he speaks great english, as well as (obviously italian) and french (Paris is where he's mainly at right now).

He started off saying that basically he got into fashion by finding a job that could pay for his summer vacations!

There were questions about him having to deal with Miuccia, as his boss (knowing that she is a difficult and demanding lady) what he said is that he just tried to understand her vision as much as possible and then work these ideas with his own

He also said that when working for Prada we was designing two collections at once, womenswear during the day and menswear during night.And when they saw the collections they loved them both so they used both in the show.And then they invited him to do Jil Sander!So basically what he did was womenswear during day, menswear during night and Jil Sander - during bathroom and food breaks:woot:! hahaa!

When asked about trends and whether he likes to follow them he replied "No", "What's the point of it, it makes no sense, one day its in-tomorrow its out!" He said usually, the ones that are 'very into trends' quickly fall down.

Also, he said it was rough and a bit frighting in the beginning to come to Paris and enter the house of YSL since "everyone in France has an opinion about YSL-from taxi driver to a receptionist!" haha

Then he was asked about what he thinks is going on in the world right now with the ecological problems and all and he said that "there are two options:you can say I don't give a damn or you can say I wanna do something about it, so they are trying to be as eco-friendly as possible these days

And finally, some girls asked him what would he recommend for young designers who want to start off their own line after graduating, and his answer was: " Its really tough out there, lots of competition and, its great that you want this, its a start, many people at my age still don't know what they wanna do, but try not to focus so much on your dream of becoming a designer, put it aside and just create, live and work for at the moment" "and always learn, learn,learn from everything, never judge" we were watching two oh his shows and he said "inetersting but even by watching my own show with you guys just now, I've learning something that I will never let happen again!"

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Since I didn't really feel comfortable having a camera in his face (cause i was sitting pretty close) i made just a little video specially for you guys and a quick photo at the end!^_^
Hope you guys were interested!:heart:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAmTrg4FhYg

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thanks & karma for sharing the meeting with monsieur Pilati, he's such a total darling :heart:
 
Also some girl quoted Ralph Lauren "I don't design clothes, I design dreams. " and then she asked "so what do you design?" he laughed and said "Thank God we've got Ralph!" hahaha^_^
 
he's very sexy indeed :heart:

(i have problems giving you karma, but it will come ..)
 
I've been waiting for this!! i read something about this visit to your school in another thread a while back (u posted that of course) and i couldnt wait to see what you could tell us!!

i love how he talks about working in three collections at a time 24/7 including lunch-breaks and all... i personally adore this man both as a person and as an artist (and yes, as everybody says, he is atractive too...)

When asked about trends and whether he likes to follow them he replied "No", "What's the point of it, it makes no sense, one day its in-tomorrow its out!" He said usually, the ones that are 'very into trends' quickly fall down.

quite predictable coming from a man who just launched the "basics-timeless" line Edition 24 chez Saint Laurent
 
he sounds delightful! thanks for sharing this with us :flower:
 
Man he has this natural sex appeal about him that others designers, no matter how hard they primp and pose, don't possess.
 
You have no idea how much I want to be you!!

However, I didn't like what he said about trends. Everyone says they don't believe in trends. But seldom are they honest about it.
 
thanks alot Bershka for sharing this & karma 4u , I wish if he had spoked more about YSL & his vision ?
 
thanks alot Bershka for sharing this & karma 4u , I wish if he had spoked more about YSL & his vision ?

You mean Yves's vision? Never spoke a word of him. But as far as I know, Yves never kept in touch with any of the head designers of his house.
 
^Didn't he pick Alber himself? Didn't they work together for a long time?
 
thank you for sharing this... i wish more students in Fashion School do that....
 
Bershka - you are my new best friend! I love Stefano, he makes wodnerful clothes! ciao x
 

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