Teresa Saibene

In 2024, Ratti renews its collaboration with the Accademia Costume & Moda in Rome for the ‘Master Fabrics Innovation Design’. This prestigious industry project involved 14 international students, who were asked to work on a brief from Ratti’s style office, with a central theme of exploring animal motifs. The students had to create a collection of innovative prints, combining classic animal motifs with contemporary designs, looking for a new interpretation that maintained elegance and sophistication. The research process encompasses historical and anthropological analysis, conceptual investigation and experimentation with techniques on different textile bases, with a strong emphasis on the principles of sustainability, especially considering the theme of nature-inspired design. Guided by Daphne Karras, the students visited Ratti’s headquarters in Guanzate, explored the production departments and understood the complex stages of

The new Herno Relife project, is a collaboration between Ratti and Herno and is based on the shared values of craftsmanship, uniqueness, circularity and heritage. Together we breathed new life into 18 iconic patterns from Herno’s past collections, revisiting them through one of our most valuable and distinctive techniques: textile printing with planche. Each planche helped create “placed” prints that ensure the exact repetition of the design on each garment, while maintaining the individuality of each piece due to the manual nature of the process. Ten designs were selected from our archive of more than 5,000 planches. 250 exclusive pieces were relabeled from the men’s and women’s lines, which will be available in Herno monobrand stores in Milan, Paris and Tokyo During the week of March 22-31, communication of the