“Unpolished” stands for something or someone that has not been perfected, elaborated , completed and rough.
This is how I like to think of myself, as someone who always needs to improve, learn, evolve and yet, still not perfect.
This space was created for me to connect with people who share the same interests as mine.
I’m a fashion student in Milan and I’m not a particularly silent person so I thought it would’ve been great to have a platform where I could tell about my knowledge, my opinions, my thoughts and conversations about what it feels like to be a young creative nowadays.
This episode explores the concept of techno-feudalism, where Big Tech platforms function as modern lords, impacting the economy and democracy through rent, algorithms, and platform control.
23 Jul 2025
Viral Relevance is not cool anymore: Digital Minimalism
The hosts discuss digital minimalism as a fashion power move, exploring online invisibility and curated quietness, revealing the impact of silence in a digital world.
17 Jul 2025
Performance of Taste: Wearing Archive
The host explores fashion's fascination with archived pieces, dissecting nostalgia, taste, and resale markets to understand the desire to appear archived versus embracing the new.
19 May 2025
London on fire: Sacred Masculinity by Ray Petri
This episode of “Unpolished”, will dive deep into the raw, radical world of Ray Petri — the visionary stylist behind the Buffalo movement.
More than just a look, Buffalo was a manifesto. A visual rebellion born in the gritty chaos of 1980s London — Thatcherism, racial unrest, youth culture, queer resistance — all woven into a new language of masculinity, attitude, and soul.
We trace Ray’s legacy through the pages of The Face, i-D, and Arena, dissecting iconic editorials like Hard Times and Heavenly Creatures, and celebrating his muses — from Barry Kamen to a teen Naomi Campbell. Petri didn’t style trends. He styled ideas. He gave us boys who looked like saints and fighters, fragile and powerful, sacred and street.
This episode is a love letter to styling as storytelling — and to one of the most quietly revolutionary figures in fashion history.
31 Mar 2025
It’s Show Time: Violet Papers and the History of Burlesque
This episode of “Unpolished” will be about the history of Burlesque and Violet Papers by Lara Violetta.
You might wonder why these two topics and put into the same episode but you’ll understand why if you keep listening until the end.
Violet Papers is one of my favourite indie magazines, it was founded by Lara Violetta which is one of my main sources of inspiration.
The history of Burlesque on the other hand is often misunderstood and the performances are mistaken for something purely erotic but the origins were completely different.
13 Mar 2025
Balenciaga Dans La Banlieue: F/W 2025
This episode of “Unpolished” will be about the latest Balenciaga’s show in Paris for its fall/winter 2025 collection.
Many on social media said that Demna once again fooled us all and managed to get to his point, which is being critical towards society and at the same time being detached from the modern meaning of “high fashion”.
I did have my doubts this was a collection to celebrate and was wondering “Is it provoking the real aim of fashion today? Do we need that? Or do we need to see creativity rise again and not representation of what we already see on the streets?”.
5 Mar 2025
Unfiltered Paper: The Importance of Indie Mags
This episode of “Unpolished” is going to get you through the world of modern publishing, analysing mainstream media and indipendent/niche media.
Indipendent fashion magazines have been my obsession for a few years now, I try to learn as much as I can and I understood their importance they have and had, contributing to build our modern fashion environment.
I wanted to point of a few differences and a few reasons why I think these magazines are essential for those who want to explore fashion, art, photography, literature and much more because they’re full of content that mainstream media doesn’t provide.
25 Feb 2025
All the World’s a Stage: Fashion Performance at LFW
This episode of “Unpolished” will be about the way runway shows have always been connected to a theatrical performance.
Beginning with Poiret and Lucile in early 1900s, designers have always been linked to theatre and performance because it has been a way to express values and ideas, to also enrich the vision behind a garment.
I took 2025 London Fashion Week’s designers as an example to tell my point of view and thoughts on the way creatives like to present their creations nowadays, we’re witnessing a return to theatre and drama to convey creativity because the dress isn’t the protagonist today, it’s only the means humans use to speak about themselves and with technology, it became an extension of our body.
22 Feb 2025
Andy Warhol & Interview Magazine
This episode of “Unpolished” will trace a path on the history of Andy Warhol’s “Interview Magazine”, his magazine founded in 1969 with John Wilcock and Gerald Malanga.
This magazine is a milestone for the representation of artistry, underground communities, celebrities and glamour.
If you’re interested in publishing and fashion magazines, check out this episode for a quick journey through Andy Warhol’s artistry and his editorial masterpiece.
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