When did you know this was what you were going to do? was there a specific moment?
My dream was always to work in film and make my way to Hollywood. It was always the dream. But growing up, I was never that focused or strategic, and honestly, at a young age I had no idea how to actually get there. My parents always signed me up for activities, but it was mostly sports. For a while I got into singing, and I think I was actually pretty good at it, but by the time I was 13, I stopped.
At 15, I started high school and suddenly everything became clear. My journey began with fashion. Looking back, there were always signs that fashion was something deeply connected to who I am, but I never imagined it could become such a huge part of my life. We didn’t really have the financial possibilities for studying abroad, and my parents could never truly afford it. But my passion for this kind of art just kept growing and growing, and I simply couldn’t ignore it anymore.
During my third year of high school, I started discovering what my options actually were. After a long time convincing my parents, they finally agreed and said we could at least try. Of course, I was terrified it wouldn’t work out. I thought maybe all of this would end up being a waste of money and a broken dream. But somehow, my faith in it never stopped.
In my final year of high school, I got accepted into Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti in Milan to study Fashion Design. It was my only choice. I didn’t apply anywhere else.
Deep down, I always knew I wanted to live in Paris or London one day, but Milan felt
like the perfect beginning.
My work has always been built around cinematic, literary, and real life role models.
Every project I create has its own story. I write backgrounds, relationships between characters, affairs, their past, their future, entire emotional worlds behind the clothes.
My graduation project in 2025 became a film called Miriam, the story of a woman lost in the chaos of 1950s Los Angeles. A runaway bride, a failed actress, a woman destroyed by the fact that she never truly felt loved, who eventually ends up becoming a theatre star in London. The project was nominated at fashion film festivals and screened in Paris, Berlin, and London.
And honestly, I still know my journey leads to Hollywood. But before I get there, I want to build my own Hollywood first, my own cinematic universe, my own world.
What has been the most difficult period in your journey so far and what got you through it?
One of the hardest things is keeping that constant belief in yourself. From the very beginning, I was doing so many things without really knowing why. Questioning if any of it even made sense, hoping people would understand it, but at the same time always making sure I stayed 100% true to myself and my vision. I never wanted to create things just to please others.
The hardest part always comes right before releasing a project. Somehow, every single time, I convince myself that what I created is terrible, that I could’ve done more, pushed harder, made it better. I felt exactly the same before my graduation project. Before anyone had even seen it, I wanted to change everything and completely start over.
And now? That same project opened doors into worlds I thought I wouldn’t reach for years.
But I’ve realized this psychological battle never really disappears. No matter how exhausted, burned out, or lost I feel, art is always the thing that saves me. It reminds me that everything has meaning. And the biggest reward is when people truly understand what I’m trying to say, when they experience my work the same way they experience a great novel, a favourite film, or an album that stays with them forever.
Who would you want to collaborate with – another designer, a brand, an artist, someone completely outside fashion?
My dream collaborations are definitely outside of the fashion world, although film and music are deeply connected to fashion and always will be. Could you imagine The Matrix, Fight Club, or Sunset Boulevard without their iconic fashion? If the characters were just wearing ordinary clothes, those stories would never feel the same. Fashion creates identity, emotion, and atmosphere, sometimes even before a single word is spoken.
Sometimes I wish I had been born earlier, because many of the people I would’ve loved to collaborate with are no longer here. Working with David Lynch would have been a dream. Creating fashion for music and film alongside David Bowie, or designing for the cinematic universe of Michelangelo Antonioni and his iconic films with Monica Vitti, that kind of beauty and storytelling inspires me endlessly.
And of course, Christian Dior. I would’ve loved to know him personally and step into his world of elegance, beauty, and couture craftsmanship, just to learn every detail behind his tailoring. The same goes for Alexander McQueen. Thanks to him, I truly understood how important storytelling in fashion really is. It’s not always beautiful or comfortable, but it’s honest, emotional, and necessary.
But one of the biggest icons I will always look up to, and someone I’ll forever be grateful for creatively, is Taylor Swift. Her music makes me feel the most creative, and designing dresses for her would honestly be one of my biggest dreams. Somehow, I truly believe that one day, it will happen.
Is there a person, a mentor, a peer, someone unexpected who fundamentally changed how you work?
I think there have been several people in my life who deeply inspired me, and I’m incredibly grateful for that. Whether it was someone from the world of cinema, ballet, architecture, or music, their experiences and the stories they shared with me pushed me even further toward this wild life of fashion. They taught me how to stay strong, keep faith in myself, and understand things I probably would’ve never learned on my own. Honestly, I have endless gratitude for them, because part of who I am today exists because of them too.
But one of my biggest supports, and honestly my little “guardian angel,” is my tutor for sewing, who I met two years ago. Since then, she has been teaching me master tailoring and sewing techniques. It wasn’t always easy because she lives in my hometown in the Czech Republic, so during my studies I was constantly flying back and forth between Milan and Prague just to have lessons with her and keep improving.
I’ve always been the kind of person who never wants to know just a little about the things they love. I want to know everything about my passion, every detail, every trick, every hidden technique. For me, learning is part of the art itself.
What are you working on right now that genuinely excites you?
For now I’ve only introduced the first part of my new collection called Tenderness, which I created after experiencing something that brought me closer to the world of ballet. It’s funny, because I never would’ve imagined myself being interested in this kind of art. Of course I always saw ballet as beautiful, the movement, the control of the body, the elegance, but it wasn’t until about a year ago that a completely new world opened up to me.
I’ve been spending time in London at a friend’s place, and I used that period as a form of research. I started meeting people from the ballet world, going to different performances, visiting museums, and reading countless books. Slowly I found myself immersed in a universe I had never truly understood before.
Tenderness is not only about ballet, but also about love. If you look closely at the colors, it all starts to make sense. During the time I was designing it, I experienced love for the first time in my life, and I tried to translate that feeling into soft silhouettes, delicate fabrics like silk, glitter tulle, and everything that feels light, emotional, and alive.
But love and falling in love have many phases, and that’s why I decided to expand the collection further. I also want to present the full collection in a place that has been part of my long term dream for years. I don’t want to say too much yet, because I don’t want to jinx it, but it feels like the right direction.
