19 questions, 19 answers. An intimate and personal conversation with Lorenzo Serafini, creative director of Philosophy di Lorenzo Serafini.
Lorenzo Serafini. Photo by Luca Orsi
What do you think happiness is?
Being surrounded by nature.
What dreams did you not achieve?
Living in nature.
Philosophy di Lorenzo Serafini’s 2023 F/W fashion show. Photo by Justin Shin/Getty Images
What mistakes should you never make?
Postponing decisions.
What was your past life?
Archivist.
What do you want to be born with in your next life?
Tennis player.
John McEnroe serving against Boris Becker in the 1987 Davis Cup final. Brooks Kraft LLC/Corbis via Getty Images
What if you could express your life in color?
White.
Who is the greatest fashion designer of all time?
Coco Chanel.
What item or accessory do you regret and say, ‘I wish I had invented it?’
Jeans are the most democratic and versatile clothing.
Which movie hero or heroine most resembles you?
Billy Elliot.
Still cut from the movie ‘Billy Elliot’.
What song do you listen to when you’re sad?
Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 5.
How would you compare Lorenzo Serafini’s designs to food?
Croquembouche (French dessert made by stacking cream puffs in a pyramid shape and securing them with caramel).
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What is your TV guilty pleasure?
I never turn on the TV.
What poem do you always have in mind?
Virginia Woolf’s ‘Stay Alive’.
What should you do at least once in your life?
Lose yourself (Perdersi).
What is the most creative space?
In the car.
Which three famous people from history would you like to have dinner with?
Marina Cicogna, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Jane Birkin.
Pier Paolo Pasolini in 1971. Photo by Will/ullstein bild via Getty Images
What is the most beautiful word?
Comprensione.
What is your first thought when you wake up in the morning?
Day.
So what are your last thoughts before you go to sleep?
Day.
