GAIA REPOSSI TO JOIN FASHION TRUST ARABIA 2022’S ADVISORY BOARD

With her vast experience in the world of luxury and fashion, Gaia Repossi, Creative Director of Repossi, has been appointed as a member of the Fashion Trust Arabia 2022’s advisory board. The Advisory Board is responsible of selecting 24 finalists who will then get the chance to showcase their work before the FTA Jury. The 2022 Board is stacked with a list of industry powerhouses including fashion experts, designers and professionals. The ceremony itself will be taking place during the week of October 24, 2022 through a series of local activations in Doha, Qatar.

The Turin-born, cult-favorite jewelry designer was a natural fit for the FTA advisory board, who assumed her role at the family business at the young age of 21, and has helped turn Repossi into a brand beloved for its luxe minimalism and contemporary aesthetic. Gaia’s extensive involvement and networks in the world of fashion make her the perfect member to provide expertise and guidance for the up and coming regional talents in the competition.

Since its inception as a prize to support up-and-coming fashion designers from the Middle East and North Africa region in 2018, the FTA has made it its mission to support these local creatives by providing them with global opportunities and by creating a network in which they can participate in important conversations and the exchange of ideas.

ABOUT GAIA

Gaia Repossi was born in 1986, in Turin (Italy). She grew up within her father and grandfather's passion for jewelry and developed very early a taste for visual arts. After studying painting at the Beaux Arts school in Paris, she pursued a course in Archeology. In 2007, she joined her father to work at the family House and took on the role of Artistic and Creative Director to instill her innovative vision. Her inspirations reflect

her passion for artists like Joseph Beuys, Franz West, Donald Judd, Robert Mappelthorpe, Walter de Maria or Robert Smithson. Her influences are also architectural, including the Bauhaus and Le Corbusier, and the new boutique in Place Vendôme is the result of her encounter with Rem Koohlas. Her openess to the world also has an influence on her collections inspired by sometimes distant cultures and times, crossing tribal or ancient references to combine simplicity and complexity.