LGBTQ Fashion 2023: LAUD END PRAUD X Young Italian Fashion Designer

LGBTQ Fashion 2023: LAUD END PRAUD X Young Italian Fashion Designer

LAUD END PRAUD, an initiative launched by Andrea Semeghini in support of the LGBTQ community for LGBTQ Fashion 2023 debuted in Milan to close the Pride month with a show that brought together young Italian fashion designers.

The first Milanese edition of LAUD END PRAUD took place on Saturday 1st July at the Q Club in via Padova.

The project in support of the LGBTQ+ community, born from the initiative of Andrea Semeghini, creative director of VANADIO23 and presented for its first edition in Venice in October 2022, made its debut in Milan with a completely new format.

The event aim’s was to celebrate the closing of LGBTQ+ pride month by offering a space for discussion, encounter, creative exchange and entertainment, to remind to the community of the compelling need to fight for the defense of their rights.

Open to the entire community and its allies, LAUD END PRAUD Milano, set out to create a space for social and creative expression.

On the stage of the Qclub a roundtable with the activist Vitto Pascale, with the role of moderator and attended by Antonia Monopoli of Sportello Trans Ala Milano Onlus, Lorenzo Mattiello of Mica Macho and Kilian Lenox, who came together to talk about “IDENTITY AND GENDER STORIES”.

Following the roundtable, the first PRAUD* “We scream proudly to be PRAUD of whatever f*ck we want” collection was presented through a collective fashion show.

Set in the external courtyard of the Qclub, on a red catwalk, clear reference to the first color of the Rainbow Flag, the creations of VANADIO23 paraded in collaboration with FANTABODY, LESSICO FAMILIARE, PIJAMA, RITARITA, SIMON CRACKER and SIRAINER.

On the catwalk of LGBTQ Fashion 2023, six mini capsules, four by RTW, and two of accessories, each with its own distinct identity, but ultimately blended in a collection that combines the creative, aesthetic and material codes of the individual designers with the pictorial intervention of VANADIO23.

The event is supported by a community of sponsors and partners, including BLEND MANAGEMENT, WE MAKE UP, GORUNWAY, SIBILLA, UNCDN Id and PWC who gathered around Andrea and the designers for this season to support the initiative.