{"id":87217,"date":"2018-05-15T16:10:44","date_gmt":"2018-05-15T14:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=87217"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:22:59","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:22:59","slug":"this-is-me-lilia-sacco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2018\/05\/15\/this-is-me-lilia-sacco\/","title":{"rendered":"This is me: Lilia Sacco"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Arts<\/strong>\u00a0and fashion <\/strong>\u201cPassion for the arts has always been present in my household. My uncle was a painter and he made a living out of it. But my interest in art has developed mostly thanks to my mother. Since I was 4, she has been taking me to all kinds of different galleries and museum nights and she owns a small collection of paintings. So, growing up surrounded by art and taking advice from my family, I knew I was going to try to make a career in the art world.<\/p>\n

\u201cBesides fine arts, I really love fashion.\u00a0I\u00a0remember when I was 10, I loved looking at photographs and reading stories about fashion in the magazines. I dreamt about becoming an editor one day. I admired the work of\u00a0Grace Coddington, a great creative director of American Vogue, and Tonne Goodman, the magazine\u2019s fashion director. But the funny thing is that my family hates fashion, especially my mom. I don\u2019t know where I got this passion from. Actually, it might be because she hates it.\u201d<\/p>\n

New<\/strong> Fashion Society<\/strong> \u201cFor students who are interested in fashion there was really no place to learn more about the industry, apart from\u00a0the minor programme\u00a0that bachelor\u2019s students of Arts and Culture could take during their final year. New Fashion Society, a student association that\u00a0strives to bridge the gap between university and the fashion industry, was launched five years ago by five RSM students.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am part of the Seminar Team and we are responsible for organising big case study events and seminar weeks. We invite professionals who work with luxury brands or in the fashion industry and ask them to present their companies and career opportunities for students. At first, the association was only business-oriented, but now we also work with international academics from fashion schools and host monthly lectures.\u201d<\/p>\n

Research<\/strong> \u201cI discovered my interest in the economic aspect of the art market during my bachelor\u2019s programme, so I\u00a0also chose to make it the focus of my thesis. Following the direction of the\u00a0minor in the fashion industry, I am doing a research on fashion designers in Amsterdam. High fashion in the Netherlands\u00a0is not very developed, and it is a very closed-off community. This makes it very tough for up and coming designers to enter the industry. So my professor and I\u00a0wondered how young professionals manage to survive, and\u00a0thought this issue would be really interesting for research. Some of our findings show that\u00a0businesses\u00a0are not\u00a0really\u00a0eager to\u00a0sponsor\u00a0fashion projects; and in order to get a grant from the government, the key element is that you must have an extraordinary creative concept, while its commercial viability is not taken into consideration.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Recommendations <\/strong>\u201cWhat I would recommend to art lovers is to visit art fairs such as Art Rotterdam, or Art Amsterdam. The one in Maastricht,\u00a0Tefaf, is\u00a0especially amazing. You can find the best works of each art form inside one huge hall. Regarding fashion events, I think NFS is the only association that is organising things in Rotterdam. Another option is shop openings. These are usually a great occasion to get to know people in the fashion community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t

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