Future of Fashion – A Brave Outlook

Arnaud Vaillant is CEO and Co-Founder of Parisian ready-to-wear and accessories brand Coperni, along with  Sébastien Meyer. The brand name Coperni invokes the life work of Prussian astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus.

Giuliano Calza is founder and creative director of Milan streetwear label GCDS, which is acronym for either God Can’t Destroy Streetwear or Giuliano Calza Design Studio. Prior to founding GCDS in 2015, the creative from Naples has spent some time in Paris, New York and Shanghai.

Hans Ulrich Obrist is Artistic Director of the Serpentine Galleries, London. Prior to this, he was the Curator of the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris. Since 1991 he has curated more than 250 shows. Obrist’s publications include A Brief History of Curating, Project Japan: Metabolism Talks with Rem Koolhaas, Do It: The Compendium, Think Like Clouds and Ai Weiwei Speaks.