@dile.critelli

Fashion Design, Year 2

21 years old

Milan, Italy

How has your everyday-life changed? What do you do to fulfill your day?

Before the lockdown, my days were like a tornado of emotions and commitments: 24 hours were never enough, I found myself wondering around Milan, busy with my school projects, concerts, dinners and walks, always surrounded by the people that in the past few years have become my second family. Now, I am back in my home-town, in a house that is much more huge than my tiny apartment in Milan, but my days have become just a boring routine. To keep me company, there are only my multiple personalities. I am in my third year of university, so I can't avoid my responsibilities: I try to use this time to read and do various researches for my thesis. Beside my school projects, I had the chance to dedicate to one of my greatest passions: bakery. Listening to some music, I can't help but call ad talk with my friends everyday: they make me feel like I am still in Milan, helping me in lightning up my days.

Your work is built on creativity. While we’re all in quarantine, what is your solution to keep on being creative? Where do you find your inspiration in this moment? 

I am very curious and I like to touch things with my very own hands, I'm obsessed in finding hints everywhere I look. So, this quarantine is not helping me in satisfying my curiosity 100%. I am limited to do my researches only online and through some books. Thanks to all the social medias that we have in store, we can be connected 24/24h per day with the entire world and despite what we are living we can still find inspiration from the outside. 

What is your biggest fear right now?

I was very scared at the beginning of the lockdown, I was literally overwhelmed by insecurity, sadness, melancholy, but most of all I feared that anything will ever be the same. I was living in a never-ending mood of happiness, building my future and pursuing my goals, but suddenly all of this broke. Of course, this event will change the entire world but I hope that I will be able to start my life back again with the same positive energy that is stuck in Milan, the city of possibilities. 

What will you do once all of this is over? 

As a creative, I can't help but wonder and dream. It doesn't pass one night that I don't think about my future and what will be the first thing that I will do once this quarantine will be over. To dream keeps my hopes alive, and right now we all need to hope.