@gildaambrosio
@giorgiatordini

Founders and creative directors of The Attico, influencers

Milan, Italy

How are you living the quarantine: fears and dreams?

GILDA and GIORGIA: The quarantine has definitely changed our habits, but not our spirit. We've tried to keep our routines, adapting them to this new lifestyle. The day starts with a streaming pilates class. We're very into work-outs that you can find online as well: the ones from the 90s with Cindy Crawford and Cher are our favourites. Then starts the working day: we're constantly in touch to work on the upcoming collections, to plan activities, to value the consequences that this period of time will inevitably have. If it hadn't been for this pandemic, today we would have been in Los Angeles or Tokyo to do research, quarantine has forced us to remain home, making us look for inspiration online. The Internet has always been a great container of ideas for us, but today it is fundamental: we search through museums' online collections; we download magazines and books; we watch TV series; we listen to podcasts, talks and audiobooks. We're taking care of ourselves, masks and homemade peelings fill our days! Evenings are dedicated to our friends that we meet virtually thanks to Houseparty: the real revelation of this period of time that will soon become one of the most popular apps to connect people. 

GILDA: Being stuck in a place or in a situation is my biggest fear. I miss the simple things: grabbing a coffee at the bar, working out with my trainer, going to the office with tranquillity. 

GIORGIA: Monotony scares me. I'm a calm person, who enjoys being on her own and taking time to do what I like, but this sacrificed freedom is not easy to deal with. That's why I'm trying to organize my days, even though everything happens in the same space. I face every day as if it was a regular Giorgia's working day, with a kind of schedule: work, work out, meditation, reading, movies, cooking (a new activity I fell in love with during this quarantine!). 

What is your soundtrack? 

GILDA: I share all the songs that mark my day on my Instagram profile, they're too many to mention, go have a look. 

GIORGIA: I've actually created a Spotify playlist that I update gradually.