Claudia Ausonia Palazio attended the 1st Art Academy in Rome and then obtained a two-year degree from the IED in Fashion (1988-1989). She subsequently began working as an assistant costume designer for Bonizza Giordani Aragno, fashion researcher, curator and historian. In the meantime, she attended the Accademia di Alta Moda e Arte del costume Koefia, the renowned Koefia International Haute Couture Academy (Rome, Italy) (1991-1994). At the end of her course, she was asked to join Koefia’s staff. She has been working as a fashion design lecturer since 1996.
Mario Boselli was the Chairman of the Italian National Chamber of Fashion from 1999 until 2014. He started his career in 1959 at his father’s silk company. During the 1970s he became very active in the textile industry, producing knitted fabrics and finished garments both in Italy and abroad. He was the president of the Italian Association of Manufacturers of the Textile Industry, the Independent International Trade Fair of Milano, Pitti Immagine, the International Silk Association (Lyon) and the Italian-Slovak Chamber of Commerce (Bratislava).