Carlo Capasa is an Italian fashion executive who has been the president of

Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana (often translated to ''National Chamber for Italian Fashion'' or ''Italian Fashion Council'' in English language, English) is a non-profit organization, whose purpose is the promotion, coordination of the Ita ...

since June 2015. His leadership has been marked by controversy over his perceived lack of action against racism in the industry and protests from designers of color against his leadership. Prior to taking over the leadership of Camera della Moda, he cofounded

CoSTUME NATIONAL Costume National is an Italian fashion house founded in 1986 by Ennio Capasa, creative director, and his brother Carlo, CEO. It has its head office in Milan. The company produces clothing under the brands ''Costume National'', ''Costume National ...

where he supported his brother

Ennio Capasa Ennio Capasa (born 12 March 1960 in Lecce, Italy) is an Italian fashion designer. He is the creator of CoSTUME NATIONAL, the Italian fashion house he founded in 1986 and now an internationally renowned designer label famous for its subtle shapes ...

, the creative director.

Personal life

Capasa was born in

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in Italy's Puglia region. He is the older brother of

and is married to

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CoSTUME NATIONAL

Capasa cofounded CoSTUME NATIONAL with his brother in 1986 presenting their first collection at Milan Fashion Week becoming its CEO. The brand received favorable reviews globally. He and his brother exited the brand in 2016.

Camera della Moda

In 2015, Capasa was selected as president of

succeeding Mario Boselli, who stepped down and took on a role as honorary president. He was most recently reelected in June 2022 for his fifth two-year term atop the chamber.

Racism controversy

Capasa's term encountered controversy starting in 2020 when a member of Camera della Nova, Stella Novarino, took the stage at a Black Lives Matter protest to decry racial discrimination in Italy including within the fashion industry. She founded an initiative to promote BIPOC designers which Capasa initially expressed support for. He later withdrew his support for the anti-racism initiative after Novarino continued her public criticism of racial discrimination and lack of inclusion in the industry. In 2023, Novarino withdrew from Camera della Moda under Capasa's leadership and began a hunger strike due to the lack of diversity and inclusion of designers of color.

References

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