HUMI, from the Latin humus, was born in Florence from the collection of branches, roots and closed roads. It is the name of a project that gathers the most fertile part of my path.

After studying Fashion Design and later Graphic Design & Art Direction in Milan, I began to connect the threads and let them ferment.

The machine I used to dress people, I used as a means to peel off layers.

The need to communicate in my own way worked its way through what I thought were poor choices.

Instead, everything served to moisten the soil, and I began to cultivate the beauty of error.

In order to speak the language that belongs most to me, I modified my old sewing machine to produce faulty seams and uneven strokes.

I listen to them and try to tell their stories.

And so there is no mistake I want to erase.

Federica Iaccio