{"id":9503,"date":"2026-09-14T18:58:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T10:58:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/?p=9503"},"modified":"2026-09-14T19:00:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T11:00:33","slug":"kawaii-couture-two-italian-visions-by-tokidoki-founder-simone-legno-and-fashion-illustrator-mery-saporito","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/en\/news\/dall_ambasciata\/2026\/09\/kawaii-couture-two-italian-visions-by-tokidoki-founder-simone-legno-and-fashion-illustrator-mery-saporito\/","title":{"rendered":"Kawaii &#038; Couture: Two Italian Visions by tokidoki Founder Simone Legno and Fashion Illustrator Mery Saporito"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Embassy of Italy in Singapore is pleased to support a conversation with two prominent Italian visual artists, <strong>Simone Legno<\/strong> and <strong>Mery Saporito<\/strong>, exploring the intersection of <strong>character design<\/strong> and <strong>fashion illustration<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The moderated conversation will explore their distinctive visual languages and the ways in which global influences, from Japanese pop culture to European haute couture, have shaped their aesthetics while reflecting a shared Italian sensibility. The event will also highlight their connections with Singapore, bringing together Legno\u2019s experience of years of collaborations in the city and Saporito\u2019s perspective on her first visit to Singapore.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Simone Legno<\/strong> is the co-founder and Chief Creative Officer of <strong>tokidoki<\/strong>, a kawaii-inspired lifestyle brand. Born in Rome and trained at IED \u2013 Istituto Europeo di Design, he has collaborated with leading international brands and creative projects, including <strong>Marvel<\/strong> and <strong>Karl Lagerfeld<\/strong>. His recent work includes <strong>Luce<\/strong>, the official mascot of the 2025 Jubilee, and <strong>Italia-chan<\/strong>, the mascot of the Italy Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Mery Saporito<\/strong> is a Milan-trained fashion illustrator known for her distinctive <strong>live-sketching<\/strong> style. Her professional work has included illustrations for leading international fashion houses, including <strong>Gucci, Louis Vuitton and Valentino<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Date:<\/strong> Friday, 25 September 2026<br \/>\n<strong>Time:<\/strong> 6.00 pm\u20137.00 pm<br \/>\n<strong>Venue:<\/strong> Lobby, Level 1, National Library Building<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Registration:<\/strong> Registration for the event is available <a href=\"https:\/\/nlb.libcal.com\/event\/5974464\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Embassy of Italy in Singapore is pleased to support a conversation with two prominent Italian visual artists, Simone Legno and Mery Saporito, exploring the intersection of character design and fashion illustration. The moderated conversation will explore their distinctive visual languages and the ways in which global influences, from Japanese pop culture to European haute [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":9496,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9503"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9503\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9515,"href":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9503\/revisions\/9515"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}