" What's the point of gendering clothes and dividing people? After all, fashion belongs to everyone."
An energetic and experienced designer, driven by the desire to shape the couture of tomorrow while echoing the gestures of the past.
I move with the unexpected, embracing change as part of the creative pulse. Fashion, to me, is in constant motion — a dialogue between time, form, and meaning. Each collection becomes a language, a way to express not only vision, but values.
Inclusivity and equality are not additions to this process; they are woven into every line, every silhouette, every intention.
During my studies, I developed an eponymous brand as a reflection of my identity as a designer.
Luca Sontot is a gender-fluid couture and ready-to-wear project — a personal narrative shaped by memory, influence, and imagination. It exists as a dialogue between eras, moving fluidly from the 1940s to the 1990s, with recurring echoes of Southern Italy.
The foundation of this universe emerged early on, when I first encountered Some Like It Hot, starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, and Jack Lemmon. Its playful exploration of gender left a lasting impression, quietly shaping my perspective.
This was followed by a fascination with cinema and its icons — Audrey Hepburn, Ava Gardner, Sophia Loren — and a growing immersion in fashion history. The decades I discovered were not just references, but territories I continue to revisit and reinterpret.
Closer to home, elegance was a daily ritual. My mother and grandmother — la Nonna — embodied a quiet sophistication that deeply influenced my sensitivity to detail, presence, and refinement. In parallel, my grandfather — il Nonno — instilled in me a sense of determination and belief: the importance of pursuing what one truly loves.
Luca Sontot was born from this convergence — of memory, culture, and imagination.
Welcome to my world.
