The Dreamer

hen Walter Chiapponi enters a room, he creates a vortex. Slender and snappy, he moves gracefully through space as if he doesn’t place his feet on the ground. Hailing from Milan, the designer was named the creative director of Tod’s in October 2019, and made his debut on his native city’s catwalks the following February. It was the first time that his name rose to international prominence, although he has been sailing through the fashion industry alongside its great captains for quite some time. He studied under Alessandro Dell’Acqua at the European Institute of Design, and then worked under the designer at his