Who Is She is a column that unveils the most elusive tastemakers on the internet.
Before everyone else started babysitting eBay auctions and browsing estate sales for big button earrings (call it the Bottega Veneta effect), Federica Labanca had already amassed a collection of baubles that she’s been wearing for years. “I’ve been wearing big gold earrings since like… I can’t even remember,” she tells me on a video call from London. Even though her earrings—a defining feature of her style—are big, her love of vintage is bigger.
The Italian creative director is somewhat of an anomaly of the internet-famous