{"id":51602,"date":"2024-01-24T00:05:07","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T00:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/migrants-fashion-themselves-new-careers-in-italian-design-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2024-01-24T00:05:07","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T00:05:07","slug":"migrants-fashion-themselves-new-careers-in-italian-design-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/migrants-fashion-themselves-new-careers-in-italian-design-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Migrants fashion themselves new careers in Italian design | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Less than two years ago, 35-year-old Yuliia Dobrohurska was fearing for her life under the threat of Russian bombings in her Ukrainian hometown of Konotop. Now she is dreaming of a career as a fashion jeweller in Italy, the country where she has taken refuge.<\/p>\n

Dobrohurska wore some of her creations on Saturday as she walked down the catwalk of the \u201cRefugees live fashion show\u201d, organised by a Rome health authority, alongside professional models. The event, which presented eight outfits and matching jewellery made by refugees, concluded a six-month course for 19 women and men who escaped war, violence and human rights violations, and now aspire to become fashion designers.<\/p>\n

Flush with her success, Dobrohurska sees boundless opportunities opening up before her. “I can’t imagine what I can’t make and what I can’t do here in Italy,” she told Reuters. During the course organised by the Maiani fashion academy in Rome, she learned engraving, wax casting and embossing techniques to make jewellery. She will now start an apprenticeship at a jeweller’s in the Italian capital.<\/p>\n

The Maiani academy is part of a network of 110 organisations that use the motto \u201cculture is health\u201d to promote the integration into the employment of asylum seekers and refugees from 95 countries through arts and crafts.<\/p>\n

While a career in high fashion may be a glittering final goal, the courses were above all an opportunity for the migrants to integrate into Italian culture and learn the language while seeking an outlet for their talents.<\/p>\n

Saturday offered the chance to \u201cshowcase the beauty of these products made, designed and produced by the refugees\u201d, said Giancarlo Santone, a psychiatrist who works with the Rome health department that organised the event.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are really pleased because we have seen the results on the health of these people who are victims of war and extreme violence,\u201d he added. \u201cThe benefits are really remarkable.\u201d<\/p>\n

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