NADIA

CoM: CIAO! TODAY WE’RE INTERVIEWING CARNEVALE COSTUME DESIGNER AND ATTENDEE, NADIA SAIADI.

Photo by Barak Shacked

CoM: NADIA, HOW DID YOU FIRST LEARN ABOUT CARNEVALE IN VENICE, ITALY?

NS: I think I first saw something about it on TV.

CoM: WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT CARNEVALE?

NS: I love getting into character and becoming a part of the setting.

CoM: HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE CARNEVALE TO SOMEONE WHO HAS NEVER BEEN?

NS: It’s a unique experience. Come and dress up!

CoM: TELL US ABOUT YOUR CARNEVALE COSTUME MAKING.

NS: I’ve already started for 2027. And I’ve never seen what I’m making on someone else. But I can’t say anything more…

CoM: ARE THERE ANY CARNEVALE CREATORS YOU WOULD RECOMMEND OTHERS CHECK OUT?

NS: Alice Bertolini for her wonderful masks.