Federico Pignatelli della Leonessa news and archive

Pier59 studios commits to being plastic free

Pier59 Studios, a popular location for shows during New York Fashion Week and a photo studio space for major fashion brands, has announced that beginning today the entire 110,000 square-foot facility will be entirely plastic free and using only biodegradable plastic trash bags by January 1, 2020. These regulations will include banning plastics...

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Pier59 Studios lifts ban on Elite Model Mgmt

Federico Pignatelli della Leonessa, president and CEO of Pier59 Studios, a popular venue for fashion week shows and studio space for fashion shoots, has opened the doors back up to Elite Model Mgmt. "Almost a year ago in my efforts to bring attention to a multitude of issues in reforming the modeling industry and in accepting stronger...