FD From The Future - The unapologetic creative shaking up the fashion industry

For this episode we were joined by FD From The Future, content creator, presenter and designer!

Many of you would have first come across FD from the work he did with fashion platform Culted, interviewing people outside the Stitch pop up in Soho, however FD's journey most definitely did not start there!

Hailing from Crawley, Fabio Dessena, found himself interested in fashion, streetwear culture and hip-hop from an early age, brands like Bape and Supreme were a must have for FD and artists like Schoolboy Q and Mac Miller were people he looked up to. Such a passion led to FD aiming to have a career in the creative field and rapping became his first way in.

Whilst trying to become a well known rapper, FD found himself modelling and eventually getting signed to Storm, one of the most well-know modelling agency's in the country. FD used the connections he was making to get his name out there and the connections he would make in his modelling journey would pay dividends later down the line when his fashion content creating journey began.

FD has always been a sneakerhead and as you'll see from watching the episode when FD is passionate about something he has to pursue it! This led to FD starting his own series called 'Forever stepping' a show where he would interview well known figures in the sneakerhead community - it is here where we get our first glimpses of the no f's given, crazy-ass question asking FD that we see today!

Throughout the episode FD transparently shares what makes him so driven to pursue his passions, the different situations he's been through which have made him the man he is today, what his long-term goal in fashion is and much, much more.

Throughout the conversation we learn how FD aims to leverage his growing audience to eventually launch his own brand, a brand that we are super excited for after recording this episode!

Since recording FD has continued to work tirelessly to build his audience and improve his craft. FD has added more huge brands to his long list of clients which already includes, Ebay, Nike, Complex and more! FD recently helped launch Artist OlaOlu Slawn's brand new cafe! The promo video is wavey, make sure you take it in!

Follow FD's instagram and TikTok to join his ever growing audience. Make sure you pay close attention to what he's putting out because his brand is coming soon and it's going to be BIG!

FD's Instagram:   / fdfromthefuture  

FD's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fdfromthefutu...

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0:00 - Intro
2.23 - FD’s upbringing / surroundings and how fashion came into his life.
13:36 - How FD got into modelling
25.39 - The mentality that FD incorporated which all stemmed from research and work ethic.
36:14 - When FD FROM THE FUTURE was formed?
43.01 - How FD’s content creating approach separated him from the rest which got him work with big brands.
54:03 - What makes great content to FD?
1:00:26 - Why consistency and authenticity is so important to FD.
1:10:53 - What future plans FD has as a designer for sneakers and clothing.
1:18:19 - The importance of personal branding and how to build it
1:24:10 - Advice for the next generation of fashion content creators
1:25:50 - Outro