both individualism and current fashion trends. Stylists in the fashion industry often use street style as a way to stand out from or put a twist on the current trends. In 2018, Dello Russo began auctioning off her clothes as a way to deal with the grief after the passing of Italian journalist and editor-in-chief of Vogue Italia, Franca Sozzani. Dello Russo has donated all of the money she made from selling her clothes to the British Fashion Council Education Foundation. She also auctioned off some of her clothing to give the proceeds to the Swarovski Foundation. Dello Russo is also taking steps to slowly get rid of her internet alter ego and is gradually removing herself from social media. She believes the internet is important and was an early adopter when it first emerged. However, since the passing of her mentors, she has since prioritized herself ahead of her career and will always have the memories from early in her career. Anna Dello Russo works as an Italian fashion journalist. Currently Dello Russo is a fashion editor-at-large for Vogue in Japan. Along with her current position at Vogue in Japan, Dello Russo started her own fashion blog and website in 2010. Prior to the job at Vogue, Dello Russo was a fashion editor at Vogue magazine in Milan Italy from 2000–2006. Dello Russo started working in the editorial department of Donna magazine. Throughout her career, Anna Dello Russo had many mentors, including Franca Sozzani and Manuela Pavesi. She credits the various mentors she had throughout her career with who she is professionally today. When working under Franca Sozzani, Dello Russo said her example and advice allowed no room for mistakes or lowering the bar. Dello Russo became the international brand ambassador and scientific director of the Istituto Marangoni's Milan campus in 2018. Since starting there, she has launched "Playground". The year-long course allows students to work together on various fashion projects and then present those projects in front of a panel of real designers. The panel includes Marco de Vincenzo, Alessandro Dell'Acqua, Andrea Incontri and Giuliano Calza. Dello Russo, inspired by her own mentors, wanted to create an experience for students that would mirror their future careers in the fashion industry. "Playground" is a workshop-style program that introduces healthy competition and teamwork to students. Dello Russo's course aims to highlight talent and develop discipline in her students because she