U-Nicola Formichetti waziwa ngendlela yakhe yokudala yokufaka uphawu - lena, phela indoda esanda kumemezela ukusebenzisana kokukhangisa phakathi kwe-Diesel (angumqondisi wayo wokuqamba) kanye ne-Pornhub. Kodwa, kulebula ayichaza “njengengane” yakhe, uNicopanda, uFormichetti esikhundleni salokho ukhethe ukugqamisa abanye babadali bakhe abathandayo kumkhankaso we-SS16 oqanjwe nguChristopher Makos.
Umthwebuli wezithombe waseMelika unephothifoliyo ehlaba umxhwele futhi useke wasebenza noMan Ray kanye no-Andy Warhol, ngakho uFormichetti ubezimisele ngokuthatha kokuhlangenwe nakho kwakhe futhi akuhlanganise nethalente elincane. Izithombe eziwumphumela zihlanganisa “uhlangothi oluqinile noluthambile lweNicopanda” njengoba umklami ekubeka, “iwukuhlanganisa ama-subculture angqubuzana endaweni yonke.” Le timu ye-juxtaposition iwuchungechunge oluxhumanisayo phakathi kweqoqo nesithombe ngasinye, konke okuhlanganisa izithombe ze-punk nezinto ezithambile, zothando.
Mayelana nokulingisa, uFormichetti ubelokhu evuleleke ngokubaluleka kokuhlukahluka, evame ukucofa abangani bakhe namamuse ngokungafani namamodeli. Kule sizini, izihlabani zihlanganisa abaculi u-Phillipa Horan no-Sydney Weisman, i-model-slash-skater-kid u-Anthony DeFalco kanye no-ET Chong, umngane womsizi wakhe - bonke abayingxenye yeqembu lezigelekeqe laseNicopanda. Mayelana nama-popper namaphilisi, uzimisele ukugcizelela ukuthi akuzona izidakamizwa - amaswidi, aklanyelwe ukukhipha iNicopanda ephezulu. Kunzima ukucabanga uchungechunge lwezithombe ezifanekisela kakhulu i-ethos yomklami. Njengoba echaza, “Imfashini eyawo wonke umuntu. Akunabulili, akugugi futhi okwabantu abakhululekile nabafuna ukuzijabulisa!"