Well, for starting, in Italy don’t live just Italians so having just Italians in the story would be strange.
Also, there are italians that are not white because they are adopted, or they are children of mixed couples, because they are children/grandchildren of immigrants and so on…
That is normal, but these characters need their representation made in the right way.
Also, the MC is the co-owner of a fashion brand that wants to make the fashion inclusive, so having muslim models, plus size models, trans models and so on… diversity is one of the main themes of the story.
That’s one of the main reasons why I want all the characters being well represented and I can’t do that without knowing the specific ethnicity.