PINK + PYTHON + FLUO
WITH HIS ATELIER BASED IN FLORENCE (ITALY), PAURIC SWEENEY, THE IRISH DESIGNER CONTINUES TO WORK CLOSELY WITH PRESTIGIOUS ITALIAN TANNERIES AND MASTER CRAFTSMEN, USING EXOTIC SKINS.
WITH HIS ATELIER BASED IN FLORENCE (ITALY), PAURIC SWEENEY, THE IRISH DESIGNER CONTINUES TO WORK CLOSELY WITH PRESTIGIOUS ITALIAN TANNERIES AND MASTER CRAFTSMEN, USING EXOTIC SKINS.
LAUNCHED IN FEBRUARY 2007, MONOCLE IS A PREMIUM MEDIA BRAND WITH MAGAZINE, WEB, BROADCAST AND RETAIL DIVISIONS, FOCUSING ON GLOBAL AFFAIRS, BUSINESS, CULTURE AND DESIGN. PRODUCED FOR MONOCLE BY COMME DES GARÇONS’PERFUMER, ANTOINE MAISONDIEU, HINOKI IS A CEDARY WOODY SCENT INSPIRED BY JAPANESE HOT-SPRING BATHS AND SCANDINAVIAN FORESTS.
AT FIRST GLANCE, THE HOH GOLDEN REPTIL SANDALS SEEM TO EMERGE FROM A PEPLUM REFLECTING AN ERA MARKED BY CLEOPATRA AND SPARTACUS. NO NEED TO CONTEMPLATE INSPIRATION SOURCES THAT DROVE NICOLE RITCHIE’S IMAGINATION IN ELABORATING THESE SANDALS IN ORDER TO APPRECIATE THEIR AUDACIOUS DESIGN.
THE POP CORE OF LA MAISON CASTELBAJAC IS WHAT MAKES IT A REFERENCE.
DESIGN + ART + ARCHITECTUREBORN IN LECCE, SOUTH OF ITALY. AFTER HAVING STUDIED AT THE BRERA ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS IN MILAN, HE MOVED TO TOKYO WHERE HE BECOMES THE COLLABORATOR OF YOHJI YAMAMOTO FOR TWO YEARS. ON HIS RETURN TO ITALY, IN 1986 HE PRESENTED THE FIRST COSTUME NATIONAL WOMAN COLLECTION. DESIGNER AND CREATIVE DIRECTOR OF COSTUME NATIONAL, CAPASA IS MULTI-FACETED AND A GREAT EXPLORER OF THE WHOLE WORLD OFAESTHETICS, FROMARCHITECTURE TO DESIGN, FROM MUSIC TO ART. ALSO RECOGNIZED AS A COSTUME DESIGNER, HIS WORK INCLUDES « LO SPECCHIO DI FRIDA », A PLAY BASED ON FRIDA KAHLO’S LIFE (1998) AND « THE RULES OFATTRACTION », A MISE EN ESPACE OF BRET EASTON ELLIS’S NOVEL (2002). IN 1999 HE DIRECTED « BRIGHT RED: BLOOD, TRANSFORMATION AND TRANSFIGURATION IN CONTEMPORARY ART », AN EXHIBITION FOR THE MILAN PAVILIONOF CONTEMPORARY ART. IN 2000 THE CITY OF ATRANTO COMMISSIONED HIM ‘PROGETTO OTRANTO » AN URBAN DESIGN PROJECT. IN 2007, ASSOULINE PUBLISHED « COSTUME NATIONAL21″, A PHOTOGRAPHIC JOURNEY THROUGH CAPASA’S WORK FEATURING COLLABORATIONS WITH FAMOUS PHOTOGRAPHERS LIKE PETER LINDBERG, TERRY RICHARDSON, JUEGEN TELLER AND CRAIG MCDEAN AND ICONIC CHARACTERS SUCH AS MICK JAGGER, DAVID BOWIE AND MADONNA.
Costume National Scent Logo
WITH THE EMBLEMATIC MULBERRY TREE ENGRAVED ON THE BUCKLE, THIS GOLD BRACELET RADIANTLY COMPLETES THE BRAND’S ACCESSORY LINE.
BLACKSTONE’S DICK AND WIM DE BRUIJN EMBRACE THE FAMILY TRADITION ESTABLISHED WITHIN THE LEATHER INDUSTRY. WITH SIMPLE, EFFICIENT, AND ADAPTABLE DESIGNS, THE BLACKSTONE FOOTWEAR IS MADE TO LAST.
Cardigan W1910 + Pant AG JEANS
Tie + Shirt SUIT
GRAPHIC + KNOT + PRECIOUSWITH THIS BLACK MAT CROCODILE LEATHER MODEL EQUIPPED WITH A BRASS GOLD KNOT CLUTCH, YVONNE YVONNE DELIVERS A GRAPHIC INTERPRETATION OF THE SOIRÉE PURSE.
TAILOR + COLLABORATION + MENSWEARNEIL BARRETT HAS BEEN DESIGNING FASHION APPAREL FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS. BOTH HIS GRANDFATHER AND GREAT-GRANDFATHER WERE MASTER TAILORS AND NEIL’S PASSION FOR TAILORING BEGAN AT AN EARLY AGE. HAVING GRADUATED FROM THE CENTRAL SAINT MARTINS SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN IN LONDON, THE DESIGNER BEGAN HIS CAREER IN THE MOST INSTITUTIONAL MANNER: GROWING UP FOR TEN YEARS WITH GUCCI AND PRADA, COMPANIES WHERE HE ACQUIRED A DEEP KNOWLEDGE OF THE LUXURY FASHION MARKET AND ITS DYNAMIC, ESPECIALLY WITH REGARDS TO MENSWEAR. EVERSINCE THE LAUNCH OF HIS OWN MENSWEAR BRAND IN 1999, HE HASN’T STOPPED DESIGNING FOR HIS LABEL WHILST INCREASING HIS COLLABORATION PORTFOLIO WITH OTHER BRANDS SUCH AS PUMA, PALLADIUM AND SUNDEK.
Sundek By Neil Barrett Campaign Featuring Daniel Bamdad Directed By Marcelo Burlon
Dress BY MALÈNE BIRGER + Bag BARBARA BUI
Shoes HOUSE OF HARLOW
SAWA SHOES, PORTRAYED BY QUALITY « MADE IN AFRICA » PRODUCTS WITH SIMPLE YET EFFICIENT DESIGNS, MAKE USE OF FULL GRAIN LEATHER, REINFORCED SEAMS, ASWELL AS STITCHED AND BONDED HEELS.
