The antique technique of frottage has been applied to the fabrics: toiles a patronage used to cut the first canvasses are printed with enamels and lamé or thickened to make them more full-bodied. Collage and ripping in surrealist paintings are translated into a research for three-dimension as well as also in the pure lines and measured volumes and in the matching of coarse cotton crepe to silk, of lamé to the acetate mikado double, all this in a contrast between organic and techno.
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She sees her brand as her third child and as a mother she has to protect and also to criticise it to be able to give it the strenght of being independent. Manuela Arcari found it very hard to balance between career and family and I think her collections are for women who, as herself, want to succeed in both. A ‘transparency of feelings and actions’ that became straight lines and shapes, strong and defined colours that offers a different type of luxury that is cultivated in the garments and the personality of her woman. She doesn’t have that designer problem of reducing a woman’s life to one or two moments: work, a fancy party (as also said for Stella in the NYTimes).
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A few weeks ago I was invited to a very special party, Mulberry has presented its line of bags in an event held in one of the coolest shop in Milan, best known as “Banner”. The party was great, an endless array of creative ideas and sweet delights have warmed the event. I was invited to the evening by Rosy and Carla Biffi, with Federica and their wonderful team, they made me feel at home immediately. The atmosphere was super relaxed and I had so much fun, a different way to attend a launch of a collection that Mulberry is bringing in the best-known boutiques around the world.
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Milan Fashion Week in chaos after Anna Wintour cuts visit short
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