A fresh and easy recipe for summer

A fresh and easy recipe for summer by Zona Franca: Sauteed Vegetables

Ingredients for 6 people: 300 grams of broad beans, 2 leeks, 2 celeries, 3 carrots, 2 american potatoes, 1/3 of a little spring greens cabbage. Wash and clean the veggies very well, peel the potatoes and the carrots.

Roll-cut the leeks, cut the broad beans into three parts, roll-cut the carrots with a lenght of a half cm, the potatoes into thin slices of a half cm, the cabbage into medium slices.

Wash and drain well, take a big pan, at least three times bigger than the quantity of the veggies, put inside the seeds of 3 cardamom pods and a spoon of coriander seeds, toast them softly trying not to burn them, add 3/4 of a spoon of extravergin olive oil. Cook them at high temperature without letting the oil steam. When the temperature is very high, put the veggies inside the pan, creating ta thermal shock by always keeping the fire at very high temperatures. The pan should stay open, the vegetables don’t have to steam neither to grill. Add salt and pepper depending on your taste.

Use 2 steel tablespoons to turn the vegetables in the frying pan for about 8/10 minutes. When you start to see that the potatoes and the cabbage become al dente, switch off the fire, cover them and leave them cooking for other 5 minutes. Check that the vegetables aren’t uncooked. It’s better to cook them al dente, instead of risking to cook them too much.

Serve the plate at a medium temperature.

ABOUT ZONA FRANCA

ZONA FRANCA is a take away service in Varese where sweet and savory dishes are available and are cooked primarily with vegetables, fruit and flours that are grown from ancient seeds. The raw materials grown from ancient seeds are cultivated using exclusively organic and “biodynamic” methods. Seasonal fruit and vegetables with a short distribution chain are preferred. The plates, glasses and containers used are made up of vegetable fibres that are completely biodegradable. The ovens used are combined electric and steam or gas, nothing is warmed up or cooked in the microwave. A vast range of fruit and vegetable extracts are available in both hot and cold seasons. The project is devised by the artist Franca Formenti and co-directed by Giulia Bonomi. www.zonafranca.biz

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Il Denim Pack di Adidas Originals in collaborazione con AW LAB: tre modelli da non perdere

Adidas Originals and AW LAB offer the exclusive “Denim Pack”, an all-male capsule collection dedicated to the great return of denim on the international fashion scene. Protagonists of the capsules are three of the most iconic adidas models: Stan Smith, Superstar and ZX Flux.
The adidas Stan Smith will have a soft leather upper with full-grain perforated 3 stripes, denim detail on the heel and outsole rubber tone on tone. The adidas Superstar feature full grain leather upper with the unmistakable clamshell tip and 3 characteristic denime stripes. The adidas ZX Flux have an upper of high quality fabric and a shaped strengthen it in denim on the heel. The “Denim Pack” models are available exclusively in all AW-LAB stores and on aw-lab.com site.

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TASTEBUDS THE DATING APP

If you don’t want to go out with a girl who listens to the One Direction, this is the app that perfectly suits you. People use to say that opposites attract, however, when it comes to listen to music, we become more selective, because the songs that we like and that we are used to listening to tell a lot about our personality. They define the social group we belong to, the one with which we identify due to similar tastes and passions; and, of course, it is one of the most intimate things that makes sweethearts stay close. Choosing a piece of music, having a party with some friends, dancing together, enjoying a pleasant reading, celebrating Saint Valentine’s day dining by candlelight: these are all idyllic moments that can be spoiled in a second if the soundtrack doesn’t set the right atmosphere. Tastebuds.com is a dating app that can be downloaded for free and that allows you to expand your social network by meeting interesting people that share the same music tastes. It gives you the chance to get matched with somebody based solely on your musical preferences: in this way, the risk of bumping into the wrong people that are poles apart from you is considerably reduced. We got in touch with the co-founder of Tastebuds.fm, Julian Keenaghan, who explained us how it works and whether or not theses cyber (musical) encounters take to a happy-ending.

When and why did you create Tastebuds?

Tastebuds is based around the idea that people’s music tastes are important when it comes to meeting new people and socialising, especially when you’re travelling alone or you find yourself in a new city without knowing anybody. Everything starts in 2010: I was at a party with Alex Parish, the other co-founder of Tastebuds and we didn’t know with whom we could start talking. Given the fact that we were two musicians that had just come to London, music seemed to be the most straight-forward topic, even if a bit risky, because if the other person doesn’t share the same music tastes as you, the conversation dies down. That occasion led to the creation of Tastebuds, we found a few investors that liked the idea and it seems to work pretty well so far. Apart from some paying features, the app is completely free right now and can be downloaded on your Smartphone, tablet or iPad.

When you started it, did you originally mean to be like a dating website or did you mean to create a device that enables you to find somebody that can go with you to a concert when all your friends cannot?

I think a little bit of both, we can say that the original motivation was probably more exploring the idea of the dating website and just make easier for people to find others that share your music tastes and just to see whether or not that was a start. Instead of filling the same old questionnaire in which you say who you are, what counts the most is music, because it’s what really helps you to break the ice on and offline.

How does it work and what can be usually found on somebody’s profile?

Obviously there are the standard things, like photos, but you can build up your profile by using Facebook and Spotify: it’s all about sharing music, what you’re listening right now, choosing the people you would like to know basing your selection on the age group they belong to and the country where you want to look for them. We have also added a functionality called message bomb, with some questions used to start a conversation, such as “What is the last concert you have been to?”, “What is the song you’d like to be played at your funeral?” or “What makes you happy?”. In general, you post what you’re listening to at a particular time of the day, so as to obtain comments or likes; in this way people who check your profile can see what are the tunes you’ve been listening to for the last two weeks and what are your favourite. Tastebuds provides you with different ways to showcase the music you’re loving and tries to help the others to find you through that. What’s more, a newsletter is sent to you to inform you on which profiles match yours the most. Sending a song to a person you’re trying to get in touch with can also be very effective, like a serenade.

I’m curious to know the success rate of the site: how many people matching with other people that love the same type of music end up marrying each other or at least spending a night together?

I really like receiving emails where people thank me and invite me at their marriages, I’m very glad to know that there have been quite a lot actually and I have been the guest of honor in 2011.

Are there any specif bands or genres that people tend to gravitate more towards on Tastebuds?

I think the Indie rock and classic rock bands like the Doors or the Pink Floyd, but you can find a bit of all, including new bands that contact us to promote themselves.

What’s the average age of your users?

The average is 28, we started with people in their early twenties but then we are starting to attract more people in their thirties.

Are there some novelties in the app that you’ve recently introduced to raise the profile of the app?

We believe that sharing the music that you like is a good way to start a relationship, thus we started promoting a new concept of speed dating in London: it’s called “The Note Well’s Speed Listening”. You reach a venue with your iPod and you start exchanging your playlist with a stranger and then you swap with the next one. We believe that it’s much funnier and less complicated instead of thinking about the right conversation’s topic to make an impression.

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From Seoul to Rio: two exclusive release by Diadora

DIADORA celebrates the sporting event of the year with an extraordinary project that brings together the world’s elite of sneakers for an exclusive capsule whose inspiration is drawn from two models of Diadora collection of 1988. The protagonists of these absolutely unique reworkings are in fact two Catalogue running’s shoes that were created in 1988 specifically for Diadora athletes who went to Seoul: IC 4000 and Intrepid.

IC 4000 was designed for floor or paved surfaces and has become famous for its “impact control” system while INTREPID is a shoe built for speed on the medium and long distances.

Each release will be accompanied by a pack clothing that includes a jacket, a shirt and a bag, even these unique interpretations of the Diadora store models worn by athletes in 1988. All items are reviewed in the materials and colors, but retain design, cuts and style of the original models.

In September, all packs will be available exclusively at two temporary store dedicated “From Seoul To Rio” in Rome and Tokyo.

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Dark Rebel Rider: the ideal scent of bad boy signed by John Varvatos

The exclusive premiere of the new fragrance by John Varvatos was held right after the fashion show of July 14, JV Spring / Summer 2017, the last official event of the New York Fashion Week. “Dark Rebel Rider” is an extension of the Dark Rebel collection, originally launched in 2015. The fragrance is inspired by the biker bad boy hurtling fearless but also able to recognize his boundries. “Just like my clothes,” said the designer, “the fragrance Dark Rebel Rider is iconic, timeless and represents a courageous attitude. And it’s the clear expression of a personality that is opposed to the conventions.”
The highly provocative aroma of Dark Rebel Rider awakens a daring perspective that can not be ignored: the fragrance is the result of a long collaboration between Varvatos and Rodrigo Flores-Roux, Vice President of Givaudan Perfumery, Dark Rebel Rider captures the heart and soul of the rebellion, through leather amber notes: it is a soft and sensual fragrance, voluminous but never heavy, that just as a bad boy, knows how to delivers a punch to the olfactory universe.
Night, featuring a special performance by Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown, a band strongly supported their rise from Varvatos, saw the presence of musicians like Machine Gun Kelly and Travis Mills, actor Corey Hawkins and the athlete / model Dale Moss.

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VARG THE BOY WITH TATTOOS

Meeting with Varg Emil Kristoffer Holmqvist the moment’s face

Varg Emil Kristoffer Holmqvist, a difficult name, a faceted personality, a growing modeling career. Under a tough frame, made of an armour of tattoos and piercings, hides a guy with passion for music and tattoos; with irrepressible urge to express himself purely and incisively.
We met him in Rome for this exclusive photoshooting to let him tell us what he intends to be once grown up.

Who is Emil Kristoffer Holmqvist and what are his hobbies and passions?
I am a hard working forklift operator and warehouse worker from Sweden. I spend my free time as a drummer; in a hardcore punk band called Another Day Gone, skateboarding, drawing pictures, partying, shopping and hanging out with friends. My first big passion in life is music: through music I feel I can achieve anything and nothing can stop me; it means the world to me. My second big passion in life is fashion. In my life, I’ve always had my own style, whether as a skateboarder at twelve, with dreadlocks and baggy pants, or as a punk rocker at seventeen, with piercings and band patches. Expressing myself as a creative adult using the designs and trends that are out there and mixing them with my personal style history, this is so much fun for me so that I can’t imagine my life without it.

You have many tattoos, when did you get the first? What do they represent for you?
I was eighteen when I got my first tattoo. It was a small, pretty and simple one: ”Skate and Destroy” on my forearm, and after that I could not stop ahaha. Some of them are memories from tough times in my life, times that really made me the strong person that I think I am today. And of course some of them are just random fun stuff. Like the “Your Name” tattoo on my ass, my mom paid for me to get that one on my nineteenth birthday!

You are always traveling for job around the word , in which city would you like to stop and why?
There are many towns I would love to call home but my favourite one would be Los Angeles. I love the feeling of being in a huge city. The way most Americans live their lives in L.A. and its surroundings feels so cool, and opportunities to do random epic stuff seem endless in that part of the States.

How did you start your career?
Well, it all started last October when I grew fond of the haircut worn by the singer in one of my favourite bands, NAILS. I had long black hair at the time and an impulse came over me to have my hair cut like the singer. My friend that I lived with told me about this really old school barber shop called The Barber. He said that they were really good at what they do and that I should check them out. I went to The Barber, even though I was a bit anxious about getting all that hair cut off. I showed them a picture of the haircut I wanted and asked them if they could do it. Ali, the barber that I got, said yes of course, but then asked, would you mind if we do it on stage instead, at a big hair fashion event in a month? Surprised and flattered, I said yes and they cut my hair on stage at the hair show. After that, being completely new to the game, I did not have a clue about what was going on haha so my friend Oscar, who is also a model, said that if I wanted to continue being a model I should contact the woman who set up the Barber event, Jenny Katura. I sent some model shots taken by my friend Derek and my measurements to her which she then passed on to Sweden Models. Kamilla and Therese from Sweden Models then contacted me in the following days and that’s how it all got started.

What does it mean your nickname “no_hero_just_wolf”?
Without getting too deep it just means that I am not a hero, I am just myself, Wolf.

Varg Emil Kristoffer Holmqvist’s style
Black is the main “colour” I dress in, and together with that I try to experiment with all sorts of clothes. Long fit t shirts, shirts, trashed jeans and long coats. I love fixing my own clothes, that’s to say sewing patches onto them or personalizing them, so I feel like like my stuff were part of myself, of my own person.

What can not miss in Varg Emil Kristoffer Holmqvist’s suitcase?
My headphones and an extra battery for my phone – without my type of music echoing in my ears I would freak out after a while, haha!

Who is your style icon?
My style icon would be the person in the street: seeing people’s individual takes on fashion is a huge inspiration to me. Without sounding too cliché, I see the street as a catwalk with a bunch of styles mashed up in a creative way. I take in the different kinds of clothing of the people I see and meet on a daily basis, and try to mix them up in a way that I feel is comfortable and true to me.

Your secret wish
To make my way around the world, see new places, meet new people and if I got the means for it, help people that are less fortunate. And also: party with Seth Rogen.

Future project?
Releasing an album with my band, try to make a living out of modeling and travel the globe.

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Photographer | Tania Alinieri
Stylist | Stefania Sciortino
Grooming | Beatrice Contino
Model | Varg Emil Kristoffer Holmqvist @wonderwall

NIKE PRESENTS “AN UNLIMITED FUTURE”: HOPE FOR TOMORROW

Nike celebrates the perseverance of the greatest athletes in the world and brings the summer of sport with its “Unlimited Campaign” which covers the recent series dedicated to the athletes and encourages everyone to embrace an “unlimited” mentality.

“Unlimited Future” was created by Weiden + Kennedy, directed by Damien Chazelle and the American star Bobby Cannavale. The athletes are represented Neymar Jr, Serena Williams, LeBron James, Mo Farah and Zhou Qi.

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Liu Jo Man presents the new stretch denim

Liu Jo Man pushes the accelerator on denim, a key element of the brand, and launches the Collection Liu Jo Man Denim. Jewel in the crown is the new jeans made of stretch denim. Innovation, quality and Made in Italy converge so in a single chapter, which encompasses performance and tradition.
The stretch denim is indeed a noble material that gives the product a high standing thanks to the refinement of the tissue and the preciousness of its processing: Liu Jo Man now adds innovation to this precious material, a fiber that gives elasticity, thus ensuring the maximum and enhancing the comfort of jeans fit.
Just to represent the features of this innovative denim canvas, Liu Jo Man has wanted to stage the Pole Sport, a new fitness discipline that provides choreographic performance. It has been made a video in collaboration with Giuseppe Siracusa – Italian Pole Sport and Pole Dance Champion- that in 60 ” has enhanced the convenience, flexibility and the selvage jeans style.

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MEETING MATTHEW ZORPAS: THE GENTLEMAN BLOGGER

Gentleman in name and gentleman in fact, he is considered one of the most important web influencers of the moment. More than just posting, he relays stories of style, dispenses advice on how to compose a look and, through his travels, he has inspired followers from around the world. Let’s talk about Matthew Zorpas, a blogger and founder of thegentlemanblogger.com. Furla chose him and four other bloggers and digital artists – Adam Katz Sinding, Nabil Quenum, Roberto De Rosa and Paris Seawell- to present “the modern man” project at Pitti. Creatives 2.0 who interpreted with five photo shoots five different visions of the “MODULAR BAG2”, the new modular bag from Furla designed for all of today’s globetrotters. Matthew, the perfect man in town, describes his view of the project and much more, including his passion for the surreal Fellini.

Where did you you shoot the photos for Furla’s themodernman project?

I was in Rio, my home for a while now, so I decided to set the whole thing there. The colors and atmosphere of this booming carioca city seemed ideal to represent a new vision of contemporary man, even if I didn’t quite want to make the location clear, it could have been Greece or Italy as well. A man who travels, a man of movement, a man who is elegant but not overly so, who demands the”proper” accessories- very functional and aesthetically beautiful. The location, me and the photographer Jeff Porto, we found the street by wandering around the streets of the center, in the oldest part of the city, with a bright yellow backgrounds, where the blue bag stands out and the look is ideally halfway between summer and winter.

What is the relationship between men and accessories now, especially with bags?

I think it’s quite strong now. From classic briefcases to messenger bags, male versions of big clutches, briefcases as pc or tablet cases, every man has at least one of these accessories. For me it is a key element of every look, I always have a bag with me- sometimes it gives a twist more to my look with its shape, color, or material.

What do you consider the characteristics of a “stylish” man?

There are no rules anymore. To me it’s something natural, spontaneous, not too forced. I just open my closet and choose what I feel like wearing- it’s more a matter of taste. I’ve been influenced by the personality, the style,, the culture, and the work of certain well-known figures from the past and present, most of all Federico Fellini, and if I have to name someone contemporary, I would say Tom Ford. Style is not just fashion, it’s often the people I meet in my travels or on the street that give me energy and inspiration for my work.

What do modern gentlemen buy nowadays?

I think the possibilities are endless, from formal to casual- men want to take care of their style, not as much as women, but a man is more attentive now and can experiment with bow-ties and hats, colourful socks and bags, shirts and ties… It’s not required, it’s just a desire to dress well and with a bit of freedom, mixing styles from Brazil to London, the gentleman has gone global and the result is relaxed style.

Will never end the era of bloggers?

There will be an evolution, we will change the platform, we will change this way of defining skills to reach the common people, and to act in the digital age. Blogs, quality ones, are here to stay.

If I was not a blogger what would you have done?

There is a very snobbish attitude to consider in a negative way the work of bloggers, because they take away the ground (and power) in a space which is rather limited fashion. For me it is a job title that also works to define my lifestyle. I have a past in the world of communication, but the business of blogging is really my passion, I consider it something creative that I can not help but realize, is like the air I breathe, I would see to do anything else. In addition to the blog I’m working on other projects of personal branding, is still all top secret.

Movie, book and music do you like? 8:30 Federico Fellini, The Reader (Aloud-from which they made into a film starring Ralph Fiennes) and the British band The Herd.

ABOUT FURLA-MODULAR BAG

For the upcoming Fall / Winter Furla man takes the field to suggest a new way of living accessories and especially the bags. From the streets of the big cities to the countryside, the man now prefers business accessories and small leather goods with two characteristics: practical and discreet. The modular bag easily converts from messenger bag duffel bag, adapting the agenda to work weekends, so ideal for every occasion, even simultaneously or at the last minute. The Furla Modular Bag can be assembled in the shop thanks to a set that includes two handles, two side pocket and two side to expand that are completely interchangeable, with colors and materials totally customizable. In perfect balance between form and function, there are all the needs of modern man.

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PHP ss2017 man collection: “AMERICAN FRAMES”

Celebrating absolute freedom and the excitement of adventure, PHP veers toward USA, cutting the country from coast to coast to gather together the most iconic elements of American culture. Moments and memories of the trip are stitched on urban uniforms, like images in a photo book, framing different aspects of United States into an eclectic patchwork of visual elements. A clash of history and pop culture gives shapes to a series of garments that combine Italian know-how with the irreverent attitude of modern street drifters, refined yet casual. Style suggestions drawn from Navajo costumes meet 50’s pin-up girls and military inspired elements, infused with a nostalgic feeling of American patriotism. Light suede leathers are softly molded on the body as loose second skins, while the washed denim and original army apparel are reworked into unique hybrids of leather, paint and fabric. Teaming up with Tuscan artisans, PHP blends the Italian vegetable-tanning tradition with experimental methods. Recognizing the uniqueness of handmade as a fundamental element of its history, PHP collaborated with the students of Accademia delle Belle Arti in Florence to develop graffiti-inspired motifs and classic Native American drawings, renewing its commitment towards the old school craftsmanship and artistic italian tradition.

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Neon: sunglasses limited edition signed by Hawkers and Steve Aoki

Hawkers, fashion company of Alicante, is launching a limited edition of sunglasses named allegorical, “Neon“, and presents it with a revolutionary video tribute to Andy Warhol, with a modern character like Steve Aoki, American DJ, face of the collection.
All the sunglasses of the limited edition are unisex models with polarized lenses produced by prestigious leading German companies that guarantee high reduction of sun glare and UV protection to 100% thanks to the neon lenses and black temples. The models have a light structure: the frame is free of metal components and is made of polycarbonate of the highest quality currently present on the market, besides being extremely resistant.

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Mentor.fm: your handy Dj

Already activated in the web version, iOS devices, is now available for Android the 100% Made in Italy APP that learns your musical tastes and chooses the music that you like.
Already existing in more than 170 countries in the web version, Mentor.FM is a “personal DJ” which works just like a radio, but the musical flow is customized and unique because it is based on Facebook profiles, Deezer, Last.FM – but soon will include also Spotify, Twitter and iTunes library – and on user feedback (like, dislike, skip) relative to each proposal song, that the user can indicate via simple gesture.
The application draws on library Deezer, streaming Mentor.FM partners. For this reason, in order to use the radio in full on smatrphone you need a Deezer Premium account. The Android app also works with the Free account and lets you feel 30 seconds for each song, but it allows to get a free 30-day trial.
Mentor.FM never proposes single-issue playlist and avoid boring repetitions of artist or song. But there’s more: songs’ order is not random, and tries to adapt in real time to the user’s mood: if it’s proposing indie rock and the user responds with a series of skip, Mentor.FM interprets the signal as “is not the right time for the indie rock” and tries to adjust the shot proposing another. Then there is the Surprise Me feature designed for users who want to discover new musical worlds and broaden

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AIR MAX 1 ULTRA FLYKNIT: CON NIKE …SI VOLA

It’s been almost three decades since the Air Max 1 debuted the visible Air technology, which has transformed the design of footwear and launched such a strong line earning an annual celebration. Today this model marks a new milestone: with the help of Nike Flyknit technology, in constant transformation, comes the Nike Air Max 1 Ultra Flyknit, the lightest Air Max 1 ever existed.
Perfected through countless prototypes, led by chief designer of the project Ben Yun, the shoe features a lightweight fabric Flyknit on the toe and tongue to ensure maximum breathability, while a more dense structure on the heel provides additional support. Seamless area right above the midsole see the original Air Max 1.
The Nike Air Max 1 Ultra Flyknit is available in men and women’s versions from 21 July 2016 on SNKRS app and from July 28 at worldwide retailers.

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American Vintage + Baliboa: a wooden rackets capsule collection

American Vintage, a real icon of chic sportswear joins Baliboa, the French brand of wooden rackets and creates a very special synergy for summer 2016. A racket ultra limited edition available in four colors – red, yellow, gray and midnight blue – and made in Marseille, strictly hand-made with natural wood and certificate. The production follows a process from the craft charm: 18 are the passages that allow the transformation of the raw material, in a racket composed of 5 layers, able to combine the characteristics of the cork, flexibility and lightness, with the robustness of the beech, combined with other rare woods.
The limited edition will be available in a selection of single-brand boutique American
Vintage and on the e-shop of the company, only from 7 July to 31 August 2016

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From 24 to 26 September the spotlight will turn on Fashion Film Festival in Milan

Milan Fashion Film Festival, founded and directed by Costanza Cavalli Etro, continues, for the third year in a row, to give voice to the fashion in the most contemporary of the possible languages, namely that of the fashion film. More than 750 films from over 50 countries have been examined by the artistic committee of the Festival, directed by curator Gloria Maria Cappelletti.
With the aim to give the city an event from diverse look, the jury of this year is composed of personalities from different worlds but open to dialogue: Claudia Llosa, won director won of Leone d’Oro at the Berlin Film Festival and nominated for the Oscar, Andrea Lissoni, Senior Curator of the Tate Modern in London, Michelangelo Di Battista, fashion photographer of international fame and Franca Sozzani, Director of Vogue Italy and L’Uomo Vogue, to name a few.
The jury has the task of selecting the winners of the 14 award categories, gathered in two main departments: Established Talent (known talents) & New Talent (new talent). Sponsored once again by Mercedes-Benz, this year it will also be awarded the Mercedes-Benz Special Award, which will enhance innovation and the use of new technology in the filmmaking process: the Fashion Film Festival will also be visible on Milan Channel, the first pop-up channel devoted entirely to the world of fashion and on “Dplay” will be transmitted the contents of the previous editions along with unreleased material.

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#FreewayYourMind: The CARHARTT WIP collection is full of energy

Put togheter a group of skaters on the island of Fuerteventura, a place to discover by bike and skate, add a young company – Pelago – with great ambitions and capabilities in sustainable bikeengineering and what comes out is a great challenge.
And that’s the one that CARHARTT fearless collects fearless in the new WIP X PELAGO BICYCLES COLLECTION, made up of simple elements, a safe and easy to handle bike, in a classic green color, a bag tailored, bike-centric details for urban boys, experts cyclists but also young people able to maneuver between the weather and the traffic to get to work.
The collection is completed with an hat on blu navy and an inevitable water bottle travel. A walk with the times for a walk in the world.

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TWO SPECIAL EDITIONS OF DIADORA EXCLUSIVELY FOR AW LAB

AW LAB celebrates two of the most beloved models of Diadora Sportswear collection with two special editions that will be available exclusively at their store and on aw-lab.com: The GAME METALLIC, reworking dedicated to woman of the Game model and N92 BRIGHT SUNSET, a just man version of the historical catalog running model. The GAME METALLIC, real Must Have of summer 2016, with the mild form and aesthetics typical vintage round, combine contemporary spirit and lifestyle taste, while the N-92 BRIGHT SUNSET comes in colors ranging from beige to burgundy.
The GAME BRIGHT and the N92 SUNSET METALLIC will be available exclusively in all stores AW LAB in Italy and Spain and on aw-lab.com site from mid-July.

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LIU JO UOMO CONFIRMS AGAIN FABIO CANNAVARO FOR THE NEW CAMPAIGN FW 2016

Fabio Cannavaro, ex best soccer player of the year, lend his image another time to Liu Jo Uomo, interpreting the new fall-winter campaign 2016.
From the photographer’s portrait lens Byron Mollinedo,the campaign celebrates the comfortable and modern style that characterizes the brand: versatile pieces, with a contemporary style that wanders from urban to formal characterized by prestigious tissues: a trasversal wardrobe that goes around the jeans, for fresh outfits and perfect for any occasion.
The captain Cannavaro, who during his career has been able to undertake with success different roads, that have seen him involved as player, coach, sports administrator and entrepreneur, is the right profile to represent this versatile spirit at the bottom of Liu Jo Uomo’s and the collection Fall Winter 2016, recherche’ in the style, colours and combinations.

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BETWEEN FASHION AND DESIGN FOR A SPECIAL HELMET: FGRT BY MOMODESIGN

The Fluo Revolution: a detail that makes the difference, a must-have, a link to the needs of the younger generation, including fashion and design, for man and woman in town. MOMODESIGN revolutionized the historical helmet FGTR in a new light color from fluorescent and high-impact color strengthening the technology and style combination. The fluorescent version also aims to increase visibility for greater road safety; so get rid off total black in the name of acid, fluorescent colors, from fashion and original flavor. FGTR Fluo is available in a wide range of colors: fluorescent yellow opaque with black decal; fluorescent orange with matte black decal; dull green fluorescent decal with black; Black frost decal with fluorescent yellow; Black frost decal with fluorescent orange; Black frost with fluorescent green decal.
Safety is elegant!

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Masel: custom- made ties with impeccable taste

Masel is a new Italian company born to renew one of the fundamental pieces in a flawless male wardrobe: the tie.
Masel aims to bring back the tie a distinctive and indispensable element for men who want to be stylish and classy at every opportunity. A Masel tie is a unique piece, thanks to the possibility of complete customization offered to the customers.
Real innovation of the company is the ability to create ties "to measure" customized in color, shapes, material and more. Besides the classic option of adding your initials on the tail, Masel allows you to enter a phrase or a special dedication on the inside lining of the tie through a very refined embroidery.

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Tobias Ahlin – Interview with a cultural innovator

He is very young, but he has already worked in some of the most renowned companies in the world, Spotify and GitHub to name two. He’s a creative, a visionary and an innovator in every sense. Favourite Playlist Spotify? He has created his own throughout the years with more than 600 songs!

How do you like to describe yourself? You are a designer, a teacher and a IT developer, in which way all these attitudes live in you?
The question that I dread to be asked is “What do you do?”. My attempts at coming up with a cohesive and comprehendible answer usually starts with a list of concrete jobs and crafts, and ends with crumbled up pieces of paper and an empty glass of lonely whiskey. I’m not too sure. I’m currently dabbling with data analysis, physics, statistics, learning how to play the piano, and practicing French. I think what ties it all together is a love for novelty, the foolishness of thinking that I can learn new things, and other people’s foolishness of continuously hiring me to do those things. I know what I love: to meet new people, learn new things, and create new things. I like to finish what I started, but I also love quitting a job or habit to try something new. Applying that, it has happened to take the shape of designing, teaching, and programming, but I’m not entirely sure what’s next.

In your past, you’ve been in Spotify and in GitHub among others, what was your role in there?
I was lucky enough to start at Spotify the same week that their previous designer quit. It was a smaller company back then, and as a newly graduated designer I found myself in charge of the user interface design for all of Spotify’s products. The service was already vastly popular in Sweden, albeit not internationally, and discussing the product with friends and strangers formed my way of thinking about what’s valuable in an experience. People often mentioned details, for example the feeling of an animation or how fast a song started, as something that made them love Spotify. They didn’t mention features. They mentioned how things felt.

What is your vision as developer?
My approach and vision has been the same since: I want to create products that people love. I enjoy removing features, and improving the essence of an app or product. Now, that’s easy to say, but at most companies you will find incentives that are misaligned with that vision. You won’t get any publicity for removing features, and you won’t get promoted to a new position for taking something out. Most tech companies have strong incentives to continuously launch and add new things. Striving for simplicity are often in direct conflict with those incentives.

Working at big companies like Spotify and GitHub, my approach has been a kind of organizational Aikido—instead of aiming straight for simplicity and making that my only objective, I look for people and projects that align with that vision, if only temporarily. If I meet resistance, I try to realign that resistance with my vision, but if I fail, I quickly try to move on to another project. In the end that means that I will never get everything done that I wish to, but I get tremendously more done than if I had stayed in one place and fought for only one cause.

Did you collaborate with GitHub remotely I guess…Do you think this is the future for your profession? Or even for any kind of profession?
GitHub’s head quarters are located in San Francisco, and I typically worked from somewhere around Europe, as did many of my colleagues. I’m never going back to working at a desk again. I think working remotely is something that more and more companies will embrace, which is fantastic for a number of reasons. All of our lives are intrinsically unpredictable, and not spending most of our awake hours being tied to a physical space makes it easier to lead great, fulfilled, and happy lives, but also in the end to do great work. And if you’re running a business, remote work done right means that it is easier to hire (you’re not limited to your city or country). It means having less expenses for material and office space, and it means having happier and more productive employees. It’s huge a win for everyone, and I believe and hope that it will become the rule for how organizations are structured, rather than the exception.

What would you like to create in the future?
A school. I think we need to fundamentally change the way we think about education. All over the world, schools have a tendency to slowly lose touch with reality, and teach theory for the sake of teaching theory. It starts at an early age, with kids struggling with advanced math until they graduate, after which they will never work with it again. It’s useless. It continues throughout university with thick textbooks that are to be memorized, despite that the jobs we go on to work with are in their nature mostly practical. If our work is in the end practical, why don’t we learn by practice? Why don’t we focus on creating things and making mistakes? On top of that, the school’s role in society isn’t just to prepare us for work, but to prepare us for life, which it typically utterly fails at. From an early age, it tells us that what’s important is to receive high grades—not to build character, nor to lead fulfilled or happy lives. Alain de Botton’s School of Life is a great example of the direction that we need to go in, but ultimately we need more schools leading with example, and a better framework for learning. The fact is that our schools are fundamentally misaligned with how we effectively learn, and they need to change.

Since you are invited in Milan to a cultural hackathon, in your opinion what is the importance of culture in our society?
To me, culture in our society has the vital role of questioning the status quo, combating ignorance, and creating empathy. We are to a higher and higher degree consuming information, and living in, filter bubbles—the breeding grounds of dogmatism—and only wish to see and hear things that we agree with. We risk developing an increasingly polarized society, with extremist parties popping up along the entire political spectrum. Culture doesn’t necessarily make us all agree, but it can make us understand each other, and bring us together.

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STYLE PREVIEW

AMERICAN VINTAGE

The French label American Vintage created by Michael Azoulay redefines the concept of casual basics, returning with a collection of warm hues and vintage tints in the highest quality of fabrics, such as the Supima cotton sourced from the best Australian and American growers.
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ATELIER NOTERMAN

Atelier Noterman was founded in 1946 and has since grown into a successful partnership between Luc De Maeght and the Noterman family. The exclusive venture forged by the company with Italdenim to produce Detox Denim, made using a water and energy-saving process that reduces the use of pollutants, attests to the fact that the brand lives by its motto ‘Wear responsibly’.
www.ateliernoterman.com

CIRCLE OF GENTLEMEN

Circle of Gentlemen collections have epitomised the modern British gentleman since the label’s inception in 2006. The S/S 2017 collection continues the theme in a recherché mix of past and present where preppy elements and urban attitude are transformed into elegantly edgy everyday wear.
www.circleofgentlemen.com

CIVIDINI

Cividini Uomo follows up its successful winter debut with the S/S 2017 ‘Peso Zero’ collection, a masterpiece of textile engineering and lightness that features extra-light polo shirts in silk wool, pixel-effect jacquard, jackets in Punto Milano jersey and an absolutely must-have bomber jacket in the sheerest gauze.
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LUMBERJACK

Lumberjack’s collection is designed with the UrbaNatures in mind, otherwise known as the ethical generation that cares about the environment and is willing to adopt a sustainable urban lifestyle. The shoes marked by the brand’s signature maple leaf strike a new stylistic balance between urban and outdoor life. And the footwear company has launched its new web campaign ‘Looking for UrbaNatures’ to find new testimonials for its philosophy.
www.lumberjack.it

OXS

oXs is a new generation of super-lightweight footwear designed for the everyday and to stimulate movement. oXs remains faithful to its origins, lining up its reworked iconic Frank boot alongside spirited new models made in unusual materials, like the Airdrop sandal, the Woobie sneaker with rubber sole and all-over micro-vents, and the Amtrac biker boot.
www.oxs.it/it

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KNIT ART: KNITWEAR ROBERTO COLLINA

From the Loft- lab in Bologna, where it is still situated the production headquarter of the company, Roberto Collina takes, every season, a challenge to the industry trends: dedicated to a high-end retail and characterized by the rigorous use of noble fibers – from camel to merinos super light, from silk to ice cotton – the brand is a celebration of craftsmanship and traditions with that iconic touch of classic abstractism that makes the Made In Italy really proud to be so italian.

A preview of the SS 2017 collection presented in occasion of Pitti stands out, unchallenged, a stroked necklace made of 100% linen with hand paint treatment, a masterpiece of fine workmanship and high creativity: a camouflage polo in moulinè, with fresh yield and assured convenience, a second polo, with beige and black lines, characterized by a play of textures on the basis of linen and cotton, and a badly dyed shirt realized on a based indigo/denim, ironic and brilliant, complete the preview that confirms the extremely careful processing of textures, materials research and the contemporary taste make every item not only fashionable but also linked to an attentive design studio and proportions.

Roberto Collina is one of the most exclusive and amazing knitwear brand of the moment. Represented in France, Belgium, Holland and Germany, the label was born in 1953 in Crevalcore,  located in the province of Bologna synonymous of craftsmanship and handmade know-how, is experiencing a great success also in the Asian countries such as Japan and South Korea.

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ECLETHNIC TOUR: PATRIZIA PEPE S/S 2017

The world tour of a band is the source of inspiration for the spring-summer 2017 collection of Patrizia Pepe: the journey of a group of artists that in music and performance found the passion for overturning social conventions.

Lamine gold, glittery textures, eyelets / boss, shades glamrock, define the wardrobe of eclectic frontman in a revival of printed shirts for a modern lifestyle that alternates vintage evening and, in both cases glamor.

Looks consist of coats and jackets with iridescent linings, short or long with shawl lapels 3/4, sleeveless, pants ankle gabardine and satin cotton, satin-matte jacquard and micro contrasting color or tone on tone designs,accessories with washed calfskin belts, neckties, bow ties, clutch bags and bandanas silk, footwear grain leather and gold finish suitable for both the dress for casual, must-have of the collection, the moccasin with coin customization

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SUGGESTIONS

A selection of events at Pitti Uomo 90

Gucci’s Florentine Epiphany
Epiphany, the new limited edition volume produced by Gucci and published by IDEA books, will be the star of an event held at the Gucci Museo in Florence during Pitti. Previewed at New York’s Dover Street Market on 5 May, solely 1000 copies of the book will be printed. The next stop on the book-signing itinerary is slated for 12 June at London’s Dover Street market. Epiphany illustrates the pre-Fall/Winter 2016/2107 womens and menswear collections designed by Alessandro Michele, Gucci’s Creative Director, in three distinct flourishes: a central colour section flanked by two black and white sections. Gucci hired cult photographer Ari Marcopoulos to take the pictures at a location in Milan. The book comes in a pink bubble case with a hologram of the label’s signature snake on the front and the Gucci logo silk-screened on the black silk reverse. The book has an inside pocket with a picture by Marcopoulos tucked into it and comes with a foldable poster. A true collector’s item, Epiphany has captivated many of the followers Gucci has acquired in this new chapter of its history and is sure to be a bestseller. But don’t worry if you don’t manage to grab your copy on the 16th, unsigned available copies will be purchasable from selected outlets and the IDEA online store in July.

www.gucci.com

Pitti Italics: Lucio Vanotti
The Dogana will throw open its doors to the long-awaited Pitti Italics on June 16. Pitti Immagine Discovery Foundation, which promotes Italy’s new-generation designers with international potential, has invited Lucio Vanotti to show his menswear collection at the Florentine tradeshow. The designer is one of the most exciting names to emerge in the Italian fashion landscape over the past few seasons, and was personally invited by Giorgio Armani to make his debut on the catwalk of the prestigious Armani/Teatro in January 2016. Lucio Vanotti was born in Bergamo in 1975, trained at Milan’s Istituto Marangoni, and is a keen supporter of Pitti because, in his own words: ‘It gives the designer the freedom to express and show their ideas and vision of fashion to people from all over the world, not just Italians, and moves between tradition and innovation, the key themes of my next collection. I want to discover the history of Italy through the new’. What better confirmation that Pitti Italics is an unmissable event.

www.luciovanotti.com

Diktat to show S/S 2017 collection at Pitti Uomo
Diktat has 30 years of Made in Italy experience and a vision of contemporary style that ensures its collections not only express the brand’s cutting-edge spirit, but also capture the mood of the moment. Crafted to please the customer with a discerning eye for sartorial quality and innovative style accents, Diktat is known for its attention to detail and natural materials and for its eco-friendly production methods. The 90th edition of Pitti Immagine Uomo is the venue chosen by the label to show its new menswear collection, including two essential pieces that no S/S 2017 wardrobe should be without: the slim-fit pullovers in woven cotton crepe offered in two colour ways: a bold contrasting army green/navy blue version and the more urban navy/powder blue version, which throws a blend of printed cotton-linen yarns into the cotton crepe mix. The Diktat collection marries clean design with natural colours and a focus on comfort and wearability.

www.diktat-italia.com

Pitti Uomo 90 Menswear Guest Designer Gosha Rubchinskiy: from Russia with Love
Gosha Rubchinskiy, fashion designer, photographer and film-maker, not only creates the collections, but also decides what will grace his catwalks, produces the look book images and even curates a fanzine. The multimedia aspect of Gosha Rubchinskiy’s work is awesome. It is the manifestation of the desire to express not just a specific stylistic vision but a world view, an ideology. Rubchinskiy will debut his S/S 2017 collection in Florence on the evening of 15 June in tandem with a photographic installation created especially for the event. The Pitti Uomo 90 Menswear Guest Designer, whose line has been produced and distributed by Comme des Garçons since 2012, made his first splash at Paris Fashion Week in June 2014 to great critical acclaim. A few seasons is all it took for his particular mix of aesthetics, which includes sports elements, echoes of Russia’s 80s and 90s youth culture and cinematic suggestions, to attract a large group of followers. Florence will be dazed and amazed by Gosha’s skaters and graffiti artists!

The Raf Comeback
Raf Simons has a strong bond with Florence. In 2003, he and Francesco Bonami curated the Pitti Immagine Uomo exhibition The Fourth Sex: Adolescent Extremes. The fashion collections and video presentations followed. In 2005 he released the book Redux to tell the story of the first 10 years of his career. Simons was then appointed creative director of Jil Sander and helmed the label’s well-received 2010 show. The designer’s return to Pitti comes at a time when he is very much in the news, also because Dior, the first of several splits with iconic brands, has yet to name a replacement. ‘I’m thrilled to be back in Florence to show my S/S 2017 collection this season and to present the special event created exclusively for Pitti’ the designer said. The much-awaited FLORENCE CALLING: RAF SIMONS event will be held at Stazione Leopolda on the evening of Thursday 16 June.

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Paolo Pecora Milano S/S 2017 collection takes its cue from Gore Vidal
Brilliant, clear-sighted American writer Gore Vidal of mordant intellectual wit and fame moved effortlessly between the critical analysis of America’s political system and the laid-back atmosphere of Hollywood’s movie sets. The writer then fell in love with Italy, where he lived in his legendary villa, La Rondinaia(Swallow’s Nest), observing the world that he then wrote about in his essays. He was a stylish dresser too, a fact that did not go unnoticed. Vidal, who favoured a softly deconstructed elegance that drew the line at the over-the-top and the overstated in favour of class and style, is the inspiration for the S/S 2017 collection that Paolo Pecora Milano will unveil at Pitti Uomo. Ivy League jackets in lightweight jersey, colourful polo shirts in cotton piqué and summer shirts with jersey striped print inserts, not to mention the designer’s famous knitwear teamed with block colour denim. A slight retro feel tempers the severity of the military look that is the collection’s common denominator, while the colour palette is full of summer lights and brights to evoke the sunny Campagna coast: lagoon blue, lemon yellow, Sorrento coral red and tobacco.

www.paolopecoramilano.com

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Suggestions

Street Dancing by Soulland
Milan Fashion Week gets off to an early start on Friday 17 June with the Soulland menswear show at 18.00h followed by a cocktail party and a street music performance-presentation outside the INNER concept store in Via Pasquale Paoli 4, which Claudio Antonioli opened directly opposite his cult flagship store in the heart of Milan’s Navigli District. Soulland, a cutting-edge Danish clothing company owned by the young Scandinavian designer Silas Adler and CEO Jacob Kampp Berliner since 2006, distributes its products through a network of flagship stores located in cities such as Copenhagen and Bangkok and through luxury stores such as Colette in Paris. The spontaneity and engagement of the people of Milan is what persuaded Soulland to choose the streets of the design mecca over those of London to stage its fashion flash mob event.

Miaoran to show at Armani/Teatro
It’s become a Milan fashion week custom for a big Italian fashion name like Giorgio Armani to offer his Armani/Teatro to host the show of an emerging designer. This time round it’s the turn of Chinese designer Miaoran, who founded the brand that carries his name in 2015. Miaoran was a finalist of “Who’s on next?” and showed his F/W 2016-17 collection at AltaRoma last January. ‘I want to say a heartfelt thank you to Giorgio Armani for his support and for inviting me to show at Armani/Teatro. It’s a great honour for a young designer who came to Milan to work and live from a land so far away’ he said as he prepares his style code of oversize proportions and contrasting textiles for the Milanese runway.

WHITE and Revolver Copenhagen join forces
The two major international tradeshows WHITE and Revolver Copenhagen have joined hands to build a bridge that not only unites two cultures, but also crystallises the idea that together they can connect their tradeshow brands to a much bigger audience and with greater impact. The partnership will launch this June at Milan Fashion Week and continue for the next three editions. To introduce this fascinating yet little known fashion dimension to Italy, WHITE will host 15 Scandinavian brands in a special section. Revolver will stage a return match on 10-12 August, inviting 15 Italian labels to display their collections at the venue located in Copenhagen’s Meatpacking District.

WHITE invites new Chinese label Sankuanz as special guest
Chinese label Sankuanz is the special guest of the June edition of the WHITE Menswear tradeshow, leading founder and designer Shangguan Zhe to curate an ad hoc artistic installation. WHITE continues to train its cool-hunting sights on new names in the international menswear landscape and is especially interested in discovering new Chinese fashion designers.  Born in 1984, Shangguan Zhe was a contestant in the International Woolmark Prize and a finalist in the 2015 LVMH Prize. The designer likes to mix over-wearability, tailored cuts and genderless looks punctuated with pop accents in surprising combinations that bring together the severe cuts of uniforms, contemporary art references and sporty vintage elements.

WOW – WHITE ON WEB by Highsnobriety + Luisaviaroma fall in ‘Underwater Love’
Highsnobriety resumes its collaboration with WHITE, bringing WOW – WHITE ON WEB by Highsnobriety + Luisaviaroma to this new edition. The WOW space at Via Tortona 54 – Ex Ansaldo will host a special installation and showcase the ten designers selected by the team of Highsnobriety, the go-to website for all things streetwear and lifestyle: 3.Paradis, Black Rabbit, Grind London, Nilmance, The Incorporated, ZDDZ, C2H4 L.A, GCDS, Ne.Sense, and New Future London. The designers will co-create a capsule collection inspired by ‘Underwater Love’, the theme of the next biannual Firenze4Ever event for brands, bloggers and fashion influencers. The capsule collection will be previewed at the Florence store during Firenze4Ever and sold exclusively online at Luisaviaroma.com.

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HOSIO KNITWEAR MADE IN ITALY

The two brand, Hosio and OBVIOUS BASIC, are part of Emmegierre Fashion company, officially founded in 2004 but born in 1962 as a small knitwear workshop brainchild of Erminio Vavassori and his wife Rosa Frigerio developed later through-depth materials research and strictly Made In Italy workings. For this reason, focus of all lines and collections remains the mesh,  absolute star that season after season is re-interpreted and enriched with new techniques and approaches. HOSIO and OBVIOUS BASIC are both destined for menswear, but with different dress code, URBAN CHIC the first and SMART CASUAL the second.

HOSIO

Brand born in 2013, is inspired by an Urban Chic style where knitwear, attention to detail and tailoring vanguard are in first place. Designed by the creative director Roberto Vavassori, the SS17 collection will be presented this June at PITTI, presenting clothes which fits “Everyday Travel” of contemporary and  dynamic man seeking for style, comfort and quality. The SS17 collection signed by HOSIO was named “Urban globetrotter”, where the pioneering spirit and the need for change as well as the functionality, enhance the fusion between classical and ethnic graphics. The Beetle Jacket, the iconic jacket representative of HOSIO collections, available in more versions and variants and integrated into various themes of the collection, expresses the SS17 mood which is  a moment of ” encounter cultures “, of different styles and traditions mixed to obtain a “urban” proposed refined and unique. Looks with clean lines where neutral colors such as Ivy Green and Blue indigo and sober fantasies are moved by colored highlights, bright shades, such as Jaffa orange, the Artisan gold and Flame Scarlet. Always at the center of each season is knitwear, on this occasion Hosio dedicated to finesse 16, a manufacturing particularly dear to the brand, a number of “continuous” clothes versatile and transversal, strongly representative of Hosio identity.

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OBVIOUS BASIC

The two brand, Hosio and OBVIOUS BASIC, are part of Emmegierre Fashion company, officially founded in 2004 but born in 1962 as a small knitwear workshop brainchild of Erminio Vavassori and his wife Rosa Frigerio developed later through-depth materials research and strictly Made In Italy workings. For this reason, focus of all lines and collections remains the mesh,  absolute star that season after season is re-interpreted and enriched with new techniques and approaches. HOSIO and OBVIOUS BASIC are both destined for menswear, but with different dress code, URBAN CHIC the first and SMART CASUAL the second.

OBVIOUS BASIC

Designed by Gigi Vavassori, it is a contemporary brand, eclectic, ironic and nonconformist. The SS17 collection, named “Modern Grunge”, which is presented this June on the occasion of the 90th edition of Pitti Immagine, is designed for a man who loves live spontaneously. The watchwords are always quality and research, where modern textiles manufacture enhance dry volumes and colors, and in particular the watercolor palette, the micro patterns, reveal a collection with a 70s/80s retro flavor.
The funny T-Shirt with the invaluable function of a transversal and complementary use of collection proposes, sweatshirts and jackets become real must-have of male wardrobe. You can dive so in a whirl of colors where blue and yellow consisting of soft and appealing mesh, turquoise and bordeaux, used for processing jacquard jacket with pois and light blue tones, used to the inevitable summer shirts, it is mixed with printed sketch clothes used especially for the beach wear collection.
Knitwear and its workings are, as always, the focus of OBVIOUS BASIC collections, that this season offers innovative cotton / cashmere garments that as well as gives a refined appearance, are designed to be heat-insulated, therefore suitable for any climatic condition.

www.obviousbasic.it

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Back to the big union Versace -Bruce Weber

It was since 1999 that Donatella Versace doesn’t realized an advertising campaign for its brand with the great American photographer, master of poetic and emotional impromptu.

For the F/W 2016/17 advertising campaign Versace and Bruce Weber offer to the social public and to all their fans a great fashion reunion by Chicago. Infact It is called ‘Chicago is my beat’ the video by Bruce Weber, unveiled in Milan a few days ago on the occasion of the Milan menswear fashion week. The video accompanies the presentation of the photos that emphasize the ready-to-wear men and woman Versace collection for next winter. The main characters of the video and of extemporaneous shots, loads of languid pleasure dedicated to the new soul of Versace, are the models Karlie Kloss, Gigi Hadid and Dilone, portrayed in real life moments which are then transfigured into dreamlike representations. The energy and warmth of a real family pervade the short film ‘Chicago is my beat’ animated by the presence of real people extrapolated from the real life of the metropolis as a bodyguard, a singer and a group of dancers that accompany the models Charlie Kennedy, Trevor Signorino and Marcus Watts. The images of the new campaign are distributed both offline and online, via social media, and the Versace official channels. The campaign will be accompanied by a series of videos directed by the great Bruce Weber.

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the alpines – Minimal sound but maximal emotion

Alpines, a duo formed by Catherine Pockson and Bob Matthew, are a band that belong front and centre in the British pop consciousness. They’ve made fans out of The xx, The Maccabees and Florence Welch for good reason. ‘Completely’ is certainly one of their finest singles yet and it shows, more than anything, a duo that bleed pure boundless creativity. In the new single, Alpines have taken a decisive step towards a more experimental and sophisticated sound. Their music has always eschewed typical generic classifications, but in ‘Completely’ they manage to toe the delicate balance between commercial melodic sensibilities on the one hand (with big, bold and relatable vocals), and cerebral leftfield sounds on the other. Alpines are also no strangers where the convergence of music and fashion is concerned having collaborated with All Saints, Paul Smith, Urban Outfitters, Madame Figaro Magazine. We sat with them to talk music with another uniquely spacious and poignant ambient song and of course, their cutting-edge style.

Why the name Alpines?
We both love the mountains. One of our first writing road trips was to the Alps and shortly after this we decided on the name. Also ‘Alpines’ are tiny flowers that live in the highest reaches of the mountain tops and are incredibly hardy as they can survive through extreme conditions. We we really drawn to this symbolism and that’s when we decided we should go with the name.

Your music is influenced by…?
Every musician and song we love. Those around us that we love and landscapes.

Your music icons?
Bob: Brian Eno and D’Angelo
Catherine: Prince and Erykah Badu
Your favourite song of all time?
Bob: ‘Something’ by The Beatles
Catherine: ‘Blowing In The Wind’ by Bob Dylan and ‘When Doves Cry’ by Prince

The good and the bad things about being a duo are:
There are so many good things, but notably, you always have a sounding board and it means you can keep momentum and drive things forward. We are so lucky that between the two of us we can create the whole world of the sound and visuals. It does mean we work really hard and aren’t great at taking time off or holidays. The only bad thing is sometimes it can get very intense just having two of us in the band, but that’s why it is great playing live because we have our keys player and drummer to diffuse the dynamic!

Can you tell us about your style? How much effort do you put into your images? (brands that you like, specific style inspiration you follow)
I suppose our style could be defined in simple terms as minimal, textural and structured. At the moment we aren’t incorporating lots of colour, it is more about silhouette, strong lines and print patterns. We think about the visual side of the band a lot. We want the imagery to go hand in hand with the sonics, so that they compliment each other. When writing the album we had a pin board in the studio which included lots of images of the desert landscape, bauhaus architecture, Mies Van Der Rohe buildings, Alexander McQueen collections, artwork by Pierre Soulages and photos by Ansel Adams and many more! We are inspired by all elements of the arts and moodboards have become an important part of developing our sound and style.

Pick among your tracks the ones you would suggest for different occasions, what do they make you think ok? (e.g. one makes you think about love, hope, etc…)
Completely – This is our latest single and I would play this driving on a night out, its about embracing the truth of a situation and letting yourself be completely vulnerable with someone.

No Other Lover – this is one I would play to get people dancing.

Oasis – This is one I would play in the summertime as the sun was going down and all my friends were around a pool drinking cocktails and having a good time.

Chances – This is the one I would play at the end of the night once everyone has gone home, it has a moodiness to it. It is about taking a risk to be with someone knowing it may be unrequited. We also love Cyril Hahn’s remix of the song too.

Saviour – This song is about hope and the acceptance of needing someone to help you through the hard times.

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AGONIST – ALL ABOUT THE NORTH

AGONIST is a photographic story of a Northern fairytale where smells, scents, images and words come together in a sensory and unprecedented union. The rough nature of the North and frosted rocks, the smells, the soothing sound of the sea around it, the biting cold air and lightness in the sky – from dawn to sunset- describe a remote place in the Swedish Archipelago. These are all the main characters of a book about the great driving force behind the work of the creative duo Agonist. Walking in the woods, wandering through the endless meadows that vanish into the deep blue sea that embraces the sky. The landscapes are as a still-image, the atmosphere is thin and wild, full of plants, herbs, long stems and a variety of limestone that constantly absorbs water, decorating the view of rocky peaks that seem design objects, while the wind blowing strong and relentless. Blurry vision of a rough beauty where the scents rise and open the senses almost kidnap. The feeling of being lost, here and everywhere else at the same time: this is what the creators of Agonist, Niclas and Christine live daily and (that) have used as input in the creation of their line of high-target perfumes. Niclas and Christine have chosen two transverse creative figures for taking care of the project: Giorgia Cantarini (journalist and writer) and Julien Boudet (photographer) who have traveled to Gothenburg to discover the magic of their country and keep it onto the pages of this concept visual.

The work of Lydeen duo, with all the difficulties of living on an isolated island is refined and experimental. A rich and huge result in terms of combinations between scents and images that make Niclas and Christine the modern representative of a new wave of contemporary Sturm und Drang artists.

Photography | Julien Boudet

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CINECULT: THE MAN WHO SAW THE INFINITE by MATTHEW BROWN

Highly recommend for the gentlemen from the solid head and a tender heart and to all those who let themselves be moved by the intellect wonders beyond the barriers of language, race and religion. The story of Srinivasa Ramanujan, the Indian Pythagorean mathematics of the twentieth century evoked with taste and poetry by Matthew Brown in Eagle Pictures’ & ‘The man saw that the infinite‘ is really a memorable example of the genuine opportunity to overcome taboos and differences seemingly insurmountable in the name of science and its benefits in the name of a new humanism.
The Ramanujan trip’s to England in 1913, starring by a radiant Dev Patel (already well-known and acclaimed for his portrayal of Danny Boyle &’Slumdog Millionaire’ in 2009) is described with intimist and compelling tones. The meeting with the dandy mathematician Godfrey Harold Hardy played by a wonderful and elegant Jeremy Irons raises questions and poses crucial queries about the possibility of sharing similarities, beyond the personal, philosophical or religious beliefs, in the name of love for the ‘beauty of mathematics as it is described by Bertrand Russell, (played by Jeremy Northam) and its symbolic and almost metaphysical value. For Ramanujan, the mathematical equation and the algorithm derived from divine illumination. Died for tuberculosis at the age of 32, Ramanujan remained forever in the hearts of his faithful friend Hardy who succeeded with his enthusiasm to get them into the academic community of Trinity College, Cambridge, a very high honor for that time to who was not English. Dev Patel, a self-taught genius manages to summon all the inner struggle and discomfort of being a misunderstood Talent who was experienced by Ramanujan in a world which considered the Indians as a subordinate race and (which) harbored skepticism for the new intuitive theories of the Indian mathematician. His wardrobe, result of the research by the brilliant costume designer Ann Maskrey, reflects the transition that he lives from colonial South India where he's represented as a Brahmin from the suggestive manners, to a rigid formalism of the West in the elite outfits that Irons wears with rare appeal thanks to his gentlemanly researched and creative nature. The costume designer is able to masterly reconstruct the clumsy but never awkward or caricaturist look of Ramanujan who arrives in Cambridge and he’s forced to immerse himself in Western ways through the innate grace and acting sensitivity of Patel who really leaves its mark with his kindness and big eyes. Movie to see and review, touching and vibrant.

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CINECULT: THE NICE GUYS by SHANE BLACK

Put two freaks and hilarious guys togheter, two adorable idiots completely poles apart in a vicious and opulent’s L.A, add a nosy girl, much wiser of the two Starsky and Hutch‘s rivals, put even an ironic and light-hearted glimpse into the world of American pornography, seen in a satirical key inspired by ‘Boogie nights‘; legend, shake all wisely with colors, strobe lights and lots of laughter and you’ll get the new Shane Black movie, ‘the nice guys‘. Produced by Joel Silver (the same of ‘Lethal Weapon’) and distributed by Lucky Red which brought in Italy the two hilarious and fascinating actors Russell Crowe (in the role of Jackson Healy) and Ryan Gosling (the clumsy crook Holland March) the film tells the story of two would-be, hopeless detective who put themselves on the trail of a porn disappeared starlet, the beautiful Amelia, daughter of the ruthless and moralizer Judith Kutner (Kim Basinger in great shape), aided by their fortune from the instict of the strange teenage – Holland March&’s daughter – the acute Holly played by Angourie Rice. In all this stands the glamorous murderess killer Matt Boomer who embodies the treacherous assassin John Boy. Credit where credit goes to the costume designer Kym Barrett and scenographer Richard Bridgland that catapult the viewer in the euphoric and weird atmosphere of a Hollywood red light party, in the same city where the firts actors of hard genre as Linda Lovelace, the star of ‘deep Throat’ and John Holmes, were born. The film, full of breathtaking gags, actually passes by irony and corruption of a colorful and very trendy L.A to a political fiction conspiracy of gigantic proportions involving some circuits of the US government. Daring chases, full throttle twistle and a saturated and surreal aestethic are the ingredients of a riveting and exciting thriller that subverts the rules of the genre to tack abruptly in a comedy and action where all the pieces of the puzzle begin to stuck to the epilogue.
Well played by two giants of Hollywood, daring and unconventional, this film can be enjoyed in one fell swoop.

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Focus on watches

The toughest challenge for the horologist is to make the watch waterproof. But this winning feature is not the only reason diver chronographs ooze so much appeal. Unrivalled good looks teamed with cutting-edge technical features ensures it travels fluidly both over urban terrain and under coastal waters, regardless of whether or not this complicated watch is worn to go deep sea diving. Indeed, the world of haute horologerie continues to add intriguing new twists to these versatile timepieces, but before we delve into some of the latest models of temptation, let’s first take a look at those essential features that make the diver chronograph so desirable.
The watch case is usually rounded to optimise water resistance and prevent catching.
The professional models for saturation diving at great depths are fitted with a helium release or escape valve to prevent the crystal from being blown off by an internal pressure build up during long periods of submersion.
The unidirectional (anticlockwise) bezel is built for shock-resistance, with at least at every 5 minutes elapsed minute markings to indicate the time spent underwater in the event of accidental knocks.
The dials and markers on the watch face and bezel are designed for underwater and low light legibility.
Stuff you might not know: each diving watch that features a minimum water resistance greater than the equivalent of 100m (330ft) is individually tested (those for shallower depths are sample tested), but given that it is submerged in water no hotter than about 18°C, it’s best to take it off before you dive into a hot bath or take a sauna.



 

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Phone Smart: Five Must-have Apps

Apps can have pure entertainment value but can also be very useful helpmates. For instance, if you want to find a new way to knot your tie, or to organize a chez-moi cocktail party, or even to experiment a new look.
MANINTOWN shares five of its favourite apps.

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Vivino

Take a photo of any wine label to uncork pricing, ratings, reviews, and info on where to buy it online. Vivino is a wine scanner used by almost 17 million users to ‘Pick Better Wine…to see which wines to buy and which to leave on the shelf’. Download the free app on the App store, get it on Google Play or download the Windows Phone version.

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Cocktails

Fancy throwing a cocktail party and doing the bartending yourself? This free app from the App Store offers a menu of 400 simple-to-make cocktail recipes complete with instructions and tips. Divided into 15 categories, the selection ranges from alcohol-free to whiskey based concoctions and ends with the full alphabetical listing. “Cocktail Finder” is a fantastic tool that searches for cocktails to make from the ingredients you have in stock at home, saving you that last-minute dash to the store, while “Cromococktails” is perfect for giving your cocktail party a colour theme as it lets you choose what to prepare based on the colour of the drink.

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Bag List

Packing your suitcase can be a head-scratching affair, especially if it’s got to be done at the last minute. Then there’s always the risk of forgetting something vital, like your phone charger (how many times has that happened?). So Bag List is the perfect app for even the most distracted. The user can remove and/or add items at any time to personalise their packing list. Download from Google Play.

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TieSight

Tie glitches can happen to the best, and knotting a tie can be especially frustrating if you usually wear casual or sporty clothes. But now, TieSight means it’s no longer necessary to ask for help from mum or girlfriend. In fact, the German app makes it really easy to tie a tie, just follow the step-by-step guide on the camera of your mobile.
Select the type of knot you want to tie, bring yourself into the right position in front of the computer screen then follow the TieSight instructions to tie the perfect knot.

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Boothstache

Stocked by both the App Store and Google Play, this app lets you try on different styles of moustaches to see if they suit you. The free app lets you play with all conceivable variations of the ‘tache, while the colour changes automatically to match the colour of your hair to produce a truly authentic rendering. All you need do is take a selfie. Not sure whether you like the result? A little shake of your mobile will bring up both the before and after shots.

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Jonathan Anderson – the value of Craftsman

Not many know that the LOEWE Foundation was established as a private cultural foundation in 1988 by Enrique Loewe Lynch, a fourth-generation member of LOEWE’s founding family. Today, under the direction of his daughter Sheila Loewe, the Foundation’s mission is to promote creativity, educational programs and to safeguard heritage in the fields of poetry, dance, photography, and architecture. In 2015, the Loewe Foundation debuted at Art Basel Miami with Chance Encounters, an installation at the LOEWE store in the Miami Design District curated by the Spanish label´s Creative Director, Jonathan Anderson. The installation embraces the disruptive beauty of the chance encounter and sparks an unexpected dialogue between the works of four famous British artists of the past and the present: Anthea Hamilton, Paul Nash, Lucie Rie and Rose Wylie. The Loewe Foundation was present also at PHotoEspaña 2016, where it spotlighted the work of modernist photography pioneer Lucia Moholy. The foundation’s latest initiative is the LOEWE Craft Prize 2016, launched to reward the artistic ambition and innovative excellence of crafts from all over the world. The aim is to give visibility and credit to the makers of outstanding memorable objects. It was about time a fashion house decided to shift the focus of its cultural research to the exploration of crafts and thus bridge the gap that often distances it from contemporary art. We met Creative Director Jonathan Anderson to better understand what led to the inception of the LOEWE Craft Prize 2016.

Why did you choose the crafts as the focus of this new award?
As a luxury house, we are about craft in the purest sense of the word. So it makes sense that Loewe recognizes the best artisans in their fields. Craft is the essence of Loewe.

Which is the correlation between this choice and the course that Loewe is taking?
I see Loewe as a house with a cultural landscape more than just a fashion brand. Is not only about the clothing, is about the art, the craft, the collaboration with different artists. Loewe has the most amazing craftsmen and a beautiful heritage. Without them, we could have never made the amazing bags we are producing.

Now let’s speak on the future, where do you think is heading the design?
Fashion is always a reference to culture; I believe that it’s not just about fashion; it’s about how people live nowadays. For me, it’s about selling an experience to people, because I think they want to feel they are involved in the process, that they are learning or seeing something.

How do you manage to innovate tradition and craft?
Craft is immensely important to me as an inspiration. I wanted to create a platform to highlight things that are engineered by hand, by people who work silently and are often under-appreciated. In reality, there is nothing harder than finding a way to make an object that has a formula of its own and speaks in the maker’s own language, creating a dialogue that didn’t exist before.

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Five reasons to choose the new Maserati Levante

Accativante, sportivo, italiano.
È il nuovo Maserati Levante, primo suv della casa del Tridente.
Basterebbero questi tre aggettivi per preferirlo ai concorrenti delle altre case automobilistiche, e se la passione non fosse suf ciente questi sono i 5 motivi per cui pensiamo sia la scelta giusta.
Il DNA. È una Maserati e si percepisce. Sportiva e senza la minima ombra con cambio a 8 rapporti e paddle ssi dietro al volante.
Facile dimenticarsi di essere alla guida di un suv.
Le sospensioni con molle ad aria e 5 livelli da terra. Una taratura impeccabile e costante dell’assetto. Aggiungiamo il baricentro basso, una distribuzione dei pesi al 50/50 e il risultato è una guida davvero entusiasmante.
È italiana ed è costruita in Italia. È assemblata a Mira ori, il motore benzina è costruito da Ferrari, gli interni sono in Alcantara e seta di Ermenegildo Zegna. Super uo aggiungere altro.
Il design. Muscolare, aggressivo e af lato all’anteriore, razionale e pulito sulla coda. In perfetto equilibrio.
Le portiere. Sì, le portiere. Senza cornici dei vetri come una sportiva di razza. Il dettaglio che chiude de nisce il concetto Levante in maniera perfetta.

Frank Gallucci International Web Influencer @frankgallucci
Cosa rappresenta Maserati?
Quando penso a Maserati il primo collegamento che mi riaf ora alla mente è il concetto di Made in Italy, concetto che abbraccia in toto quelli che sono i canoni che all’estero ci riconoscono: qualità, eleganza, classe, coerenza, stile, in una sola parola: ITALIA.

Com’è stato guidarla?
Fortunatamente non è la prima volta che collaboro con questa azienda per cui ho avuto la possibilità di guidare in prima persona diversi modelli. Quando mi si è presentata l’occasione di provare il nuovo della casa ho detto subito si per capire cosa si fossero inventati questa volta. Il risultato? Un Suv incredibile, un salotto paragonabile ad un lussuoso living all’interno del quale la creatività corre libera, dove le prestazioni non fanno mai da cornice ma sono punto di partenza importante nella de nizione di un auto di classe. Le linee e le forme sono molto eleganti grazie alla rotondità nella parte posteriore che fanno da contraltare all’incisività del frontale che esalta la grinta tipica di Maserati.

Il look giusto per la Levante?
Diciamo che una macchina così versatile per molti punti di vista, non impone una solo tipologia di look, anzi si può spaziare ampiamente. Se proprio dovessi scegliere un solo look di sicuro opterei per un completo con camicia, senza cravatta, un paio di stringate e un cappotto doppiopetto. Semplice e di impatto, proprio come l’auto.

www.maserati.it

Photography| Leo Iannelli
Stylist | Orsola Amadeo
Talent | Frank Gallucci
Videomaker | Alessio Caldara, Luca Perotta

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The Chef and the Shoemaker

Fashion and cuisine are two different worlds, each with its particular mode of expression, yet both share the same goal: to bring Italian tradition into the 21st century by enhancing its qualities and highlighting its strengths, to project the best of the past into the future. Young shoe designer Marco Laganà chats to Italian cuisine Master Massimo Bottura. The chef of Modena’s celebrated Osteria Francescana, award winning restaurant at the World’s 50Best reveals his passion and shares the ideas about Marco designing a shoe collection especially for him.

How did you know you’d end up in the food industry, what is your first memory, how did it feel, and how did you make it happen?

The question is not ‘how’ but ‘where: under the kitchen table! My secret hiding place and refuge from my brothers where I remember getting under the feet of my gran, my mother and my aunt as they stretched pasta to make tortellini. It was very peaceful and soothing to listen to their voices as they prepared our meals. One date remains fixed in my mind, it was in the winter of 1986, when my brother told me about a restaurant up for sale just outside Modena town. It was a real lightbulb moment: I realised that I need to change direction; that studying law was not right for me and, while these were just observations, they tapped into something bigger, connected me to something ancient. The real moment of clarity happened under that kitchen table, although it was not then a conscious thought it shaped my life story.

What is your kitchen philosophy?

I always say that my kitchen needs to be seen from a distance of 10 Km. Balsamic vinegar flows through my veins, my muscles are made of Parmigiano Reggiano and my dreams are painted with Lambrusco bubbles. Osteria Francescana has its own mojo, a recognizable and identifiable style associated with some of the memorable dishes served in the past 20 years or, as we say today, “Sometimes German duck, sometimes partridge, but also boiled”.

What led to the creation of your signature dish, which ingredients do you like best, what role does aesthetics play? And how do you combine tradition with the search for the new?

Each dish on the menu is the result of an idea, something that I want to express through food. It might be a colour, a song, a local feature, a memory, an experience or a cultural overlap. Some of my ideas started to evolve 15 years ago. I always try to bring history’s best into the future. I don’t believe in getting nostalgically lost in the past but in talking about it critically. That is the secret. Dishes like ‘Parmigiano Reggiano’s five ageings in different consistency and temperatures’ or “the mixed boiled not boiled’ (now on the menu as ‘Mixed boiled’) are expressions of the traditional. But our kitchen is more than that; it’s a constant search that leads us to question ourselves and our personal story. We have now added the ethical dimension of food to the aesthetical one. The Refettorio Ambrosiano created for Milan Expo 2015 and then the founding of the Food for the Soul Association were huge motivators for the entire Osteria Francescana team.

Can you identify a fashion designer with a vision like yours?

The old Maison Margiela and its reclaiming of the past. Actually I love Gucci’s new style and the change in direction that reflects Alessandro’s personality.

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About Marco Laganà

After graduating in Fashion Design at Milan Polytechnic, Marco Laganà moved to Paris to work as consultant and product designer for footwear brand Camille Tanoh. That same year he worked as content editor of the Pierre Hardy website. He returned to Italy in 2014 to found his own eponymous women’s and men’s footwear brand, giving the classic forms of the moccasin and the sneaker a unique and original twist. Tradition and Made in Italy are the guide lights of Laganà’s research and the label’s website beautifully captures his irony and wit.

FOCUS ON SCOUTING – Interview with Claudio Antonioli

Reference point for a refined and innovative clientele, Antonioli is one of the most cutting-edge concept stores in terms of brand mix and avant-garde web approach. We have met Claudio Antonioli to talk about scouting and of the project with WHITE and the Danish designer Soulland.

How does the brands’ selection for the web differs from the one for the store?

The two experiences go hand in hand. The online experience has allowed me to develop projects and proposals that are even more complex and research-based. In the shop the selection is also influenced by the room available. The two realities interact and reinforce one another. The website, for instance, has greatly contributed to the fame of the store.

Your scouting: which are, in your opinion, the most interesting countries at the moment, and why?

With my buyers we cover almost all the fashion weeks, from Tokyo to Seoul, but obviously also London and Copenhagen, as well as Paris, that is still a reference point. Personally I think that the designers from Belgium and London are the best in terms of creativity. Italian fashion, including young designers, is less experimental, although very important commercially.

How do you view the role of Florence and Milan as compared to capitals like Paris?

The strength of Florence is that it has opened up to the world by hosting international designers and big events thanks to considerable economic investments. Milan should, starting from the fashion schools, should create alternative spaces like the several galleries in Paris, which keeps being an important reference point with an interesting calendar. In Milan, the role of the WHITE show is important, as it showcases the latest trends and the womenswear pre-collections.

What do you think of the See-now-buy now and of the fashion system’s speed?

It is impossible to stop the Internet evolution or think to go back to the past. Communication is a crucial factor, furthermore being up-to-the-minute is paramount.

What do you like about Copenhagen and the Northern European fashion in general?

I think it is a different fashion concept, where there are little, but very interesting brands with a very targeted distribution. It is an important experience that opens up your mind to a certain kind of vision.

What are your projects and challenges?

I have just inaugurated a new Antonioli store in Ibiza that is yet again a vital crossroads, both in terms of communication and business. I love its mood and music scene. From my passion for the electronic music came the idea of re-launching an historical Milanese club, the Divina, which I am re-opening with a new-fangled concept and dj line-up. I always try to pursue my passions.

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Beauty Routine

At the discovery of Luigi Campa’s beauty routine, ballet dancer. The beauty products he loves and why. Luigi Campa has always danced. Dance is his passion that became after years also his profession. Coming from South of Italy, Salento, where he was born, he moved at a early age to Milan, to take classes at the Academy of Teatro alla Scala. During the year of the diploma he takes part of the famous dance company of Vlamidir Malakhov, in Berlin at the Staatballet, working with the greatest world dancer. Two years ago he came back to Italy and took part of Teatro alla Scala dance company, under the direction of Makhar Vaziev. Now, let’s discover his beauty routine.

A detox juice or an infusion that you love to drink.
I love both juices and infusions, I usually drink the first ones in the morning, because they give me the right energy to start in the right way the athletic day ahed. An infusion with relaxing properties (ingredients as valerian, passion flower, hawthorn, camomile, lemon balm, lime and iperico) before going to sleep is really perfect.

 Favourite parfume.
Romantina by Juliette Has a Gun.

Favourite Home Essence.
The one with white musk inside, it gives me a fresh sensation of a clean and pure environment.

A ritual before going to sleep.
My ritual before going to sleep is fundamental and includes different abs sessions and exercises for back and legs, important for a good sleep session.

Essential beauty products fundamental in your beauty routine.
La Mer products, moisturizing creams and serums, unique formulas with natural extracts of algae, which have the power to relieve my sensitive skin.

What do you usually do to keep fit.
Be on shape is the ABC of my job. Ballet classes during the morning, rehersals of different dance variations during the whole afternoon, gym and swimming pool in the evening, and a healthy nutrition rich of proteins. Your body will be sparkling.

How many times do you look at yourself in the mirror.
I can’t say exactly how many times because during my daily routine I spend most of the time in the danceroom, which is full of mirrors, essentials for auto-correction of dance positions looking at your image.

Bath or shower.
Shower after every workout session, relaxing bath after the shows.

A meal that makes you feel good.
Biologic food that come from my homecountry makes me feel good (Salento).

A bad habit you allow to yourself.
I allow to myself a cigarette during high stress period when I have to face a new first role.

A beauty mania.
To look after my teeth, they have to be always white and clean.

In your beauty routine which is the product that you will never leave home?
I will never give up on Mask Gel Plus, by Krymi Pharmaceutic Lab, a mask perfect to be applied  after shaving avoiding any type of irritation.

Inside your fridge what should never be missed.
In my fridge there are always fresh eggs that I buy directly in the farm, It’s the food that interacts most with my body.

Favourite Beauty adresses in your city.
I travel a lot, I always move from a city to another one and I love hotels due to the SPA they usually have, I can suggest the ones of Four Seasons, amazing in any city. The Bristol in Paris, Claridge’s in London are my favourites in Europe, to relax and chill.

Outside your working place how do you like to dress ?
My style is totally classic: as if I have to go to the theater, place where I grew up, that taught me the beauty, sophistication and elegance, that I think always win on everything.

Which pieces of your wardrobe you love most.
The one of Prada, I feel good wearing their amazing dresses and  it estimulates me a lot the conceptual work behind the fashion shows, which goes beyond the fashion theme, it makes me fly with my mind through all inspirations very close to art and artists. Between accessories I prefer a lot also Hermès: perfect status for any place, situation, time of the day.

The essentials in a summer travel luggage.
When I travel I do not bring a lot of my clothes and stuff, because when I am on vacation I like to do shopping, especially after a long day spent on the seaside. I love to fill my luggage everytime I am on a journey, so then when I come back I am less sad. I never separate myself from my Cartier’s jewels, because I have always been passionate of gems, and one of the multiple stories linked to this passion is the one of the beautiful creations of Jean Cocteau. These are items that make me feel good when I bring them with me, I chose them developing a passion for their history, at the accurate work of this special people, in the right moment that I decided to have something created by them I didn’t do it for the value of the things but also for the thousand of emotions that only who has a dreaming heart can understand.

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urban geometry

Photography | Pier Nicola Bruno
Styling | Fabio Ferraris
Model | Lucas Reckman @ilovemodels
Grooming | Laura Rinaldi @hm battaglia using cotril

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IDENTITY SHIRT

You can tell a man by the shirt he wears. The Spring/ Summer 2017 menswear collections take shirts on a bold and colourful journey through tapered lines, natural fab- rics and classic hues, offering an eclectic smorgasbord of wearables that range from elegant to sporty, from cool to ironic.

With verve and zest is the best way to wear a shirt. In- deed, the shirt is a staple of the male wardrobe and, like an identity card, often reflects the wearer’s individuality. Because, after shedding its heavy mantle of winter sweat- ers and coats, the shirt emerges in all its summer glory, even taking the place of the jacket. And a shirt can say a lot about character. To celebrate 60 years of shirt-making, the Vicenza-based brand Xacus has unveiled the ‘A shirt a star’ capsule collection, inspired by the world of cinema and a billboard of stars past and present: from Elvis Pres- ley, the easy going charmer of Hawaiian fame, to Michael Douglas, the ruthless trader of Wall Street, not forgetting the aplomb of James Bond and the tenderness evoked by Tom Hanks as Forrest Gump. Meantime, Bagutta not only gives a new twist to its timeless white shirting line, but also dips its cottons into a brand new paint box. Our fashion editor loves ?/ We love ?/ The fashion team loves the full colour prints that play with the chromatic accents of flora and fauna, perfect for those who like their ap- pearance to reflect how super-happy they feel inside. The elegance of Sonrisa is a wearing point, not a talking point. The Italian label has added yet another chapter to its impressive shirt-maker history with Fior di cotone, or Cotton Flower, a fitting name for a shirt with perfumed aspirations. Pure linen and coated fabrics also feature on the 2017 sunny season style menu, with a colour palette that moves between typical summer brights and the rarefied air breathed by the deepest greens, greys and blues. The relaxed cool and the raw cuts of the Tintoria Mattei shirts cannot fool the quality conscious eye of the discerning, who will appreciate the superlight materials made in Japan and the tailored matrix of the shirt with its triangular stitching and trapezium shaped yokes. Neil Barrett read between broken lines of his collection that crosses cultures and include creative inputs from the four corners of the world. It is a cosmopolitan shirt. At Shirt Studio, the sophisticated sartorial interpretations of designer Alfredo Fabrizio redefine this wardrobe staple in a way that highlights the wearer’s individual take on life.

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survival summer kit

The perfect accessories for an outdoor weekend or even, why not, to deal with the fashion week’s craziness around the city.
Here are some tips:

Sneakers Moa Master Of Arts
MOA-MASTER OF ARTS – www.moaconcept.com
sunglasses Persol
PERSOL – www.persol.com
cap DLYNR
DLYNR – www.dollynoire.com
jacket Retrò
RETRÒ – www.retroitalia.it
bike Cigno Veloce Titanio
CIGNO – www.cigno.it

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DENIM SHADES

Photography | Giuseppe Vitariello
Stylist | Stefano Guerrini
Grooming | Letizia Pecchia
Models | Elia Fongaro @d’man
Alexandre Valotto @elite
Stylist assistant | Orsola Amadeo, Enrico Dal Corno
Photography assistant | Donato Losurdo
Thanks to Martina Bentivogli and Carlotta Sorrentino

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ECLECTICAL SUMMER BOY

Classic, comfort and irony, this summer break the rules with color-matching, styles and not-conventional fabrics.

Photography | Giorgia Fanizza
Stylist | Orsola Amadeo
Model |  Matthew Moll @Fashionmodel

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Ready to chill on the beach?

Thanks to Orsola Amadeo

Here is a gallery about a weekend by the sea!

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MATTEO MARTARI – FROM THE FASHION WORLD TO THE SMALL AND BIG SCREENS

Matteo Martari is the essence of friendly reserve, his penetrating eyes a striking feature of his slender model’s body. After giving up modelling five years ago to pursue an acting career, Matteo is high on life and passionate about his work in the world of stage and screen, ready to spark emotional fuses, or, in his own words, “to communicate with people in a creative way”. He sums up his previous life as a model by saying: “The great thing about fashion was the travelling; I learned three foreign languages and visited places I would never have seen otherwise”. After making a splash in a couple of successful fiction series – in particular as Giovanni Buitoni in ‘Luisa Spagnoli’ (2016), and in ‘The Complexity of Happiness’ (2015), the movie directed by Gianni Zanasi – Matteo has just wrapped the final take of his latest cinematic adventure “2night” (scheduled for release in October) directed by Ivan Silvistrini, earning him the distinction of being one of the most promising actors to hit the Italian and international film scene. Man in Town met Matteo on a break between projects to chat about life and what he loves most.

Can you give our readers some deeper insights into what your latest film is about?

‘2night’ is the story of life, of chance encounters, and of choices. It’s a shoestring budget production with lofty ambitions. The film was shot over five consecutive nights and was very demanding as it’s pretty hard to stay focused during the dark hours. I’m no stranger to night work, though, as I used to work in a bakery before modelling.

What does the future have in store?

We’ll have to wait and see. I’m crazy about both the cinema and the theatre, which I’ve done plenty of in the past, but the fiction series was magic, not to mention the web series “Under” directed by Ivan Silvistrini, which I’ve done one episode of; I believe digital streaming is the future. I’d love to work with Italian directors like Gabriele Mainetti and Fabio Mollo, who’ve won awards for their amazing productions, while my biggest dream is to get an offer from Danish filmmaker Thomas Vinterberg of the Dogma school. But what counts the most, for me, is to be able to create a project that people like and have fun doing it.

What are your boy passions?

I’ve been a biker since I was 14. I love endurance sports and as soon as I can I’m going to open my own rally stable. For me, vintage cars are the true style icons.

Speaking of style, what does your ideal wardrobe wear?

Since working as a model ‘trendy’ has lost its appeal for me. I’m more into a style that slants to the technical and wearable. But I’m mad about hats and have around 200 in my collection, including a few Borsalinos that I picked up on my travels around the world, many in Paris. I admire men who have a defined concept of elegance and know how to carry it off. For me, the look always defines the character: playing Giovanni Buitoni in ‘Luisa Spagnoli’ taught me that the elegance of the past was born of grooming rites that are no longer possible today. The imperative of practicality has taken sway, stepping up the frenzied pace of life almost to excess.

Photography | Roberta Krasnig
Stylist | Stefania Sciortino
Grooming | Isabella Avenali per CC Making Beauty
Photography assistant | Chiara Filippi e Leonardo Barbaresi
Location | Castello Della Castelluccia di Roma

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JOE BASTIANICH – Kitchens without borders

Despite a slightly detached air, Joseph Bastianich reveals himself to be a laid-back, approachable man. A well-known face in Italy, thanks also to his appearances on highly popular television programmes such as MasterChef, Restaurant Startup and Top Gear, his grandma calls him Giuseppino, everyone else Joe.

Joseph Bastianich was born in Queens and raised amidst the pots and pans of his parents’ restaurants, who immigrated to the States from Istria. The successful restaurateur is also an accomplished winemaker, author, and television personality with the entrepreneurial vision and capabilities to make new ideas a reality, and to take them to the next level. After starting out as a bond trader on Wall Street, Joe soon ditched his job to return to the universe where food is a not only a family tradition but a way of life. Like mother, like son. In fact, Lidia Bastianich’s cooking programmes have made her a household name on American television. Joe then flew to Italy on a one-way ticket, got into a Golf Volkswagen and embarked on what he calls an ‘almost intellectual and sensorial journey’ to learn about the nuances and wonders of the land of his grandparents. Following his heart and his head, he drove to Friuli and took the turning for Cividale del Friuli on the Colli Orientali, an Italian DOC wine region in Friuli-Venezia-Giulia, where he purchased his first winemaking company in 1997. Joe currently owns 26 restaurants across the globe, including Del Posto in New York City, which received a 4-star rating from the New York Times in 2010, and three wine companies in Italy. Also a partner of Eataly, he led the expansion of the artisanal food and wine brand, launching it first in New York and then in other major U.S. cities.
We caught up with Joe at the Hilton Molino Stucky in Venice, where he was attending the wine-tasting dinner event organised by Chef Catenacci featuring wines from the Bastianich cellar. The Skyline Terrace formed the stunning backdrop to our conversation, in which Man In Town found out more about the famous foody’s new ventures, what turns his style beacon on, and what he loves doing most in life.

You’re mainly known for your work in the restaurant and wine business but you recently cruised off that path into the land of automobiles to present Top Gear Italia. How did that happen and how did you approach this new adventure?

I must say that it was an honour to be asked to present Top Gear Italia, a programme that’s surely made British broadcasting history. The great thing about it is that it works everywhere; it can be easily adapted to the culture of the place of destination. Here in Italy we are making a series that will capture the unique sensibilities of the Italian style of motoring.

How does this world reflect your Italian sensibilities?

Wine and food are my professional life but cars have always been my personal thing. Even when I was a boy, I dreamed of cars, papering my bedroom walls with posters of the Ferrari Testarossa of 1985, which embodies something very Italian… the car, the power, the design. Italy plays a very important role in the car industry so bringing Top Gear to the Italian people means using that essence as inspiration and a lever.

You also collect vintage cars…

Yes, I’m crazy about them, always have been, and now that I can, I collect them. The Ferraris of the 50s and 60s are still my favourites though.

From a love of cars back to the food culture, what is your vision as a restaurateur? How do you see the future playing out, and what challenges do you envisage?

The gastronomic culture has always been a family tradition. I grew up with it and am always open to new challenges. We are in the process of opening several restaurants in Asia and taking Eataly there too. I’m more and more convinced that a restaurant must be associated with the people who actually grow and make the food, with the farmers and the producers. For a long time, the scene has been dominated by the chefs, but it’s now time to turn the spotlight on the people who actually make the food and those who eat it; we need to broaden people’s perceptions and horizons by spreading the knowledge and transferring the learning of these new celebrities, who are the fisherman and the farmer who grows beetroot at Chioggia.

Do you think the wine market also needs to return to its roots?

I do, but in a different way. In my opinion, winemaking is about showing people how varietal a land is and about interfering as little as possible. The fermentation and maturation processes need to be left to nature, we should limit our help to a hands-off approach. Wine charts its own course when left to grow naturally: wine is a story that only needs to be told. I believe Friuli, where my company is located at Cividale and I have a restaurant, is a region with a great story to tell, that of the best white wine in Italy.

Which is your favourite wine from among the labels produced by your company?

For sure, the Vespa white, which is the company’s main vineyard planting. I already had it in mind before I acquired the company in 1997; the Vespa is the grape that started everything. I took a personal approach from the start and have never stopped since, that was 20 years ago, and I like it very much. ‘Appreciating the Vespa is a way to learn a little more about the real Joe Bastianich’ he laughs.

Can you tell us where the name came from?

Oh, that’s a funny story, anecdotal. We’d just managed to achieve a balance between the Chardonnay, Sauvignon and Picolit uvaggios and were toasting to celebrate when, at that very moment, a wasp fell into one of the wine glasses, so it was really a name born from serendipity.

What can a kitchen not be without?

A coffee maker. I love coffee whichever way it’s made, with a moka, espresso, American… It’s great to wake up and dive straight into a cup of coffee. I’ve said it all along: ‘What happens between a cup of coffee and a glass of wine is just a waste of time’, it’s a bit like my take on style.

What is style? How would you define it?

Style is something very distinct. Style is often associated with the kind of clothes we wear, the items themselves, but I would define style as the way you wear the clothes, like a reflection of the soul. Style is not about fashion but about attitude, and even a place can have attitude.

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ANDREA PANCONESI – THE MAGIC OF ONLINE

We explore what the 13th FIRENZE4EVER and its inter- national guest list has in store. Andrea Panconesi will pres- ent Underwater Love, an installation designed by architect Claudio Nardi that unites the two banks of the River Arno in a gesture of solidarity to support the struggling migrants arriving on our shores.

Your scouting: which countries do you find interesting at the moment and why?
Asia and Korea create interesting collections. In Europa, Ger- many is very creative. The United States are innovation and have a multicultural DNA.

What’s the difference, in terms of selection and brand mix, between a high-street store and online shops?
LUISAVIAROMA.COM online activities have given way to an endless space, where our clients can find the best products and designers. We have over 5 million worldwide visitors per month who enjoy the same shopping experience they would have in our store in Florence. The selection for such a vast audience is very challenging.

How is the format FIRENZE4EVER evolving?
FIRENZE4EVER promotes the collaboration between the protagonists of the design, music and contemporary art scene. At the 13th edition, Underwater Love, the charity ini- tiatives that have always been an integral part of our event, have become the real focus. The Bridge of Love is an in- stallation conceived and planned by architect Claudio Nardi for FIRENZE4EVER, that symbolizes the will to give hope to those who live in dire straits. The conceptual work has been presented in order to shed light on the refuge crisis and inau- gurated on June 13th with a gala dinner, whose whole pro- ceeds have gone to UNHCR. Fashion is a universal language, just like music or art, and can reach everywhere.

What do you think of the phenomenon see now – buy now?
The Men/Womenswear collections must be presented ex- clusively to the buyers and only then, once the goods have reached the stores, to the press. The media should dissem- inate the images and the news on the new collections only when the latter have already been sold, produced and de- livered. To meet the needs of all those clients who have a keen eye for the latest trends, LUISAVIAROMA.COM offers the exclusive “Buy It First” service, allowing them to purchase with a pre-order garments and accessories that have been directly selected at the latest fashion shows.

The role of Florence and Milan as compared to other fashion capitals
Milan is the capital of the Italian ready-to-wear, our essence. Florence is the birthplace of superior craftsmanship, with Gucci, Ferragamo, Cavalli, Pucci, Scervino to mention just a few, designers who, like us, with great passion have made history of fashion in our city.

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Fausto Puglisi to launch first menswear capsule collection for the nonconformist hero at Pitti Uomo

Fausto Puglisi embodies the new generation of Italian New Wave designers that has captivated the world. His Pitti Uomo debut will see him show his first ‘For him’ capsule collection and the women’s Resort 2017 collection. Puglisi’s name is linked to sensual looks, impeccable tailoring and the bold contrasts of designs that are the coming together of his Italian origins and his fascination with all facets of American culture. Puglisi’s designs are the grammar of maximalism and decorative artistry applied to everything, from jeans to evening dresses, punctuated with a pop spirit, as revealed in the unpublished sketches that show the designer’s looks next to models of Greek statues or in poses that echo a classical beauty reworked in his distinct decorative language.

MANINTOWN went to learn more about the new menswear project from the designer himself.

Where did the idea for a menswear capsule collection come from?
The transversal nature of males and females and the concept of androgynous fashion have always been in my soul. The concept appeared as early as the 70s, when men were already buying women’s oversize garments. So the idea for this new adventure, a capsule collection made of very special pieces, came from the first proposals.

What kind of man did you have in mind?
I want to pay tribute to the beauty and nobility of the male and to the freedom of the hero who is not afraid to express his desires and unleash his inner demon. I took the ideals of the Greek male and reworked them in a contemporary spirit. The man of my collection dismisses the conventions of bourgeois good taste, has a personality full of contrasts and knows how to balance contradictions, the simple person as king.

Talking about your personal journey and contrasts, which cities do you feel closer to?
New York City is where I feel at home and where anything can happen, but I also love the energy and passion of the Mediterranean culture, from Naples to Istanbul, by way of South America. But also places like Miami, where at South Beach you can see a surprising variety of men.

What does fashion mean to you?
I believe that fashion is a highly creative craft, almost an art form, especially when communicated in a specific language. Fashion is also a social more that is a clear indicator of the mood of the society we live in.

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The gents pack: something really original!

The Gents Pack is a subscription service ideal for men 2.0: delivers high quality intimates, socks and toelette’s products directly to the clients’ house every month. The service has also a shop on-line and collaborates with some of the most prestigious labels of the world and also with new emergent designers, as D. Hedral, Truefitt & Hill, Brickell, Andrew Christian, Modus Vivendi, POMPA !, and many more.
Beyond being a treatment to which is good to dedicate every month, the Gents Pack is an original and appreciate present for the man of your life who takes care of himself – it’s perfect, for example, as gift for Dad’s day or for your husband, or the guy you are dating. The subscription starts from £ 15,00 sterlins/per month and online store products starting from £ 3,99 sterlins.
Do not miss the chance to be unique!

www.thegentspack.com

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Tommaso Rinaldi on Diving in at the Deep End

Perhaps people know you more for appearing on the ‘I can do that!’ talent show, where you had to master the big challenge of doing something totally different to what you do every day, and come third. But the real sports enthusiasts will remember you for your feats as a member of the Italian diving team at the London Summer Olympics 2012 and for your brilliant track record of medals, won in both national and European championships. Tommaso Rinaldi, born 1991, momentarily on leave from the Italian Navy, was up for a photo shoot and a chat to give Man In Town readers a glimpse of his life as he prepares to compete not at Rio but at the later Chinese Olympics.

How did you end up diving?

It’s a family thing, like a tradition; my dad was a diver too, so I’ve been hooked on the sport since I was little.

What has been the most special moment in your career to date?

I’d say at the end of the 3-meter springboard event at the Olympics, when my dad and I just couldn’t stop hugging each other from pure joy and elation. My dad’s also my trainer so it was a breath-taking moment for us both, very special.

What was it like to be on TV?

It was great fun to be on Carlo Conti’s programme on Rai1. I met some fantastic people and it was a good way to see if I could do stuff I knew nothing about, had never tried before.

Future plans?

My plans are totally focused on my sports career, at least while I’m in peak physical and mental condition. I really need more breath-taking highs like that!

What is your style when you’re not poolside?

Very simple, I’m just a guy who likes to hang out with his friends. Actually, seeing as I’m single right now, I’d really like a beautiful woman at my side (he was laughing as he said that, btw, ed.).

Do you have interests other than diving?

Yes, loads, despite such a demanding training schedule. I like to go fishing, to watch movies, to play five-aside football with my mates, or maybe a game of tennis.

How did you like this taste of being a model?

Modelling is great fun. I feel quite at ease and not at all camera shy. I’d really like to do more of it.

Which city has stolen your heart, and why?

The eternal city: Rome. She is my urban soulmate. Rome was where I was born and grew up. Rome has everything. And each time I have to go someplace else for work I miss my beloved city so much it gives me instant pangs of homesickness.

Photography | Francesco Menicucci
Stylist | Stefano Guerrini
Stylist’s assistant|Riccardo Terzo
Grooming | Alice Taglietti
Model | Tommaso Rinaldi
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Mandarina Duck: A journey around the fashion world with the backpack Utility

A real and virtual journey inside and around the fashion world. Starts from here, actually restarts from this innovative project that combines web and heritage, design and innovation, the reconfirmation of Mandarina Duck as iconic brand made in Italy. Five new backpacks, eight bloggers globe trotters and international fashion weeks are the main characters of this new adventure of the yellow duck’s brand. Behind amounts and characters, the happy intuition of Giovanni Bonatti, ceo of the brand from December 2015, who has created the Utility Regeneration Project: revisiting after forty years from the launch in 1977 of the historical backpack Utility, through the certain line of the designer Denis Frison, creative director of the label. These new versions are protagonists of a fashion journey through the european fashion cities lived by the influencers selected and the result is a video-diary of a journey in progress, that everyone can follow online, on the website dedicated to Regeneration Project. The tour started in florence and more precisely with the Ninetieth edition of Pitti Immagine Uomo of June 2016, with K.E. Guerre; Fredrik Risvik has stopped at Milan Men’s fashion week; Fabrizio Oriani has been at menswear of Paris, while Paola Turani has travelled to Berlin. New York’s destination is for Gianni Fontana, whereas Copenaghen is the place for Laura Noltemeyer and Stockholm for Frank Gallucci. At the London Fashion Week of September will be present Asena Saribatur.
MANINTOWN has met Giovanni Bonatti to discover deeply the project and the news of  Mandarina.

The spirit of the project for this label is to bring back Mandarina Duck at the right position. Iconic brand of the 90s with Coca Cola, Swatch and Fiat 500. We have to reborn the affectional link between the consumer and the brand.

Utility represents a backpack in line with modern technology and elegance. % different unisex versions, multifunctional product withe the beauty of Italian design.

www.mandarinaduck.com

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Kevin Roberts is coming back to the bookstore with 64 shots

This summer will come back to the bookstore Mr. Kevin Roberts, the executive director of Saatchy Gallery in London, with the photo-documented book with the title 64 Shots: Leadership in a Crazy World (due out June 21 for powerHouse Books).

After the great success with audiences and critics in 2004 with Lovemarks: the future beyond brands, Roberts returned to impress with a book that is a collection of portraits in 16 chapters, anecdotes and aphorisms from the cultural background and bio of the author, in relation to the great leader of our time History.

There are, therefore, passages dedicated to Nelson Mandela, Margaret Thatcer but also Bruce Springsteen or Brigitte Bardot, timeless icons that marked an era and that Roberts wants to celebrate trying to convey, between texts and pictures, a sort of chain of tips, motivational drives pushed for the reader, in order to live a life to winning.

Everyone can be reflected in this book, it seems to suggest Roberts: with a visual metaphor of images, moments, and tweet in pills that define the text, 64shots is a book to learn from big business making the most of their creative potential.

Vintage Tattoo Flash

Vintage Tattoo Flash is a rich overview of the firs years of Flash Art americana, tattoos’ art, where we can find a substantial collection of flash-tattoo, also hand painted, printed, or found on the walls of the most famous American tattoo artists. The vintage flash hand-sketches, are incredibly difficult to find, for this reason the big support and collection of the famous tattoo artist Jonathan Shaw has been fundamental for the realization of the book. Shaw is a voyager outlaw artist, writer, blogger, anti-folk hero and legendary tattos Master. Shaw is born in New York and grew up in Los Angeles, where has learnt to tattoo with the California Masters of the old school . After having worked with artists such as Jim Morrison, the Manson’s family, and Charles Bukowski, got the addiction of heroin and a crime’s life. He left Hollywood in 1970 to travel the world and established Fun City, the first tattoo street store in New York since when tattoos were legalized  in 1960. Jonhatan has one of the biggest collection of historical flash tattoos of the world and thanks to his collection we can review the first 75 years of the american tattoo starting from the twentieth century. Vintage Tattoo Flash, duplicate with attention inedited images of original flash designed by tattoo artiests such as Bob Shaw, Zeke Owen, Tex Rowe, Ted Inman, Ace Harlyn, Ed Smith, Paul Rogers, the Moskowitz brohers, and many more relatively famous and unknown.

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MARCO PALVETTI: Profile of an Actor

As Salvatore Conte in Gomorrah, Marco Palvetti has captured the attention of film directors and movie goers the world over. MANINTOWN spoke to the charismatic, polite, and introspective 28 year old to find out more about this multifaceted actor.

In 2014, you were hailed as the discovery of Italian cinema, how does it feel to wear such a label?
I love what I do; I pour so much of my heart and soul into it that receiving praise like that is an honour but also a responsibility. It makes you realise that you are setting somewhat of an example for many aspiring new actors.

You call Gomorrah ‘cinema’. In what sense does Gomorrah go beyond the boundaries of televised fiction to become cinema?
In the sense that its high quality gives it cinematic potential. In fact, it’s a film series. It’s the reality of now, offering a means of expression different to that of a feature film in terms of narrative scope and market impact.

How much of your theatre preparation went into developing the character of Salvatore Conte, or into how you prepare for any role?
In reality, it all starts with need of the actor to give expression by experimenting with different methods of communication, whether it’s theatre, cinema or a TV fiction series. It’s a question of actor sensibility. Personally, I love both stage and screen.Acting means playing the part of somebody else, and it’s quite extraordinary.

Can you tell us what you have in the pipeline to follow up your commanding performance as Conte in Gomorrah?
I’m looking at a number of projects and screenplays so it’s a bit early to say. I’d like to work with talented visionaries such as Paolo Sorrentino and Matteo Garrone, but also Tim Burton and Steve McQueen.

You have a well-groomed look both on and off the set. How much does appearance count in your artistic activities and why, in your opinion?
The on-camera look is the sum of many factors of expression.Appearance is an important piece of the jigsaw puzzle that makes up a character, who, in my opinion, deserves to be treated as someone who is not just a visual perception but respectfully alive and, like life, full of contradictions.

What item is a permanent fixture in your wardrobe and why?
The jacket, I take it everywhere and it makes me feel good. However, I always feel free to express my individuality without the need to conform.

What are your favourite pastimes of the male variety, are you into travel, sports, any other activities?
I like reading, writing and to keep fit by working out in the gym every day with my personal trainer.

Name a place of the body and of the mind that has special meaning for you?
The place of the soul is the sea, which moves inside me, it both frightens and fascinates me, and it’s what keeps me alive.The physical place is any new travel destination because it implies growth and exploring new emotions.

What artistic or existential experience has influenced and taught you the most?
A fundamental turning point in my life was definitely moving to Rome to attend the Accademia Nazionale D’Arte Drammatica “Silvio D’Amico”. I was 18 and undergoing a very difficult time in my life; it was then that I embarked on such a bountiful giving path, especially in terms of learning, which sowed that inner seed, that fiery passion, that diabolically intimate and fragile need the actor nurtures within.

Photography | Roberta Krasnig
Stylist | Stefania Sciortino
Grooming | Ilaria Di Lauro
Photography Assistant | Chiara Filippi
Post-production | Giovanna Di Lisciandro
Location | M3 Studio

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Abstract Expressionism: Save the date

Starting from September 2016 The Royal Academy of Arts will launch the exhibition Abstract Expressionism, a collection of more than 150 paintings, sculptures and pictures coming from publics and privates world’s collections.
The exhibition, organized in collaboration with the Gugghenheim Museum of Bilbao, collects masterpieces of priceless value of the most acclaimed artists of the movement: from De Koonig to Rothko, from Pollock to Clyfford Still, of which nine paintings will be exposed in a gallery reserved inside the exhibition.

Curated by David Anfam and Edith Devaney, the exhibition will explore the phenomenon of the Abstract Expressionism including different medias, travelling through the two main movement’s fronts: the one of the color-field, the artists focused on the contemplative and sublime use of te colour, and the one of the gesture, with the art pieces of the artists similar to Pollock.
Some of the artists inspired by the play and by the colour’s contrasts have signed the transposition of the creative processes in the style and fashion, of personalities such as Ottavio and Rosita Missoni, who are also fascinated by the geometrization of shapes, by the use of colors and by the psychic and emotional resonance of the environment.
Close to the constructivist mood, to the lyric abstractionism of Sonia Delaunay and the world of Klee, the Missoni were the first ones who established parallelism and assonances between art and fashion, suggesting the idea of fluidity without boundaries nor precepts.
Interrogating the conventional notions of a scale, varying accents and colors with dramatics innovations, the Abstract Expressionism has been a complex and multi-facetted artistic phenomenon: the huge collection organized in this exhibition will make this event difficult to be duplicated again through the years, an unforgettable spectacle.

The tour will start in London on September 24th, where the exhibition will stay until January 2nd to move then to Bilbao from the 3rd of February until June 4th, 2017.

Tickets are available everyday at RA or online on this link  www.royalacademy.org.uk

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BRANDO DE SICA – Cinema in your blood

Milan is the perfect setting in which to connect with Brando De Sica, one of Italian cinema’s most promising names. Indeed, where better than the city in which grandfather Vittorio De Sica shot Miracle in Milan, the box office hit that has entered the canon of classical cinema. In a conversation and photographic shoot that took place on the sensational rooftop terrace of the Townhouse Duomo by Seven Stars, we discover what makes Brando tick, what new projects are making his heart race, and the secret
to his happiness, unlocked by none other than the iconic maestro David Lynch.

Brando De Sica, as the latest in a long line of artists who have played major roles in shaping Italian cinema what made you choose directing over acting?
At first I wanted to be a firefighter. I deliberately set fire to stuff on our terrace so I could use the gardening hose to put the blaze out, probably because I fell under the influence of my dad’s film I Pompieri after watching it so many times. I was always watching George A. Romero’s The Night of the Living Dead (1968) too, and was just totally awed by the special makeup effects, so much so that I went straight out to buy a kit of liquid latex, greasepaint and fake blood and to change my appearance and get myself up as a monster to go around scaring people. I was only eight years old at the time, maybe even younger. I thought these urges to play ’monster’ was a sign that I was meant to be an actor … but then, when I was 12, I was given a tiny analogue movie camera, the most precious gift ever.This started me on making horror shorts, roping in my sister Maria Rosa (now the designer and owner of the successful Mariù De Sica label) and our dogs, literally covering them in makeup.That’s when it dawned on me that if I became an actor I’d be limited to playing a role whereas if I wrote and directed I could create the entire film by putting all the component parts, the lighting, the editing, the soundtrack, together myself.The director’s job is to make order out of chaos, and the set is controlled chaos.
It helps me to be a better man and is the best job to have after that of rock star, although I could never have been a rock star, I’d not have lasted more than two days.

Five must-see films, and why?
The world of cinema is ‘polygamous’ by definition so an artist will never tell you that they prefer one or all five of his brides simply because he loves each and every one of them! Orson Wells used to say that there are no good or bad films, that all films are interesting because they tell you about the person behind the camera. I think films are like wine, offering many types of grapes and many different vin- tages, each of which is unique and distinct. Different things touch me in different ways, star ting with The Atlas by Jean Vigo,The Rules of the Game by Jean Renoir, The Pleasure by Max Ophüls, Kiss Me Deadly by Robert Aldrich, and Umberto D.and Miracle in Milan by Vittorio De Sica,my grandfather.Then there are cult movies like Fargo by the Coen brothers, the psychedelic elegance of Kenneth Anger, Michael Powell’s use of colour in films like Piping Tom and Black Narcissus, but also Lawrence of Arabia by David Lean, Soy Cuba by Michail Konstantinovič Kalatozov, Mio Zio and Play Time by Jaques Tati. The episode of La Ricotta, Le 120 giornate di Sodoma and Mamma Roma by Pier Paolo Pasolini, Don’t look now by Nicolas Roeg,The Devils by Ken Russel, Seconds by John Frankenheimer, the list is endless.

Which directors do you admire, which inspire you the most?
Definitely greats such as Andrei Tarkovsky, Stanley Kubrick, Luis Buñuel, Ingmar Bergman, Alfred Hitchcock, and Francois Truffaut, their entire filmographies are amazing feats. Plus the masterpieces directed by David Lynch’s, my tutor at USC in Los Angeles, Roman Polański, Orson Wells, Federico Fellini, Herzog, Sidney Lumet, Ernst Lubitsch,Vincente Minnelli, Akira Kurosawa, Steven Spielberg, Quentin Tarantino,Tod Browning, Roger Corman,Terence Fisher, Mario Bava, Elio Petri, and so many more.

How do you remember college? What did you absorb from David Lynch’s tutoring?
David is the most remarkable person I’ve ever met. But I was terrified that I’d made the worst ever first impression on him. I was a graduate Cinema student at the University of Southern California (USC), it was 8 o’clock in the morning and raining so hard that what arrived in the hallway outside the classroom was not me but a sopping, dripping mess. So I balked and decided to go back to Rome. My moral was at low ebb; I was so flustered and so full of self- doubt that I stumbled over to the emergency exit door, shoved it open and barged right into David Lynch. I was in total shock; I couldn’t believe that I’d actually crashed into my own iconic hero. But David was ultracool; he asked me if I was OK, if maybe something bad had happened. It was a serendipitous moment, in hindsight, one that struck something deep inside me: it was telling me that I absolutely had to stay. And so I pulled myself together and walked into the classroom with him. It was one of the best lectures I’ve ever attended.

Did you become friends?
I met him again after I left college through my friendship with Isabella Rossellini, who often came to LA for work, when he introduced me toTranscendental Meditation. Isabella then gave me a beautiful and treasured present, a painting called ‘Chicken Kit’ that David had given to her when they were together at the time of Blue Velvet it depicts a dismembered chicken next to a set of instructions on how to put it back together again. I feel part of their tribe and they consider me a friend. I paid a visit to him when I was in LA recently to take him a mediumlength film I’d just finished called The Right Woman (La Donna Giusta). It was a magical moment and David gave me a drawing he’d just completed of a guy tempested with dots, holding a radio in his hand and standing next to the words ‘I’m Crying my Radio’. He personally inscribed it with the dedication ‘Keeping Promises’, alluding to the pro- mise I’d given him to meditate every day. Unfortunately I haven’t managed to doTM every day but am now making a renewed effort.

How do you and fashion get along? What is your favourite piece of clothing and what is your take on style?
I enjoy experimenting. As a kid I also went through a Punk moment in which I dyed my hair all kinds of colours. It’s fun and exciting to decide what to wear. I’ve always experimented with different kinds of dress codes but now I’m veering towards a more minimalist style, going more for T-shirts and jeans in plain dark colours. I like to wear elegant attire when the opportunity arises but always keep it simple, usually a dark grey suit, white shirt and black tie. For me, elegance is synonymous with simplicity.

Who would you like to work with from the movie world?
I really love the work of Daniel Day Lewis but let me stick to the new generation here otherwise
I’ll have to reel off another long list of names. At present, I admire and have great respect for Leonar- do DiCaprio, Michael Fassbender,Tom Hardy, and Woody Harrelson. I’m ‘in love’ with Marion Cotillard, Jennifer Lawrence and Carey Mulligan. In Italy, Alesandro Borghi and Luca Marinelli’s works are exceptional; they’re not only good filmmakers but also good people.The same goes for Micaela Ramazzotti and Alba Rohrwacher. My ultimate dream is to work with Industrial Light and Magic, the American company that did the special effects for the Lucas movie, to create the sound inside the ‘Skywalker Range’ and maybe even get Spielberg to produce it. But that’s me aiming for the stars again.

Any Hollywood dreams?
I lived in LA for seven years and got my degree there. I still have a small apartment in Century City, which was once the back lot ofTwenty Century Fox. I love LA and I like the idea of going back there to work. So, yes, I will chase that dream and make it happen!

What does the future hold?
I just filmed a shortmovie for Persol starring the famous director Wim Wenders. A film within the film. Moreover, I just signed a contract with Paco Cinematografica, the producer of Giuseppe Tornato- re’s latest films. I’ve put together a great team with the help of Arturo Paglia and Isabella Cocuzza, the founders, who I met after L’Errore.They gave me free reign to create something adventurous and bold in which I fully believe and let me develop the screenplay, which I scripted with the help of my girlfriend Irene Pollini Giolai and the epic Ugo Chiti. I was really inspired by Edward Scissorhands, Let  me In and Carrie. But I can’t reveal too much, it’d spoil the surprise, so I’ll just say that it’s a dark fairy tale set in modern day Naples, it talks about the importance of dreams and adds the horror element to the coming-of-the-age genre.

And Brando’s secret to happiness is?
Self-confidence. It’s not easy but happiness must be won every day through purpose and passion.

Photography | Pier Nicola Bruno
Stylist | Giorgia Cantarini
Stylist assistant | Orsola Amadeo
Photography assistant | Andrea Benedetti
Grooming | Luca Lo Coco 

Location | Townhouse Duomo by Seven Stars

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Discovering the new faces and talents of Italian cinema: Enrico Oetiker.

From the brilliant comedy ‘Se Dio vuole’ by Edoardo Falcone to Taron Lexton’s “In search of Fellini” in which he was part of an international cast, the young Enrico Oetiker, versatile actor, arts and book lover is starting to make an impact with both a growing public and the film industry, and will soon be making headlines. We arranged to meet at SAID, the old chocolate factory in the heart of Rome’s San Lorenzo district, where his parents encouraged his innate curiosity and the art of doing.

What were the most important signposts that set you on this journey and which people influenced you the most?
The first indication came from Professor Telmon, who saw a different light inside me and showed me that I was an artist. The next was certainly the ‘Corrado Pani’ Academy, where I met Alessandro Prete, unquestionably the most important person in my artistic and personal growth.

When did you realize you were going to be an actor?
There was no specific moment, I’ve always known it. It was already embedded deep in my soul and I just needed to wear it completely.

Who do you admire the most, and the least, in the acting world?
I love the hyperrealism of the American movie industry that has produced amazing stars like Di Caprio and Daniel Day Lewis. But also directors such as Tarantino or the new director Inarritu, who embodies my ideal concept of artistic collaboration. Other than cinema, I’m totally into Gnosticism and quantum mechanics. Giordano Bruno and Carmelo Bene are probably my two greatest shining lights.

What was it like to make the movie “In search of Fellini” with Taron Lexton
Just incredible. The crew was made up of professionals with purpose and passion, and the entire project was managed in a very informal yet incredibly expert way. They really made me feel at home and I was able to establish a great working relationship with Taron, it was almost like playing a game. I couldn’t have asked for a better lead actress than Xsenia Solo, the product is superb and everything was just perfect.

Tell us about your parental relationship and their work at SAID. What does food say to you?
There have always been conflictual undercurrents in the relationship with my parents. I also have three highly responsible and disciplined sisters. Let’s just say that I gave them quite a few head-scratching moments. Fortunately, all that has changed and SAID is an integral part of my life: I go there to help out whenever I can. And now that SAID has opened in London I have an even better excuse for crossing the English Channel.

What is Enrico Oetiker’s typical day?
In reality, I live a very tranquil life. I take my time to wake up, have breakfast and then work out. I’m mad about swimming. I go home for lunch and in the afternoon settle down to study and read, or, if I need to, I practice for an audition or develop a new character. Alternatively, I work on one of my projects.

What are your favourite interests?
In addition to sport, I’m passionate about the arts: I love painting and listening to music, and I’ve developed the gift of writing ever since I was a child. At the moment, I’m scripting my first theatre play.

What was the last book you read and what song has inspired you the most?
I have to admit that my reading borders on fanatical Gnosticism. I just finished reading Corpus Hermeticum, while the last song to inspire me was Coldplay’s Up and Up, possibly because of the amazing video.

How would you describe your dress code?
Classic and minimalist, so I immediately related to Giorgio Armani.

What is never missing from your suitcase when you travel?
My luggage is always very basic and I always make sure I pack a couple of books along with my shaving kit and a few clothes. A book to relax and something more challenging, plus a notebook to jot down my impressions and feelings, things that strike me about people and places.

Your playlist?
My musical taste is very eclectic. I move between classical, pop and rock music. I don’t set limits; I like anything that makes me vibrate.

Any future projects? What are you working on?
I just did an important audition and I’m waiting for news on other projects in the pipeline. In the near term, I’ll be acting in a short film and currently am writing what I hope is a decent play.

Photography | Marzia Ferrone 
Total Look | Giorgio Armani
Location | Said dal 1923 – Antica Fabbrica del Cioccolato, Roma
Press Office | Mpunto comunicazione

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Between heritage and new tech: the new course of C.P. Company.

C.P. Company reinterprets the Italian sportswear since the late ’70s, when its founder – the bolognese graphic designer Massimo Osti – universally considered the “Godfather of sportswear”, ushered in one of the most explosive and magic periods of stylistic Made in Italy creativity, beginning to melt classic landmarks of the functional design (high performance sportswear, military uniforms, work clothes and the traditional british outdoor style) with all artisanal textile innovation and ingenious dyeing clothes techniques, to produce a series of distinctly easy-to-wear garments.

C.P. Company, which was acquired by Hong Kong’s group Tristate Holdings in November 2015, is today focus on technological research to create an urban sportswear with innovative techniques such as the development of the component dyeing technical (dye for individual components), a full range of jackets with Ultrasonic and Thermowelded seams (heat sealed) that eliminate the use of seams or wires or the development of a technical linen fabric, the Vanguard, who succeeds to simulate the performance characteristics of the technical yarns while maintaining the peculiar irregularities and the authentic appearance of the linen.

We talked about the present and future of the company with Peter Wang, President and Founder of Tristate Holdings Ltd. who recounts: “I follow and love the brand since the 80s, I tried to work with CP company twice but both opportunities, for a reason or another, then are blended. I joined the group by working on advertising and now I’m excited to be actively part of it: CP Company has an amazing story, which has lasted for years despite some setback. ”

Which ones are the future plans of the brand? So Wang replied: “The idea is to start again, today, following the high quality heritage and recognition tied to our history, combining the extreme care and research in the field of quality: it’s on the technology phase processing that we focused more. The composition of the garments, the heaviness of the yarns: we do not not leave out any aspect and thanks to high level machinery we have tried to create a very easy collection to wear, reversible garments and with the casual accents, a strong appeal to the contemporary, ultra-light fabrics and colors are dosed to art without excesses, in a fluid and based-on the balance trend. Finally, we look to the web and to the new shopping experiences that takes place online, without ever losing in recognition because the baggage of our brand is important, and from this we cannot ignore.

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Peter Wang e Lorenzo Osti
Peter Wang e Lorenzo Osti