Monthly Archives: February 2010

For spring 2010, Bottega Veneta presents a collection of focused simplicity and individuality. The palette is spare — expanses of white, ivory, canvas, and straw delineated by strokes of egg yolk yellow, Delft blue, orchid, and fever red. The occasional solid-color silhouette mirrors the painterly effect, brightly punctuating the clean span of the collection.

Materials range from plain weave cotton canvas and cotton batiste to extraordinary blends of silk and viscose, silk and cotton, and silk and linen that gently outline the body

The silhouette is boxy, architectural, designed for maximum range of movement. Fabric is draped and wrapped, or cut asymmetrically to circle back upon itself, or constructed without seams to enable and enhance the body’s motion.

Pleats and folding are structural as well as decorative, adding shape and functional features like pockets. Dresses, tunics, and pants predominate, the dresses and tunics nipped in with stitched cotton belts, the pants cut square and roomy in various lengths. There are one-piece coveralls, as straightforward as uniforms, and shirts of cotton canvas with the ease of a smock.

The season’s shoes are inspired by the espadrilles and handcrafted of raffia, leather, patent leather, lizard, and other materials. Artisan techniques center on the simple strip, which is crossed, woven, wrapped, stitched, and tied. Soles are sometimes flat, thick, and wrapped with straw, other times they are organic shaped wedges sheathed in leather. Handbags are generously sized and either pale or brightly colored.

There are top-handled bags of tissue-soft cloth leather, clutches of hand-painted goatskin, and a Cabat woven from straw-like strips of nappa leather. Constructed with new invisible aluminum hardware, the handbags are remarkably lightweight. The final element in the composition is jewelry, large, sculptural, and expressive, made from antique sterling silver with rock crystal, yellow jade, mother of pearl, white Kogolong, and natural horn.

“Creative collaboration inspires much of what we do at Bottega Veneta,” says Creative Director Tomas Maier. “This season, we expanded on that fact, designing as if in collaboration with the woman wearing our clothes. In a sense, the clothes are ‘blank’ until she puts them on. Then the shape of her body, her movements, and the colors of her shoes, her bag, her jewelry — all these personal characteristics and choices complete the look.” 

In the Philippines, Bottega Veneta is exclusively distributed by Stores Specialists, Inc. (SSI) and is located at Greenbelt 4, Ayala Center, Makati and Rustan’s Makati. 

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A grosgrain ribbon, a gift plaque and a brilliant creative idea. This is how an icon is born: the Vara bow, an emblem of the brand. 

Created in 1979 by Fiamma Ferragamo, eldest daughter of Salvatore, to decorate the ballerina of the same name, the Vara bow immediately established itself as one of the maison’s icons and has since been used creatively in all the accessory collections due to its clean and elegant lines.

Salvatore Ferragamo Sunglasses are launching a model which pays tribute to the Vara, featuring an acetate frame, in monochrome or a sophisticated tortoiseshell effect, with sober lines and a distinct Sixties flavour.

The sunglasses are decorated by an exquisite gold or silver coloured miniature Vara bow. The brand logo is engraved at the center of the small buckle and the bow itself is laser finished to evoke the original grosgrain ribbon. Available in a palette of black acetate, dark Havana, blue, ruby, and beige, to frame tone-on-tone fume lenses.

The Vara model will be available globally, exclusively in Ferragamo boutiques from January 2010.  

In the Philippines, Salvatore Ferragamo is exclusively distributed by Stores Specialists Inc. (SSI) and is located at Power Plant Mall, Greenbelt 4, Rustan’s Tower, Rustan’s Makati, Alabang Town Centre and Rustan’s Ayala Cebu.

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Furla, the internationally renowned accessories brand, has chosen Sissi to be the face of the new Spring Summer 2010 advertising campaign.  Sissi, an Italian artist and winner of the 2002 Furla Art Award, will be featured along with the new accessory collection of the season.

To Sissi, the body is the real testimony of the soul of her artwork. The materials in which she creates are an extension of her being in the space that surrounds her. Her original style, energy, and sense of aesthetic work in synergy with the distinct characteristics of Furla.

Classic and elegant, the new Spring Summer collection is contemporary yet timeless. The accessory is used as a simple and direct form of expression; a small performance of those who wish to reinvent themselves every day without leaving anything to chance.

The campaign was shot by the talented photographer Francesco Carrozzini, whose images perfectly interpret Sissi’s strong personality and the brand’s values in a unique and artistic way. The print campaign is developed in four images across single and double pages and it will be launched worldwide mid-January 2010. 

In the Philippines, Furla is exclusively distributed by Stores Specialists, Inc. (SSI) and is located at Greenbelt 5, Rustan’s Makati, and Shangri-La Plaza Mall. 

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