SWAN BY AquiliAlberg FOR RITZENHOFF

SWAN collection design by AquiliAlberg for Ritzenhoff, presentata ad Ambiente 2010 a Francoforte, selezionata da Bora+Herke come nuovo trend 2010, verrà presentata anche a Milano durante il fuori salone 2010. SWAN collection design by AquiliAlberg for Ritzenhoff, presented at Ambiente 2010 in Frankfurt, chosen by Bora+Herke as a new trend 2010, will also be presented in Milan during the Fuori Salone 2010. The first collaboration with Ritzenhoff starts with Swan, a collection of tableware with a strong visual impact and strong poetic expression. What is it that unites the famous ballet of Tchiakovsky with a porcelain collection? The idea was born after having witnessed a sublime production of Swan Lake at La Scala in Milan in spring 2008. And it was in that occasion when, struck by the gracefulness and evanescence of the performance, that AquiliAlberg discovered that the Swan Lake is rooted in an old German fairy tale, Der Schleier Geraubte (stolen veil) by Johann Karl August Musäus. The evocative image explodes recalling the romantic themes that refer to the symbols of water, and the spell of being suspended between two opposite dimensions, nourishing the design of the entire collection. The performance on the oboe accompanied by string tremolos and arpeggios, the strong emotional charge that characterizes the stage action in the most dramatic moments of the story, represented and characterized by the presence of nocturnal creatures winged and agile, expressed by the famous arm extension to form the sinuous shape of the swans necks; literally come to life in the Swan Collection. The result is a new sensual quality and dynamic image. The form is constructed in an exchange of continuity between lightness and dynamism. The spiral motion that is obtained by stacking the various objects, generates a continuous wraparound stream that elevates the sign for expressive meandering dynamics. It expresses a continuous stream of sensual lines that elevate the sign to real movement. Sinuous, often symmetrical but at the same time full of spatial complexity, restoring a new sensual quality and vibrant image rich with poetry, which applies to acts of everyday life. http://www.aquilialberg.com/

VERSACE. FALL-WINTER 2010-2011

Versace autunno-inverno 2010-2011 / Versace fall-winter 2010-2011. Donatella Versace has definitely made a huge impression in the past years with her stunning collections in celebrity’s eyes because we often see a Versace look on the red carpet. Jennifer Lopez, Beyonce, Lady Gaga or Elizabeth Hurley are only a few celebrity fans of her. Also, to promote her advertising campaigns she used as models fashion icons like Madonna, Halle Berry, Milla Jovovich, Demi Moore or Christina Aguilera in the women’s category only. For men’s wear lines she used as models actors like Ashton Kutcher, Ian Somerhadler from TV shows like Lost or The Vampire Diaries and Patrick Dempsey from Grey's Anatomy. "We're going back to the values of the Gianni Versace man from the early Nineties.” According to Donatella the Fall/Winter 2010/2011 Men’s Wear Collection is a flash-back for Gianni’s conception of the ‘90s. We have leather, hardware, chains and metal, all combined with a futuristic cyberpunk look. The Versace Fall/Winter 2010/2011 Men’s Wear Collection contains different items like biker leather jackets, cyber sunglasses, sheer shirts, skinny pants, shiny combat boots, patent leather trousers, abstract printed shirts and jackets, trench coats and striped suits. The colors used in this collection are mainly black but to accentuate the futuristic look we have electric blue, turquoise, dark green, metal gray or purple. In the end, every single piece in Versace’s Fall/Winter 2010/2011 Men’s Wear Collection is a piece of art and of course all that thanks to Donatella, who did an extraordinary job and surprised us once again. http://www.versace.com/