8 brands of accessories and shoes from the exhibition Pitti Super
FROM 20 TO 23 SEPTEMBER IN SUNNY MILAN an exhibition of clothes Pitti Super. Wonderzine editor Lisa Kologreeva went to the event to view new collections of two hundred brands from around the world. Now she talks about eight remarkable brands of accessories and shoes that are difficult to find in Russian stores.
You won’t be surprised with a regular cap: thousands of copies with appliqués and stripes have learned to sell everything, from H & M to Givenchy. Ilariusss brings something new to the niche. The brand specializes in braided headgear, but it is not kanote or Fedor. Each season, designer Ilaria Soncini creates new types of hats and straw visors. On Pitti Super, she showed hats with neat lacquer details and lacing on the back of her head. Perhaps, Ilariusss - in the case when you want to wear a cap, but do not look like another fan of hip-hop style.
Classic shoe brands are starting to acquire competitors among young people. Recently, a stake in Nicholas Kirkwood was acquired by Kering: the company is unlikely to make an investment that it considers illiquid, so Nicholas Kirkwood will probably become the new Christian Louboutin. Active expansion is carried out by Giannico, about which the Russian Numéro wrote not so long ago. How to ignore loafers with a deer?
In Italy, you can find hundreds of small brands of shoes: hand-made and machine-made, from genuine leather and not, for 50 or for 500 euros - such are the traditions. One of the new shoemakers on the map is Lanapo, based in Monterosso al Mare, home to only 1,500 people. The brand specializes in different types of sandals: gladiatorial and Vietnamese-like, but the Portovenere looks best with a massive web and multi-colored straps. They ask for a pair, made by hand from genuine leather, just 100 euros, which is more than divine price. Note that the Lanapo brand sandals are quite tough, which means that you can walk in them not only along perfect paved paths.
Since 2011, the brand produces exclusively leather bags. Francesco Visone, a very beautiful Italian, takes over the design of the models, and the design and production trusts the factories of his native country. His spring-summer collection wins due to clutches of burgundy suede and mint leather (well, and the combination of canary and emerald), as well as handbags on a long strap with patterns, as on the tablecloth. Copies of popular Céline models would be removed from this line.
A graduate of the London College of Fashion Kerry Luft internships with Lulu Guinness and Patrick Cox, and then created a personal brand of shoes. The girl produces shoes with heels of unusual shape, which were demonstrated at the Pitti Super exhibition in the "Talents" section. Figured heels designer prints on a 3D-printer, which automatically deserves the sympathy of journalists, who constantly say that this technology is the future of fashion. For the time being, Kerry Luft is limited to elegant shoes, but in March of next year she promises to make a full-fledged collection of shoes using 3D printing.
Sartori Gold is another family brand from Italy, like Herno, which we recently talked about, or Missoni. Since the 1930s, the company has produced shoes for men, and now it has begun to make the women's line. This is the case when the common phrase "a combination of centuries-old traditions and modern fashion trends" is not said in vain.
Looking at the Silviya Neri prints, it is easy to take the mark for the British one: these are surreal emblems, skulls, cells, and so on. If such drawings are more suitable for children who identify themselves as subcultures or simply borrow details of the style of various movements, then prints with fauna - small colored beetles, snakes and fish - may also appeal to lovers of art works by Hermès. Silvia Neri lives and works not in Britain, but in Italy. The girl draws prints, then, according to her, the best textile companies print on the squares of natural silk. All her handkerchiefs are almost a meter per meter, and in life the colors of prints are much richer than on the screen.
Another brand of silk scarves, but comes from Turkey. Rumisu created two sisters, Deniz and Pinar: they print pictures on silk scarves 140 by 140 centimeters in size. Prints refer to the Turkish roots of the brand: the names Polka Alla Turca and Kubadabad speak for themselves, the new collection also has just cute drawings with dinosaurs, dogs and aliens. The brand can be loved not only for scarves, but also for the support of local producers. The edges of the shawls are processed in the old Turkish "oye" technique, which is the work of local craftswomen participating in the UNDP economic development program.
Federico Verdiani is engaged in shoes and a small number of accessories, such as belts. The young designer focuses on the environmental and ethical production of things. Brands that care about nature are usually scolded for a lowly and boring design, but (verba) have managed to get around this: their shoes are much more interesting than those of brands that use everything neon and plastic. In the new collection there are loafers with noses and soles of blue, yellow and pink flowers, as well as loafers, which resemble polyethylene with bubbles from childhood.