REPORT #11

It is amazing that -finally- also in Milan, one of the Fashion Capitals, fashion happening are becoming more open.
Following the concept of the International Furnishing Accessories Exhibition (Salone del Mobile), a week that every April involves: designer, buyers, students, and person seeking new concept and a new approach to art. During this week most of the happenings are open to everyone is interested about them; in Milan there are art performances and temporary installations: a great way to involve every one to the furniture design word.

NUDE: M. Gaspari and F.Liberatore; NEXT GENERATION: R. Ohishi, M. Garcia Abad, L. Ji Young Jang, and I. Zoboli
 

After several years of invite-only-events; the fashion system realized that the open-event concept was useful to keep the interest on fashion, especially in a crystallized situation like the one we have here in Milan, where famous and well know brand were dictating the timing of the fashion week, and the new talents had few chance to be shown.
The new concept line of the Milan Fashion Camber, that dedicate an entire show to new upcoming designers at Castello Sforzesco, plus an exhibition room near Piazza dei Mercanti for the entire fashion week (where selected designers can present their collection and showcase their work), is a remarkable step. And over the top, both this initiatives are open - every one can sneak inside and take a look to the collections. Have a little chitchat with designers. Get in touch with a fashion world that is less glamour, and more close to us.
Finally: fashion meets people.

REPORT #10

Few days to go to the MWFW.
 

Here you can have the schedule for the fashion show around the city. If you are looking for new upcoming deigned, the 26th of February display in the amazing environment of the Sforzesco Castle, you can watch the fashion show for the NEXT GENERATION, organized by Italian National Fashion Camber. 

As usual there is WHITE, in via Tortona; and for the first time SUPER, located in the old fair trade area.
Get ready to be busy and amazed by the glamor of fashion.

Exhibition #2

Stathis Samantas & me @ exhibit #2

The 10th of October we had our second exhibition in Milan.
Designer:
Allisa Vallentine
Francesca Paolin
Jun Chia
Maria Saguinsin
Stathis Samantas
Tom Göbels

Thanks to everyone.
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The IOU Project

The IOU Project offers scarves, shirts and dresses; and it creates a direct link between weavers and artisans.

How it works.

Each item is unique because it starts with one particular piece of hand-woven cotton fabric called a madras check.

These fabrics are collected from weavers in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, where the craft has been practiced for centuries. From there it goes to a participating manufacturer in Europe. 

Individual items are cut from a particular madras check, ensuring no two items are quite the same. 

The items are sold only through the IOU Project website, however an individual can become a reseller of any particular item.

An experiment to rethink how goods are produced and sold in a way that benefits everyone.