Ricardo and Luis are architects and decide to launch their lifestyle brand, based in Lisbon. They were looking for punchy prints. It was a pleasure to work with them and I am delighted with the result!
credits ©Aquazzura
While working together to create prints for the next collection, Edgardo have asked me to design a print for the tablecloth of his coming soon Capri dinner, celebrating the opening of the island shop.
Briefing in Paris, by adorable Alexis Temomanin, Art Director for this project.
The initial brief is about family, food and art.
We - Art Director for fashion Sophia Hedjeres and I, have to imagine a concept working for the whole uniform design, new apron/shirts/accessories garments for the worldwide team and create a new prints collection, inspired by Nando's historical roots and artistic heritage.
As the prints are not produced yet, here is the "Salon des Refusés"*.
* "Exhibition of Rejects", read here for more explanations
Deauville inspiration for a summer collection - men’s accessories.
Print design : allover and placed prints.
Traditional geometric drawings printed with old school cylinders. Also made with leathercut patches on coats and knitted on sweaters.
Teleidoscopic prints made through a giant kaleidoscope with a crystal ball at the bottom, that reflects whatever is around: animal skins (previous season) or damascus knives blades (this season).
Teleidoscopic prints made through a giant kaleidoscope with a crystal ball at the bottom, that reflects whatever is around: animal skins (this season) or damascus knives blades (SS14).
This one is to my exact print, we worked together with Martina, in charge of Woman's prints, on the same theme.
Left, the kimono and me.
Right, my friend Gianpaolo and his shirt.
One evening, by chance, in Santo Spirito.
A lot of fun when we met, the same night, another man with the SAME shirt.
Last collection with Just Cavalli ;( It has been really fun, but I had to fly towards news adventures!
Mexican skull, Hawaiian flowers, kaleidoscopes, watercolor leopard, flamboyant feathers for the PRE collection.
Wonders of the past for the MAIN collection: Sicilian mosaics, hard stones of the Florentine Renaissance and opulent baroque.
In addition to my "Squalo" print (by the way, the first print for a Just Cavalli show I made), I took care of the placements of several other prints.
This the video of the show.
Psychedelic tropical prints on which I lost my eyes and which in the end were used to make scarves, a camouflage water lilies, 50's signatures and a super python tye and die that I love.