Sync this event in your phone and organizer now! The Glasshouse in Milan’s via Fusetti for the official presentation of CoSTUME NATIONAL and C’N’C’s new PE2010 press campaign.

On one hand the new campaign harks back to an imaginary world inspired by NATURE and PROGRESSIVE ROCK with photographs by Glen Lunchford for CoSTUME NATIONAL – portraits that come together to compose a manifesto of metaphors and allusions, memory and future times in which the main players are Karmen Pedaru, Christian Brylle and some key symbols of nature: the Dove, freedom and conscience, the Horn, strength and virility.

On the other, we have California sunshine and the children of Rock’n’Roll. Kids who have rediscovered their commitment to a better world without losing track of the need to have fun – just like their parents but with more poetry. Key players are Theodora Richards, daughter of legendary Keith and Maxwell Kamins, son of the record producer and ex-leader of The Electra Mark, photographed by Dan Martensen.

Have a look to all the pics here.

More pics abut the Child’s concert with friends and people from L.A.
 

LA’s musical scene is split between its East and West. So where’s the best place to go to find experiments, artists, clubs and the very best music?

DJs, musicians and music freaks of all kinds help us get our bearings in the city.

Music by The Child and all the magic of LA.
Check out the gala evening’s video featuring Holly’s amazing performance.

Los Angeles is a crossroads of musical trends, a meeting point for artists and the place for the cross-contamination of emerging styles from world music’s current cauldron.

LA is the starting point for those who have music in their DNA.

Like Costume National.
It’s a musical laboratory in continuous ferment to which sounds flow in from both East and West sides.

We had a date at the Red Room in Bar Lubitsch – undeniably the most musical venue in the city. It gets its name from the dim red lighting employed to illuminate the passionate and strong sonorous experiences on hand.
At the microphone Holly Marilyn and her band “The Child” are dominating the scene: sinuous, psychedelic music with a sophisticated indie-rock flavour.

Straight in from the airport we drive deep into the Californian night – headed for Sunset Boulevard, Melrose, Beverly Hills and West Hollywood.

Crowding into the hall at the Lubitsch Bar at the club are producers, musicians, international DJs and people from the movie industry as well as a clutch of VIPs the music majors industries.

Ennio Capasa is onstage to present Holly prior to her performance and after a few moments there she is winning over the audience with her charisma, her voice and strong stage presence; she’s garbed in a seductive rock-star dress. Just right.

A Costume National creation of course.

We wish The Child lots of luck for the launch and release of their first recording.
 

Check out all the photos on flickr.

Like New York, Milan will soon become the international venue of celebrations for the VOGUE FASHION NIGHT OUT, a worldwide salute to fashion to take place on 10 September 2009. From London to Paris, New York to Mumbai, from Beijing a Milan ”VOGUE FASHION’S NIGHT OUT” is a global happening and for one evening at least the lead players at the event will be the general public. .

Franca Sozzani, Director of Vogue Italia and Letizia Moratti, the mayor of Milan have issued a joint announcement. It underlines the central role the fashion sector plays for the City of Milan in terms of image and the economy. Everyone is welcome to attend a range of special events at which both consumers and fashion designers can do their bit to make Milan even more attractive and beautiful than usual.

COSTUME NATIONAL is proud to take part in the VOGUE FASHION’S NIGHT OUT. Its team will be waiting to meet you in Via San’Andrea in the very heart of the city’s golden square mile of fashionwear boutiques. There you ill be treated to a cocktail and have the chance to meet the designer and stylist Ennio Capasa and view the latest collections.

Like the other boutiques taking part in the event, the doors of CN store will stay open till 11 pm to allow people more time to browse and to help maximise sales.

Ennio Capasa, who as always is sensitive to environmental problems, has created a special limited edition T-Shirt to mark this occasion. It’s made from bamboo cotton and will be on sale at the store at a knock-down price. All proceeds will go towards financing Milan Council’s latest “green” project – the planting of over half a million trees in the city centre and outer limits.
 

CoSTUME NATIONAL,
Via Sant’Andrea, 12
10 September 2009 Cocktail 7.30 to 9 pm
Store open until 11 pm.

WHAT: Fashion needs your help! On the first night of New York Fashion Week, Fashion and Art come together for a night of glamour and cool shopping with the advent of “VOGUE FASHION’S NIGHT OUT” in New York City. Coordinated by the U.S. and international editions of Vogue, the Big Apple joins its sister fashion capitals around the world— From London to Paris, from Moscow to Mumbai, from Beijing to Milan—in a global initiative to promote retail, restore consumer confidence, and celebrate fashion.

COSTUME NATIONAL is a proud participant of “Vogue Fashion’s Night Out.” Come explore our exquisite new SoHo space and take in the exciting visual art of Shinique Smith, from the Yvon Lambert Gallery, who will intrigue shoppers with an art installation brought in exclusively for this very important shopping event. Costume National Creative Director, Ennio Capasa, has always supported contemporary creativity in all its expressions: from art, to cinema to design.

In addition, the boutique, along with other participating retailers, will remain open late until 11 p.m., to help maximize shopping time and stimulate purchases.

In addition, shoppers can pick-up special T-shirts created by the CFDA at the Costume National boutique for this shopping event. Your purchase of a “Fashion Night Out” tee will benefit the National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center. For more information, visit www.fashionsnightout.com.

WHO: COSTUME NATIONAL & SHINIQUE SMITH FOR THE YVON LAMBERT GALLERY, in conjunction with American Vogue, NYC & Company, the City of New York, AMEX, and the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA)

WHEN: Thursday, September 10, 2009 6pm -11pm

WHERE: Costume National Boutique Located at 160 Mercer Street, SoHo, New York

About Shinique Smith

Shinique Smith, represented by the Yvon Lambert Gallery, Paris and New York, is an American artist who brings the anonymous aspects of life to the forefront, examining her own footing within the world. Her latest work, “Ten Times Myself,” a series of paintings and sculptures inspired from song lyrics, is a self-imposed call to be bolder and to go from one to ten without remorse. Infusing an ardent style owed to Abstract Expressionism and Japanese Calligraphy, Smith’s work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions internationally at venues including the National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.; the New Museum, New York; Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin; PS 1 Contemporary Arts Center, New York; and the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Colorado.

Mod-esign is the official name of a special university lecture to be given by Costume National’s stylist Ennio Capasa and the designer Fabio Novembre. This Mod-esign event is part of the “Contemporary Fashion Moves” course held by the fashion and costume journalist Gianluca Lo Vetro at the Rimini Centre of Bologna University’s Faculty of Letters and Philosophy.
During the lecture, scheduled for next June 12th, Capasa and Novembre will examine the increasingly profound contaminations that exist between fashion and design in the context of a phenomenon which could be called “Mod-Design”.
 
Particular attention will be placed on the influence and role played by the web now that Costume National is at the forefront of web communication and interactionwith its Costume National and C’n’C blogs.
 
The event will be filmed and uploaded to the university’s website as well as to www.cnc-costumenational.com and of course You Tube.

Ennio Capasa, Head of Design of Italian brand Costume National, has been asked to participate as VIP Judge to the Hong Kong Young Fashion Designers’ Contest held on January 12th in Hong Kong.
Ennio Capasa will select the best fashion proposals for Sportswear, Contemporary and Eveningwear out of the works of 19 young Chinese designers-to-be.
The contest is promoted by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC).

” Asia is an amazing breeding ground for new talents” said Capasa “considering what they are doing in Arts, I am excited to see what they will be proposing for fashion.”

Ennio Capasa is one of the most celebrated Italian fashion designers in China. Costume National has a corner in the prestigious department store Lane Crawford, and also sells its footwear within On Pedder, another exclusive HK based store.

Costume National ready-to-wear will also be sold in the upcoming Art&Mode concept store (Sequedge Group) which will open on February 7th and feature Ennio Capasa’s fashion among Asian contemporary artworks.