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26-06-2008 |
Front row Seated in the front row of CoSTUME NATIONAL Home were Ennio Capasa’s friends including actress Stefania Rocca, Sergio Rubini, Fabio Novembre and Michele Lupi.
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26-06-2008 |
Jackets and coats are techno-tailored, ultra-light waterproofs and wind-cheaters made from impalpable, see-through and removable materials. To be worn with waistcoats and classic jackets, EC’s Jackets are fluid with a classic, short cut and double-breasted.
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26-06-2008 |
An “acid-techno” sequence ranging from monitor sky-blue, white, electric blue, acid yellow, petrol, all shades of grey, silver, metallic, both opaque and shiny.
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Author: CoSTUME NATIONAL
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26-06-2008 |
Set design was in total white with flu-yellow details to highlight the items, collection colours and fabrics.
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26-06-2008 |
For his CoSTUME NATIONAL Homme SS09 fashion parade Ennio Capasa chose a post-industrial location with remarkable white and steel tones in Milan’s Tortona District. This is the ideal setting for a collection rich in hi-tech features inspired by into-the-future scenarios.
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26-06-2008 |
“Right now I am interested in the future and how to design it. Freedom, technology, sustainability, a remix of styles, eroticism, fluidity. I find it essential to build something new instead of reinterpreting the past. 36 looks, 36 ideas for the future”.
Ennio Capasa
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27-02-2008 |
The day of our fashion parade is here!
The white dress is ready and looks spectacular.
But there’s still time for a programme change and Ennio opts for a different boot colour.
Time 13.30
Backstage it’s swarming with models, dressers, photographs and TV people.
Ennio takes interviews as he checks all’s ready and none of the creations are missing anything.
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26-02-2008 |
Just one day left before the show.
The showroom has been busy for several hours - trying on the outfits and selecting the right accessories.
One day to complete months of work spent seeking out and selecting fabrics, new shapes and matches.
Ennio presents the Galaxy Couture collection to us - manually inlaid fabrics and three-dimensional decorations on cashmere and bamboo, Mikado and duchess silk.
It’s all starting to come together!
The inspirational concept we glimpsed in his studio with its Star Wars princesses, collars and capes has now been transformed into highly refined articles of clothing– velvet spirals wrapped around sheath dresses and voluminous effects adorning necklines as if they were texture-based jewels.
The accessories are quite a spectacle too!
Rock crystal rings and pins and palladium silver bracelets and necklaces suggesting a kind of intergalactic neckwear.
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25-02-2008 |
Paris!
Costume finally rolls in to Fashion City!
Catwalk fever is in the air – our plane is packed with reporters and creatives flying to the French capital after the Milan shows.
It’s palpable in people’s tones and appearance - even in the way they move up and down the plane’s aisle.
In a word - self-consciousness.
The Rue Lesdiguieres show room will be CN’s headquarters for the next three days.
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