And for the inauguration scheduled a very special guest: Patty Smith with a surprise performance.

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At the recent Fashion Rocks in New York, a charity event that brings together music, fashion and celebrities, the star of the show was Beyoncé – elegantly clad in an article belonging to COSTUME NATIONAL’s autumn-winter collection.

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A NEW ADDRESS FOR THE NEW YORK CoSTUME NATIONAL FLAGSHIP STORE

160 Mercer Street
New York
NY 10012

Costume National opens its new flagship store in New York, at 160 Mercer Street, in the heart of Soho, a crossroad of ethnic groups, trends and the headquarter of new luxury by the Big Apple.

The project is by Ennio Capasa, supported by architects Fausto Poli and Guelfo Carpegna.

“This new space of about 350 square metres is the evolution of my previous store in Wooster Street,” comments Ennio Capasa, “ where total black was dominating. In the new space there is an almost fluid atmosphere with many reflecting surfaces. I conceived it by imagining an architecture of the future with roots in classic Italian design.”

The entrance is a long corridor, a gallery where bags, footwear, glasses and fragrances are stored into deconstructed cupboards. On the left, Palladio steel walls with split lines mark off the space dedicated to the ready to wear collections for men and women.

The white light of spotlights open to view on a ceiling that does nothing to conceal its industrial nature and is enriched by reflections of fluo light on the perimeter walls.
The essential and lightweight chrome steel display units and the leather and carbon couches complete the cyber chic mood, by increasing the multiple perception of the self, reflected by the shiny surfaces of the white and chrome walls and the anthracite grey resin floor, the furnishings and the mirrors.

With this new project, Ennio Capasa continues his research into the future, between technology and craftsmanship, which has always been the source of inspiration for the designer.

The inauguration scheduled for 12th September during the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, will have a very special guest, Patty Smith who will give a surprise performance.

Lecce, Italy: presentation of the official uniforms for the U.S Lecce Calcio soccer team.
This was the first time members of both the team and the soccer club’s management donned these special CoSTUME NATIONAL HOMME clothing articles conceived and designed by Ennio Capasa.
Both the designer and his brother were delighted to be involved in the project.
The presentation to the public and media of the uniforms resulted in an unforgettable evening dedicated to sports and fashion.

Have a look to the l’outfit
 
 
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tone: Sustainable white
venue: Expo Zaragoza 2008

“Water is life and so it needs to be handled collectively in a way that transcends any political or administrative frontier,” Roque Giustau reminded us recently. He is the President of Expo Zaragoza 2008, the international exhibition enlivening the Aragon capital until 14th September.
The theme? Everything in favour of water and sustainable development to raise the awareness of visitors and the media from all over the world about issues relating to the correct handling of the planet’s water resources.

Architects and constructions are playing a key role in the event starting with the ever-present Zaha Hadid and his outstanding Pabellon Puente bridge. It’s 260 mts long suspended across the River Ebro and is completely dedicated to the proper administration of water and water related substances.

Instead Enrique de Teresa is responsible for the spectacular Water Tower, a glass work towering 76 mts whose shape reminds one of a vertical water drop: the tower houses a permanent exhibition on water-related issues and its perception through the five senses thanks to a state-of-the-art AV technology system.

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U.S. Lecce Calcio football team’s official new uniforms are designed by CoSTUME NATIONAL HOMME.

Ennio Capasa has created a series of tailored items in eye-catching shades of total grey for the team’s players and managerial staff.

For more formal moments the new range features a city slim flannel suit, a ton sur ton cotton poplin shirt and a silk tie with thin yellow and red lines again on a grey background – to be worn with shiny black lace-up shoes made from brushed leather.

The suit’s tailored jacket changes its identity when worn with the Costume National Active line’s bootleg jeans and sneakers.

To complete the look there’s an obligatory double-breasted trench in tricotine wool with a removable inside flannel layer and exclusive CoSTUME NATIONAL EYEWEAR shades supplied by Cult.
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tone: BIANCO ECOSOSTENIBILE
work: PHARE TOWER

More than a building, the PHARE TOWER, destined to rise up in Paris’s Defence district by 2012, will be a twisting sensual body sheathed in a “skin” of mobile glass panels to shield the light. The rood will house a central wind-power device which, the Californian designer Tom Mayne says “Will be able to generate enough electricity to heat and condition its spaces and rooms for five months of the year. “

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tone: Sculptural white
work: VB62 by Vanessa Beecroft

20 girls and 13 life-size plaster statues for VB62, Vanessa Beecroft’s latest performance staged in Santa Maria dello Spasimo Church, Palermo, Sicily last 12 July 2008.
The sculptures are now on show at the Gallery of Modern Art in Palermo accompanied by a 30-minute film shoot illustrating the installation’s most salient phases.

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Subject: National Aquatics Center (Watercube)
Tone: Acquatic White

643 “bubbles” of Efte (a new co-polymer) make up the visionary cover of the National Aquatics Center (Watercube), Australian studio PTW’s architectural pearl which was launched in Beijing for the Olympics. This stadium swimming pool measures a good 100 sq.mts and will house a range of water sports.

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