You know very well that I like to find events here and there and if I could, I would go and look around everywhere, meet new people and learn about their stories, their collections of objects, their products or artifacts. Today I want to highlight Mercanti in viaggio, a wonderful event about Vintage, handmade, design, new trends, vinyl, swing music and vintage happy hour, which will be held on October 5th and 6th in the beautiful setting of Quistini Castle and its gardens, in Franciacorta.

The main theme of the event will be the journey in all its forms, with trunks, suitcases, bags and hats as protagonists. Not only that, you’ll also find objects and furniture design, vinyl records, used items, recycled and crafts.

“Mercanti in viaggio” will be a must for all fashion enthusiasts, collectors and the merely curious who will have the opportunity to visit the magnificent gardens of the castle – [...]]]>

You know very well that I like to find events here and there and if I could, I would go and look around everywhere, meet new people and learn about their stories, their collections of objects, their products or artifacts.
Today I want to highlight Mercanti in viaggio, a wonderful event about Vintage, handmade, design, new trends, vinyl, swing music and vintage happy hour, which will be held on October 5th and 6th in the beautiful setting of Quistini Castle and its gardens, in Franciacorta.

The main theme of the event will be the journey in all its forms, with trunks, suitcases, bags and hats as protagonists. Not only that, you’ll also find objects and furniture design, vinyl records, used items, recycled and crafts.

“Mercanti in viaggio” will be a must for all fashion enthusiasts, collectors and the merely curious who will have the opportunity to visit the magnificent gardens of the castle –  including mazes of roses, secret gardens, a bio-energetic garden and the orchard of ancient fruits – to discover the halls with their rich history, dressed for the occasion with a scenography from another time, in perfect harmony with the vintage atmosphere of the event.

The inauguration will be on Saturday, October 5th at 17:00 with an aperitif and live music and continue until 22.00.
Sunday opening at 10.00 till 20.00.

Admission:
Saturday, October 5th € 4.00 inclusive of welcome cocktail (open from 17.00 to 22.00)
Sunday, October 6th 3,00 € (10.00-20.00 hours)
Free for children up to 12 years old

Information
www.castelloquistini.com/eventi/
www.facebook.com / mercantiinviaggio

Glossy magazines, once the one and only oracle for fashion followers who wanted to know the proposals on the catwalks for next season, have been overcome to a large extent by technology. While thumbing through the web pages of major magazines you are watching streaming fashion shows, and some of you are already looking at photos directly on their smartphone… but how?

Through the Pinterest Hub!!!

New York, London, Milan, Paris… a selected number of boards of brands, magazines, fashion designers who post on social networks runway pictures, backstage shots, street style and many, many details. You just have to hurry and find out the latest news for the upcoming Spring/Summer 2014 season, and get ready because the Milan Fashion Week will start on September 18th!

Why not pop in Mantua in the coming days? Guests can enjoy a city that is a gem, but also events such as the Festivaletteratura (festival of literature) in the period from 4 to 8 September; and for fans of the vintage, the third edition of Voglia di Vintage.

Voglia di Vintage is an Exhibition scheduled on 6-7-8 September in Piazza Virgiliana.

Thirty-five exhibitors selected to offer a vision of Italian Vintage, multi-thematic in its best expressions, including shows, meetings and workshops, in addition to the exhibition this year you’ll find “Retro front! Fifty years of … “, a collateral exhibition  that will offer a calendar of events throughout the weekend.

There will be thirty-five Italian companies representing many reference points in clothing, jewelry, accessories, records, posters, books, Vespa and Lambretta scooters, “moder antiquities” and curiosity. A whole world of vintage open to designers, cool and fashion hunters and fans of the genre, to bring together in a [...]]]>

Why not pop in Mantua in the coming days? Guests can enjoy a city that is a gem, but also events such as the Festivaletteratura (festival of literature) in the period from 4 to 8 September; and for fans of the vintage, the third edition of Voglia di Vintage.

Voglia di Vintage is an Exhibition scheduled on 6-7-8 September in Piazza Virgiliana.

Thirty-five exhibitors selected to offer a vision of Italian Vintage, multi-thematic in its best expressions, including shows, meetings and workshops, in addition to the exhibition this year you’ll find “Retro front! Fifty years of … “, a collateral exhibition  that will offer a calendar of events throughout the weekend.

There will be thirty-five Italian companies representing many reference points in clothing, jewelry, accessories, records, posters, books, Vespa and Lambretta scooters, “moder antiquities” and curiosity. A whole world of vintage open to designers, cool and fashion hunters and fans of the genre, to bring together in a single weekend signs, shapes and styles of vintage.

Vintage sure, but 2.0
There will be constant updates of the facebook page  and the blog www.vogliadivintage.it and an application for iphone and ipad will be launched on the eve of the fair.

Happy Vintage to all!

All the details:

www.vogliadivintage.it
www.facebook.com/vogliadivintage
info@greeneventi.it

Can fashion reflect reality, and through its language make us think?

Perhaps Haute Couture, an art form that’s the result of study and research, can do it, in its dialogue with the whole world.

Let’s talk about Chanel Haute Couture fashion show fall / winter ’13-’14, a fashion show that is almost equivalent to a perfectly staged theatrical play. And it is no coincidence that I’m talking about stage and scene, because the scene  that was set up inside the Grand Palais is a show that has been designed and produced in an entirely rebuilt theater: the stage with its curtain and the backdrop, the audience and its armchairs.

It is, however, a run-down theater, full of debris, dust, with ruined seats, a filthy curtain, scaffoldings holding up bits of a collapsed ceiling.

A glimpse of a world in full decay, in which the audience probably will not even notice its current state and observes the [...]]]> photos: blacklog

Can fashion reflect reality, and through its language make us think?

Perhaps Haute Couture, an art form that’s the result of study and research, can do it, in its dialogue with the whole world.

Let’s talk about Chanel Haute Couture fashion show fall / winter ’13-’14, a fashion show that is almost equivalent to a perfectly staged theatrical play. And it is no coincidence that I’m talking about stage and scene, because the scene  that was set up inside the Grand Palais is a show that has been designed and produced in an entirely rebuilt theater: the stage with its curtain and the backdrop, the audience and its armchairs.

It is, however, a run-down theater, full of debris, dust, with ruined seats, a filthy curtain, scaffoldings holding up bits of a collapsed ceiling.

A glimpse of a world in full decay, in which the audience probably will not even notice its current state and observes the future before him, motionless, while immersed in the uncertainties.

The curtain rises and the models parade on a futuristic backdrop, a bit aseptic, a bit unreal.

Everything is studied in detail, it’s a great scene that fits well one of the most anticipated and “illustrious” catwalks of Paris, like a large theater premiere.

Will it be enough to focus on creativity, on the genius of visionaries and artists? We don’t know whether to believe it or not, but deep down we hope for it.

Chanel tries and shows us their vision, and maybe they are successful in their intent, to amaze and enchant leaving his audience speechless; to distract us and enjoy the show, before the curtain falls once again.