“Con/Tradition” it’s a Couture Project wich reinterprets and redefines the codes, techniques and tradition of different traditional costumes. The sculptural silhouette of Sardinian costumes meet the big and exasperated volumes of the Hispanic tradition. The artisanal techniques, and the several ruffl

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es give birth to volumes surprisingly fluids contrasted with the rigid and deep geometries of the macro pleats. Textures and the colors of the fabrics came from the ancient Lampassi of the San Leucio's tradition, wich frame and run through the garments interchanging front and back. Silks mixed with nylon, latex and metal polyurethane are the breaking elements that give to the collection a futuristic and contemporary aspect, contaminated by the Natalie Abrams artworks made of wax and wood. Con/Tradition, Contradiction and Tradition, it’s a capsule collection, rich of different historical references, which learns and forgets, builds and destroys, maintains and develop a rich historical and cultural consciousness, to preserve and respect, open to new influences in a more modern way of conceiving and living life.

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