A product-designer and artist-illustrator, Elena Salmistraro represents the harmonious blend of art and design, going beyond functionalism to leave room for a poetic world, populated with items of affection, “fetishes” such as Primates: «For the first time, this design let me express my language with courage. This design is completely free from any market lo[...]

Right from the beginning of her career, Elsa Schiaparelli claimed that «designing is one of the most difficult and frustrating arts, because as soon as the dress is born, it already belongs to the past». It is precisely because of this reflection that we are able to enter in full in the universe which Daniel Roseberry, the creative director of the maison, ha[...]

He caused a sensation when he went on hunger strike in 2017 to protest against the sale at a Christie’s auction of a 163-carat diamond linked to the family of the former president of Angola, the proceeds of which would have gone to the politician’s daughter instead of being used to build a children’s hospital in the African country. Yianni has also been an a[...]

The new canons of elegance are here and now. Not the one shouted out by the business suit, so highly revalued in recent years. A man in a good tailor-made suit always stands out, but times have changed. There is no longer any need for antidotes to casual clothing. Reality calls for inevitable reflection, ranging from ecology to the strengthening of interpers[...]