“Architecture is how the person places herself in the space. Fashion is about how you place the object on the person” – Zaha Hadid
Designers speak of Architecture and Architects of Fashion. There are subtle and intertwined connections between fashion, architecture and nature; just as there are people who have the innate ability to easily switch from one discipline to another. Karl Lagerfeld does it continuously, when he figures out urban places that will be the scenarios for Chanel fashion shows.
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">The fil rouge that connects the disciplines related to creativity becomes more evident when it comes to style.
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">The style characterizes the way of dressing, as well as how to furnish and decorate an interior.
When I imagine the space and the volume of a place, I think of a container that does not have a label, but needs to take the appropriate form to the activities and the people who will use it.
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">So does the couturier, drawing lines and silhouettes almost based on the personal idea of beauty.
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">A dress in a bohemian style is original, eclectic and belongs to a free spirit, as well as a boho interior is characterized by the use of different materials, such as wood and metal, combined with unusual pastel colors and it’s decorated with flowers.
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">A romantic kind of dress, like a feather balloon skirt and a silk organza blouse with puffy sleeves, can be combined with an interior painted in blackboard, completed with colorful furnishings.
A minimal skater skirt and an over sweater, can find the alter ego in an environment totally covered in calacatta - a
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">n elegant and essential marble.
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">The technique of ombre – dyed fabrics in multiple shades of the same color – used by Giambattista Valli in one of his latest Haute Couture collection, can enrich a wooden paneled wall great for an outdoor space or a beach house.
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">A lace dress by Valentino with floral embroidered, makes me think of a pale pink interior with copper lamps.
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">A flounce dress in shades of green sets a mimetic relationship with an interior where nature – plants and prints – becomes the protagonist.
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">An acid color, like yellow, is often used in architecture as divertissement.
And the purple, declined in the soft shade lavender, is perfect for a glittery skirt as well as a ceramic sink.
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