io ipse idem par Romeo Gigli- Men’s 2010 Spring / Summer Collection. The Romeo Gigli man throws open his home and reveals a riot of color.
via Monte Napoleone, Milan
“always me, but never the same as me”
"You know that I’m
a pilgrim!" says Romeo Gigli, meaning many things. The first has to do
with his choice to show the men’s line from his brand, io ipse idem in
Milan, while for the women’s line, last March, he preferred to use
Parisian scenes: but he has a bit of wanderlust and perhaps “the next
time,” he explains, “I’ll go to New York, which would have me". Starting
off again from Paris last January with the presentation of the women’s
collection in the Marais at the Espace Topographique de l’Art, Romeo
Gigli’s new adventure, with the brand name “io ipse idem” “two Latin
words that, like two ancient pillars, support the rotundity of my
“being”, as if to say: always me, but never the same as me,” made its
stopover in Milan. The presentation performance for the 2010
Spring/Summer collection took place in Milan, at Skitsch, the exclusive
store dedicated to design in all of its forms because “after all,” says
Romeo Gigli, “beautiful things always find a way of coming together
well. For four years,” continues Romeo, “I just watched and I wanted to
create something new, but while imagining a different mechanism: when
you are no longer involved and gobbled up by commitments, you have some
intuitions, you manage to bring new projects to life with a different
approach.”
The man of the new Romeo Gigliio ipse idem Collection is
someone for whom pushing back horizons comes naturally. He is someone
who gets up in the morning and chooses what to wear from items he has
collected over a long journey. His choices come naturally; he doesn’t
need to stop and when or where he bought that jacket or that particular
shirt. His wardrobe encompasses a whole world he is constantly
redesigning. This is a man unafraid who is of enjoying color. A lover
of unique, special garments, he eschewed eccentricity; a connoisseur of
elegance, he shuns ostentation. He wears jackets that have been
revolutionized in both form and structure. His favourite is a
broad-shouldered jacket that tapers slightly at the waist, either
single or double-breasted, unlined for extra light weight and made of
almost impalpable fabrics. Hand-painted colored motifs enhance the
structural elements of these sartorial jackets; the earthy materiality
od natural pigments softly detail the geometrical shapes. Romeo
Gigli’s man needs to dream the clothes he wears. His shirts are
hand-painted: revolutionized batik or tie-and-dye motifs, flaming suns
produced with the shibori technique, the fabric crumpled by hand. This
man that wears hie elegance with a salutary dose of irony. He will
combine a shirt with a tie of the same light cotton fabric, a tie so
gossamer thin it needs a loop to keep it in place. His fitted pants
have the same irregular hints of color here and there, for example,
where the hand reaches for the pockets. Then there are two-dimensional
pants that swell with the breeze in natural, shiny, luminous linen. “I
never created for anyone in particular,” says Romeo Gigli, “but always
for anyone and everyone who would like to take an imaginary journey
consisting of discordant melodies, freedom and sharing.” Welcome back,
Romeo.
Film credits:. io ipse idem par Romeo Gigli|Short Film by Director: Matt Dowson Starring: Romeo Gigli, Kevin McDonald Music: Tatooed Lady - The Stone Crows Slideshow:. 5 photos
