Alta Roma / Alta Moda 2005

[Atelier]

Italian haute couture (some RTW designers as well) presented in Rome, Jan 29 to Feb 1.

http://www.altaroma.it/gennaio2005/home_EN.htm

Among the designers:

Fausto Sarli
Marella Ferrera
Silvio Betterelli
Pierluigi Fucci
Ennio Capasa for Costume National
Diego Dolcini
Nicola del Verme
Susanna Liso for Le Tartarughe
Gattinoni
Bureau de Chance
FRAGMA
Alessandro Consiglio
Bianca Maria Gervasio
Tilmann Grawe
Camillo Bona
Abed Mahfouz
Angelo Mozzillo
Franco Ciambella
Chiara Boni
Giovanni Cavagna
Antonio Falanga
Stretch Couture
Michele Miglionico
Marco Coretti
Tony Ward
Ettore Bilotta
Renato Balestra

 

[Atelier]

One of the exhibitions:

This year, AltaRomAltaModa will present “Denim & Diamonds Couture”, a comparison between two legends of style and design. An unusual association between jeans and gems. What they have in common is the evolution of their function and the symbolic importance that they have assumed in the collective imagination during the second half of the twentieth century.

If diamonds are a girls’ best friend, jeans are designers’ best friend. This is true, at least according to the trends of the last few years, when denim made its mark on the international catwalks of Haute Couture. Denim has been presented in many diverse and revamped styles, marking its transition from a humble, resistant fabric worn by “American pioneers” to an increasingly design, couture-type material. It has thus become much more European than American, representing, above all, made in Italy fashion.

It is, in fact, this taste for the highly sought-after, for the unique item or for an apparently impossible idea that becomes reality, that marks the inclusion of denim and jeans into Italian tradition and culture, which has regenerated and renovated it in light of Italian style.

The importance of gems has also increased, playing a leading role in the fashion world. Formerly a valuable accessory, gems have now become an essential element, a prime mover behind the philosophy of a garment. Because gems have taken on this greater significance, their function has also changed and evolved to a point where they have gone from being an object symbolizing privileged social roles to a product dominated by creativity and accessible to everyone - a bijou, in short.

Within the context of the AltaRomAltaModa calendar, couturiers inspired by the theme will present dedicated garments, as well as a series of events, exhibitions and performances. Italian and foreign designers who have distinguished themselves with interesting and creative initiatives on denim, on jewellery and on the bijou will participate to the event.

 

[Atelier]

Fausto Sarli

Marella Ferrara

Silvio Betterelli

 

[Atelier]

Pierluggi Fucci

 

[brian]

Silvio Betterelli

i love this

thanks for posting, atelier

 

[softgrey]

thanks for this thread atelier...
the only stuff i really foound interesting was by silvio betterelli...
i'd like to see more of that collection...

 

[liberty33r1b]

thanks a lot for posting this!
i really like costume national, fausto sarli, and silvio betterelli so far, and hope more pics will come soon....
and: i was so surprised to see eva herzigova on the catwalk again.....!

 

[Atelier]

the only stuff i really foound interesting was by silvio betterelli...
i'd like to see more of that collection...

Nice colors, eh? More Betterelli:

hope more pics will come soon....

Definitely. The official site does a great job of getting them up right after the shows!

 

[liberty33r1b]

I know! it's really setting a positive example for other websites....

 

[liberty33r1b]

oh: and thanks for the pics, atelier, keep it up!!

 

[Spacemiu]

I love the Betterelli

 

[Estella*]

Nice colors, eh? More Betterelli:

i like that! thanks for posting atelier!

 

[Scott]

I had a look at that Fragma collection from Belgian,Peter Creusters.....first time for everything I suppose.....not really me cup o' tea.

 

[Scott]

"me cup o' tea"...sorry it wasn't intended to come out like that. I tried editing but the it expired.

 

[Atelier]

AN EVENING DEDICATED TO ROM CULTURE AND FASHION
MACRO at Mattatoio, January 30th, 2005 9.30 p.m.

Alta Roma together with the Social Politics Assessorship of the City of Rome, and the Opera Nomadi is addressed again to the most complicated social realities and to the Rom community of Rome in particular. The integration process is long and difficult but Alta Roma believes in diffusing the customs of these fascinating yet controversial people among itsfashion audience. During the gipsy party the dresses made Rom women and re-interpreted by Romeo Gigli and by the project manager Deanna Ferretti, will be presented.


Romeo Gigli has gone through the History and Aesthetics of Rom people. He put himself at stake relying not only on his arts but also on a big archive research.

At MACRO located in Testaccio, caldarroste (roasted chestnut) churns, little fires and traditional pans from Rom tradition will welcome the audience. Inside there will be a central ring. On the background a Rom village will be reconstructed with many little huts. In a whirl of dances a flock of dancers, actresses and Rom girls will present the dresses on the notes of Saban Bajramovic a musician that expressly came from Belgrade.


Alta Roma has directly involved the Rom tailoring laboratories of the Capital who accepted to make models for free. Three laboratories made the dresses .


Khorakhané tailors come from the Balcans and from Kosovo and Bosnia in particular. Their camp, quite deteriorated is located near the cinodromo, a few steps from the Basilica di San Paolo. Women prefer soft fabrics. Among all typical costumes there is the “ Dimije”, a sort of divided skirt with a very low crotch. They love to sport scarfs and tie them in manifold ways on top of their head which emphasizes their somatic types with an exquisitely feminine touch of coquetry .


Rumrìa tailors from Abruzzesi Rom now live in Rome. They come from Mandrione, a place renown for horse commerce. They have been living in the centre of Italy for ages but this has not refrained them from preserving the use of their Romanès language. Rumrìa abruzzesi rarely wear skirts which have not been made by them. They choose very vivid colours tending to red following iberic gipsy tradition. Concetta Casamonica is one of the tailors of reference, an eclectical and very strong personality. She reads hands, has ten children and her husband is a gardner. She is an Italian Rom and she is the daughter of a horse breeder. She learnt to sew when she was sixteen.


Rome, January 2005

The Ancient Rom couture house led by Alessandra Carmen Rocco is a little laboratory which makes and sells traditional dresses inspired to the Nineteenth Century. Tailors are Rom girls who come from the Nomad camp of Rome. They followed dress-making and embroidery courses. They use natural fibre fabrics such as silk, cotton, wool, linen and hemp. In December 2003 dresses from The Ancient Rom couture house have been presented at Centrale Montemartini of Rome. Nowadays The Ancient Rom couture house sells its creations to several boutiques in Rome, Milan, Ischia and Pavia.

Always good to see Romeo.