SL by Sara Lanzi

[runner]

SL F/W 08

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[runner]

SL F/W 08


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[runner]

from wvision

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[kiddokiddo]

wow,fantastic. I esp love everything from the first post. The gradiating pleated dress, the velvet one, the tiered...so lush, simple and exquisite
Thanks for posting, once again, runner

 

[Inaya]

I love this so much... it's all just like what I would wear

thanks as always for the photos

 

[Scott]

it's so beautifully poetic and romantic,runner! the detail,the materials,silhouettes....all perfectly juxtoposed. in a way,it kind of reminds me of some of the earlier work of beloved katarzyna szczotarska.

 

[Whitelinen]

I like the black booties, the flared jacket and the high-waisted skirt (in #2), but the rest of it is a bit boring. I can't really see anything special here, so many are doing this exact same thing. Most of the clothes don't look especially well-constructed, you could find similar at any second-hand store rather than spend lots of $$$ to get the same clothes but with a hip label.

Thank you for posting, Runner!

 

[Jungla_Juana]

Vogue Italia from september 2008 had a feature on her that I translated from italian, forgive any grammatical/syntax weirdness

WHO IS ON NEXT? THE WINNERS 2007
Sara Lanzi's calm determination, strengthened by a creative force that you can experience garment by garment, has won over the jury from "who is on next" 2007 for Pret a porter. She has gotten involved with fashion purely by chance, and she embraces it with a discerning attitude and an ethical approach.

It's as if she dances on a spiderweb, ready to pull whatever is lurking in the shadows to use in her collections.
After a degree in contemporary art history and industry experience, in 1994 she decides to go down her own path. A stimulating project absorbs her completely, where every phase is attentively followed through. there are certain misleading factors and steps that represent, however, the sum (as acknowledged by her) of her concrete concept about fashion as an applied art and a mirror of contemporary reality. It is, however, not without its calming moments, like going over her mother's sketches and a solitary road trip to Paris, where she presentx her collection.

her participation in the challenge has aided the encounter with the working world, previously unknown to her, and it has recognized her creativity, but it has not changed the standards that she has imposed on herself. Her garment's "spirit", that defining them as minimalist would be limiting, moves between spectacular -and functional- extremes, possesing an unmistakable style as the common theme. It consists of a hidden sensuality, almost masculine.

Many influences but no direct references, even though she is very intrigued by the Japanese idea of femininity, strong but discreet. A basic language emphazised by textures that have character and substance, small structures, where the abstraction of non-color is the raw material that reveals the shape. The message is strongly symbolic, a kind of chiaroscuro that expresses tension and dynamism. "If an existence in black and white is a synonym of rigor and essentialism then I hope I can share this value".

But because there is always 2 sides to a coin, there is also the unexpected, more impulsive side, one that contrasts elements and includes color. In the "Who is on next" collection, pieces from last winters' collection are mixed with summer garments, giving us a forgotten "mid-season" and the casual overlapping that usually comes out of our wardrobes. It is this way that velvet and striped felted mohair are mixed with twill, tweed and stretch ribbed wools in a "off-black" palette. Volume is amped up on pants and skirts.
A fun twist is forseen in her AW 08/09 collection, where an Alice in Wonderland is catapulted into college, wearing silk taffeta and scottish shetland wool, where greys and blacks limit the overflow of fuchsia and cobalt blue.
A goal for the future? simply to be successful in what she's doing.

 

[Inaya]

^ thank you!!

 

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S/ S 09


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[runner]

she has a website now.

http://www.saralanzi.it/


pics are from there.


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[wheneveriwakeup]

Oh I love s/s 09... would wear a good chunk of it.
Thank you for sharing, Runner... this is truly lovely...

 

[taupe]

I'm bringing this thread back up as i always love what she does.

I consistently purchase her pieces for my other half... she is the model below



from SL

here is a article in the NYtimes

http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/...line-from-perugia/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0

will post more pics from the shoot as soon as i get the ok from SL

 

[runner]

thanks for the images
she seems to be a great model for SL clothes.
looking forward to some additions!

 

[softgrey]

i guess this is the video from when the above shoot took place
http://www.saralanzi.it/

 

[softgrey]

I'm pretty sure that is not her in the pics...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEF86MID3jU