Dreaming in Polynesian: Da cozinha para o guarda-roupa ~ From the kitchen to the wardrobe

Saturday, November 5, 2011

Da cozinha para o guarda-roupa ~ From the kitchen to the wardrobe

A italiana Colomba Leddi usa frutas e verduras como inspiração para sua coleção do verão 2012

The Colomba Italian Ledda uses fruits and vegetables as inspiration for his collection of summer 2012
For Fernanda Massarotto, Milan October 21, 2011, 8H01

The Italian designer Colomba Ledda is above all an artist. His pieces are unique and unmistakable. Be on the streets of Milan, Tokyo, London or Los Angeles, it is impossible not to recognize a dress or a coat signed by her. His new collection spring-summer 2012, invests in natural fabrics such as linen, cotton, Japanese, Indian silk and batik. But his forte is the fun and unique digital prints. The inspiration this time are not ethnic or tropical countries, but the kitchen of a friend (so that the collection was named "La Cucina di Ada"). "The kitchen of Ada is a fountain of ideas, colors and joy: dishcloths striped or plaid, vegetables, colorful aprons. All these ingredients helped me compose the new collection. Not to mention, of course, recipes, aromatic and delicious, blending cultures and flavors, "says Ledda.

During the process of creation, Colomba sliced onions, carrots, lemons, cauliflower and peppers. "I put on each ingredient dish cloths or linen and photographed everything," he says. The next step was to work the images digitally. "From the kitchen, I created an entire line to the wardrobe next summer!" Colomba liked the "joke" that have produced cushions and curtains for your home collection. The creations are for sale in his studio, opened in 1996 in Milan Some of the pieces are unique. Outside, the brand is present in the Egg and Few and Far, in London, Noodles, Los Angeles, and Takashimaya in Tokyo. In his spare time, Colomba teaches fashion design at the Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti in Milan, and respond by the board of course fashion design school.