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A new scenario, an imagined reality projected into the future. This reality, full of
breathlessness and rest-
lessness, is the setting in which the collection develops. These places are bent by natural and man-made cata-
nuclear disaster
strophes, particularly the , which gives the name to the collection itself : the code in the title consists of the symbols of the elements needed for the nuclear fission. It has been conceived as the vision of a frightening and
tormented future, ruled by solitude and ruin. The degrading effects of abandonment of a place that could
rubble, scrap metal, cement,rust, cracked walls, wall-signs consumed by time.
be any place, create an image of
Hence the choice of materials and technical fabrics that recall the idea of something found by chance and adapted on the spot to serve as a piece of clothing.
Raw mate-
rials such as twine and wire have been chosen for the
accessories and the closures of the different garments and then processed in the frame.
The volumes and the main lines of the outfits were defined by observing Futurist avant-garde sculptures, in particu-
Umberto Boccioni, and architectural elements of the deconstructionist work of Frank Gehry. lar those of
The centrelines of the coats, part of the woman garments and the trousers are broken, jagged, marking sharp boundaries between rigid fabrics. The “deterioration effect� can be found again in the texture of the shoes, created using two different paint colours, copper and green, treated with a cracking solution in order to recreate the effect of iron rust. In one of the two bags, made of scraps of leather, returns the idea of something reborn after destruction, something that is assembled to be functional.
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