This week I am finally sending to print my book on the first
two decades of the Galleria Carla Sozzani. I have changed my mind so many times, traveled back and forth in time through so many lives, events, emotions and all of the people that have been the fabric of this adventure here at 10 Corso Como.
This week I am finally sending to print my book on the first
two decades of the Galleria Carla Sozzani. I have changed my mind so many times, traveled back and forth in time through so many lives, events, emotions and all of the people that have been the fabric of this adventure here at 10 Corso Como.
In honor of the book , Kris Ruhs has designed a new eco video you see here.
From the first seed to a full tree with flowers and fruits; it is the expression from the Galleria’s first exhibition to all of the ideas and events we host now. Sustainable growth in our garden and in our business. Thank you Kris for this and all the flowers you make for Corso Como.
Great music, a great crowd and a pair of great new eco synthetic vegan “dancing” shoes from the first Melissa+Gareth Pugh shoe collaboration turned 10 Corso Como into a fantastic Friday evening party!
Pugh- always experimenting with form and volume – took on his first global collaboration with Melissa, the Brazilian company famous for its wonderful synthetic vegan and earth friendly shoes who have caught the eye of Vivienne Westwood, Beyoncé and other trendsetters in the last few years. Pugh’s fans from the many fashion schools of Milano came to listen to DJ’s from Ponystep Magazine.
While in Paris, I went to the Alaia studio and found that the studio was packing up collections, shoes and rtw accessories, to give up for sale in two weeks in Paris.
All of the money raised will go to support research into genetic diseases at the Necker Childrens Hospital and their Imagine Foundation Research Center in Paris.
A child’s game of tombola and an auction led the evening gala dinner at the
Hotel Ritz to raise money for the serious problem of children in danger from the internet. Since 1999 Valérie Wertheimer, Founder and Ceo of Action Innocence, has focused her attention to help protect children dignity and integrity.
Amongst the guests Tatiana Trouvé with Azzedine Alaia.
Monday we are flying over the Alps here at low level. The sky was spectacularly cloudless and you could see every detail of the mountains so clearly,
it was a fantasy Alps panorama made real and the urban life behind in Milano the dream, at least for the hour of the flight.
Last night 10 Corso Como turned into a club with Ponystep magazine DJ and Gareth Pugh attending the presentation of his collaboration with brasilian Melissa shoes. Many fans from all Milano fashion schools also attended, to meet one of the leaders of the generation of young designers.
Corso Como 10, 20154 Milan, Italy
Merry Christmas at 10 Corso Como Seoul!
Melissa + Gareth Pugh
Melissa and Gareth Pugh present in 10 Corso Como
their exclusive capsule collection of eco-friendly plastic flats.
Gareth Pugh will attend the presentation
DJ SET Ponystep Magazine
Friday 25th November 2011
From 6pm to 9pm
This Sunday I am sitting at the desk in the Galleria that is right next to my office.
I never grow tired of looking at these amazing photos of Edward Steichen. Last night was the opening of the show that the Galleria will host through the New Year.
This Sunday I am sitting at the desk in the Galleria that is right next to my office.
I never grow tired of looking at these amazing photos of Edward Steichen. Last night was the opening of the show that the Galleria will host through the New Year.
Today, the Cultural Counselor Stefano Boeri organized the first “Milano A spasso”.
No cars in Milano and more than 100 events are being hosted to celebrate the cultural treasures of the City for the Milanaise. The bookstore and Galleria are full with walkers, bicycles and good cheer in a very quiet Milano! Milano Green makes me think of this iconic tree taken by Carlo Valsecchi.
The story is Steichen was to shoot Garbo on a Monday morning. Not liking
how her hair looked, she pulled it all back saying, “I do not like!”.
Steichen said, “STOP. Do not move” and took the photo. It is considered one of the best pictures of Garbo ever taken.
Steichen photographed the ballerina Gilda Gray dancing “Medusa” in 1923. Seventy years later Peter Lindbergh photographed Naomi Campbell in Azzedine Alaïa.
First shown at the Jeu de Paume in Paris, Steichen’s work during his years at Vogue and Vanity Fair being installed in Galleria Carla Sozzani. This is a delight. The most exciting moments with an exhibition is always in the installation. Here Bill Ewing who curated the exhibition and the book.
When I go to Florence, I try to go to via Tornabuoni, not so much to see the great fashions, but more for the Salvatore Ferragamo Museum and Procacci – since 1885 a delicatessen famous for its truffles. A truffle panini and a glass of prosecco at the wine bar is a great wayto see the real Florentine life.
It is all about shapes : quality craftsmanship and timeless aesthetic design are here well represented in the Azzedine Alaia impeccable tailoring,
and Georg Jensen everlasting beauty.
On Saturday 19th November at Galleria Carla Sozzani Edward Steichen exhibition opened! On show all the works he did from 1923, when he became chief photographer for Conde Nast Publications and his work appeared regularly in Vogue and Vanity Fair.
FitFlop, the world’s first muscle–activating footwear brand,
presents in 10 Corso Como its capsule collection:
ballerinas, sneakers and clogs with the special ergonomic
“Microwobbleboard” sole, to increase stability and
to help relieve joint stress.
From 5pm to 9pm
in 10 Corso Como
Today sunny Sunday, indian summer in Milano with a wonderful full moon of new beginnings this week so today is a good day to start a new jewellery book with Vanni Burkhart working with the natural light coming through my office window.
On Thursday evening the Galleria Bookshop of 10 Corso Como hosted a
booksigning for the comical and graphic artist Lorenzo Mattotti, for
each person who asked, he very generously made a special drawing.What a wonderful gift.
Many fans of his work came to meet with him and see his new book on
Venezia. A work he considers an honest reflection of himself and the
structure of a city he cares deeply about.
It was a very special first day for me to go around the fair with a
photographer I truly admire, Sarah Moon. Sarah is standing here in front
of her new series shown at Paris Photo for the first time exquisite
portraits of flowers.
The African theme resonates with many things in my life. Among them is the wonderful show at Galleria Carla Sozzani in 1991 where we exhibited a series of ritual masques and the new “portrait works” of Kris Ruhs.
Special recognition at Paris Photo was given to Artur Walther who has
been a serious collector of photography for over twenty years. Born in
Germany and now living in New York, his private collection of emerging
African, Chinese and German photographers is breathtaking in its scope
and quality. Here a wall of African heads, looking like sculptures from
his German show: Portraits and Social Identity.
On Wednesday I was in Paris for Paris Photo. A most important annual
exhibition held for the first time at the Grand Palais.Full of events and exhibitions for gallerists and curators from all over the world to
meet and exchange thoughts on photography both vintage and modern as on my wall.
Paris Photo celebrates its 15th anniversary this year with more than100 galleries and publishers joining in. Following its tradition of naming a
special focus, Place of Honour was given to Africa and showcases
photographers from Bamako to Cape Town.All wonderful to look at.
10 Corso Como Gallery Shop presents a special tribute
to Roberta di Camerino, the venetian brand
whose distinguished design changed the way women were dressing.
Since 1945, Giuliana Coen developed
her neo baroque accessories and clothes
with her signature trompe l’oeil design.
To celebrate this exclusive collaboration
Roberta di Camerino has created a limited edition bag,
the renowned Bagonghi bag made of precious vintage velvets.
On sale only in 10 Corso Como Gallery Shop.
From Saturday 12th November 2011 to Sunday 22nd January 2012.
10 Corso Como 10, 20154 Milan, Italy
Edward Steichen is one of the most prolific, influential
and controversial figures in the history of photography.
He was already a famous painter and photographer when,
in 1923, he was offered to become the chief photographer for
Condé Nast’s glamorous and influential magazines Vogue and Vanity Fair,
the most prestigious position in photography’s commercial domain.
In the 1920s and 30s, Steichen crisp, detailed, high-key style revolutionized
fashion photograph with more than one thousand subjects
starring the world’s most famous, actors, actresses, painters, athletes,
playwrights, producers, poets, journalists, dancers, singers, writers of the time.
Opening Saturday 19th November 2011
from 3.00 pm to 8.00 pm
On show from 20th November 2011 to 12th February 2012.
Galleria Carla Sozzani
Corso Como 10, 20154 Milan, Italy
The quintessence of fashion modernism.
Miuccia Prada’s irony is well expressed
in the slightly sixties silhouettes.
Big sheer, colored sequins appliqué dresses
and the girls walking out with a little bag clutched under their arms.
From Tuesday 2nd November 2011 at 10 Corso Como.
Sitting in Milan now I am watching the rain and I realize how immediate our own responses are to what is in front of us.
The tragedy in Liguria almost blots out a week of great beauty for me until now.
Sitting in Milan now I am watching the rain and I realize
how immediate our own responses are to what is in front of us.
The tragedy in Liguria almost blots out a week of great beauty for me until now.
This is the coast of Liguria where this week strong floods
caused deaths in Genova and Monterosso.
One wonders how such beauty can become so quickly disaster and destruction.
Today we are thinking of the people and children
who still struggle in this week end’s torrential rainfall.
New to my desk this week is this wonderful book from Kris Ruhs.
Each page an original portrait of his interactions with the people and events
he sees where the expressions are as personal and direct as he is.
These faces say more than 1,000 words!
Renovated in the mid 1990’s by Starck and Mendini
on the bend of a canal in northern Netherlands,
The Groninger Museum is hosting for the second time
a major exhibition of Azzedine Alaia.
In December of 1997 the museum inaugurated a retrospective of Mr. Alaia’s work
before its presentation in New York City.
Now, on the 10th of December, but 14 years later, The Groninger will inaugurate
a show again of the last decade of Alaia’s vision.
Here we are behind the scenes in Paris as Mark Wilson,
the curator, prepare the catalogue for the show.
On the last day of October I was invited to a private evening tour
of the Degas Exhibition at the Royal Academy in London
followed by a small dinner party taken in one of the salons that are rarely used or seen.
The silence and peace of the evening visit,
the beauty of the dancers Degas painted countless times
and this thoughtfully curated show made me aware that
even if we think we know an artist, their work is always a discovery.
And of course the opportunity to see the Degas photographs was my best moment.
Emerging from the darkness into the single source light,
a dancer’s perfectly poised moment captured by his eye was simply exquisite.
Lorenzo Mattotti is one of the best known Italian artists,
who devoted himself to comics illustration since the late ’70s.
Venezia represents his personal vision of the city,
a collection of drawings with different techniques.
“In my first stories I thought I was influenced by Milan,
by Bovisa, but actually, going back to Venice,
I realized that this was the source of the distortions of my spaces,
the crooked streets, the long perspectives, the bridges…”
Venezia is a limited edition book of 99 copies
with engravings numbered and signed by the artist.
Book signing
Thursday 10th November 2011
From 6 pm to 8 pm
