There has
been a great deal of shuffling around within the Milanese fashion community but
few have been singled out as survivors as well as genuine talents. Many of
these designers may have held lead positions for reimagined brands and many
have fallen by the wayside due to a dwindling retail economy and a lack luster
media acceptance. Today it is about a team of two have and are more than just
surviving the fashion wars; they are winning the war!
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Today is
about (Tomasso) Aquilano and (Roberto) Rimondi who are collectively recognized as
their eponymous brand Aquilano.Rimondi. This talented team of 2 has worked
their way up through the ranks of Italian fashion and weathered the fickle
tides of the business to have surfaced
as possibly the “face” of the modern Italian fashion industry.
They exude a
warmth that seems to be genetic, yet their talent may be steeped in the
traditions of the great Italian designers who came before them but their
product is anything but nostalgic. To my eyes, they are designers who strive to
expose the evolution of Italian fashion by offering their vision of 21st
century International fashion. Today’s world of fashion is not as secular as it
once was as is evidenced by the growth of fashion publications on a worldwide basis and
Aquilano.Rimondi rises to fulfill that
agenda.
So please
get to know these 2 designers and have a look at what is possible when
designers step away from a preconceived idea of what fashion “should” be! Say
Ciao to Tomasso and Roberto….
What is the most treasured possession
in your wardrobe?
2 blue cashmere
sweaters we use all the time as a jolly
What is your bliss?
Travelling
What is your guilty secret?
If it’s a secret, then we are not
supposed to tell it J
Where is your ideal home?
Roberto: Bologna, Tommaso: Ireland
What would you say is your greatest
accomplishment to date?
Being still able
to work together as a team
What is on your bedside table right
now?
Tommaso: a picture of Roberto and Ugo
the dog, Roberto: a picture of Tommaso and Ugo the dog
What do you wear to bed?
J! We would like to answer like a famous
actress, but we prefer not to
What if any, book are you reading now
or last read?
The biography of the Savoia family,
Inchiesta su Maria – Corrado Augias, Il treno dell’ultima notte – Dacia Maraina
What’s your advice to the “newcomer?”
Collaboration, responsibility,
constancy
Who or what is your inspiration/style
icon?
People from the
streets and art in all its form
What is the best advice you ever
received?
We have never
made a distinction between the designers that left their mark or still do leave
their mark, we do recognize the talent of each one, it’s difficult to make a
list
In 3 words or less, describe the
current state of fashion.
…NEXT! Just
kidding, it is a moment of transition, but also a time when new ideas are
approaching a system that is changing
If you won a $200,000,000 power ball
(lottery), what is the first thing you would buy or do?
Regarding our
private life, we prefer not to reveal too much, but naturally we would be
interested in travelling the world over and buy a lot of art
If you could invite up to 4 people
for dinner, which would they be…dead or alive?
It’s difficult
to answer this question: we would need to invite people over for dinner every
day in order to get to know all the persons that we would like to know
What is your favorite movie /or movie
star?
Le relazioni pericolose with Michelle
Pfeiffer, Glenn Close and John Malkovich, Schindler’s List, Barry Lyndon, La
caduta degli dei – Luchino Visconti – to name a few
What is the one thing you would
change about yourself?
…NEXT
Whose opinion do you value most and
why?
If the opinion
is positive or negative, but constructive then it is well accepted from
whomever, because it has been expressed in a professional way
What store or which designer do you
most like to shop in or wear?
Resurrection,
Anouska, Lily Et Cie, Mazzini Vintage, Angelo…please don’t make us open our
agenda…J
What’s your take on magazines, books
versus the internet?
Print media
still has ist own charm but internet as well because you have an immediate
confrontation with the world, they are both the same side of the medal
Do you have a dream collaborator?
We live together
since 16 years, should we prefer someone else? Maybe 2 are already
sufficient, what do you think?
What’s your music library like?
We range a lot
in all different kind of music genres which moreover reflects our taste to mix
> imput and very different styles
What and where is your favorite meal?
Do you want to
come to dinner at our house? ;) since we often eat outside, perhaps our favorite
dish is made with our proper hands and in a moment of relax…we are Italians
> for us it is important to eat well
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