A story that repeats itself, like a ribbon destined to wrap itself and then unfold again, each time welcoming different inspirations to narrate, through the clothes, the handcrafted and authentic fairy tale of Haute Couture. This is how Sylvio Giardina presents the new haute couture capsule collection, a project of five creations inspired by the beginnings of his stylistic career and revisited with the eyes of the present.

Almost a “rewind” in the choice and processing of fabrics, as well as the sculptural details typical of the maison which the couturier brings back into vogue in the contemporary world with different shapes, volumes and aesthetic experiments, the result of careful study and research. The avant-garde suggestions of Japanese design, the echo that resounds from the underground culture of the 1980s. “If you think about that period, you usually have a very precise concept – explains Giardina – but in fact there are many other elements of that decade, typical of its cultural movements, taken up by great creatives such as the Spanish Sybilla and the Italian Romeo Gigli. From Rock Barock to artistic currents diametrically opposed to those preserved in our visual memory ».

Flashbacks, evanescent fragments of decomposed and recomposed images, velvet fringes, crumpled tulle, and worked by Florentine artisans following the “Fortuny” technique, are transformed into layered and pleated clouds, evoking the pasty brushstrokes of an unprecedented painting with a three-dimensional effect. An umbrella and the smoke of a freshly lit cigarette grab the attention: the first figure comes from a Sybilla collection, for which the fashion designer created a parapluie with such a unique handle as to give unusual optical perspectives, at times dystopian.