What makes Antonio Marras a singular presence in vogue is his potential to inform tales imbued with visceral authenticity.“Flying over Porto Conte with Antoine and Consuelo” is a journey that begins and ends in Alghero, the Sardinian metropolis the place the Marras household has its roots. “This land is an inexhaustible supply of richness, all the time providing tales we will draw from,” the designer mentioned.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry—the well-known French author and aviator—spent the ultimate months of his life in Alghero, and Marras’s resort assortment was born from imagining that his beloved spouse Consuelo Suncín-Sandoval Zeceña de Gómez joined him there by air, flying the exact same plane her husband used throughout his missions.
A Salvadoran author, painter, sculptor, and artist, she studied artwork in San Francisco. In Mexico, she met Diego Rivera; in Paris, she frolicked with André Breton, Marcel Duchamp, Balthus, Max Ernst, and Picasso. Salvador Dalí was one in every of her dearest mates. In the US, she opened her dwelling to Ingrid Bergman, Jean Gabin, Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, and Jean Renoir. She was the inspiration for The Little Prince, and on this assortment, Marras imagined the wardrobe she would have packed for a journey to an island the place the wind tousles your hair.
Embodying the romanticism of a vaguely dandyish femininity, the gathering takes form by way of embroidered pinstripes, damask materials, and plaid cottons; rubberized flowers and aged-effect leathers; sculpted silhouettes, hidden pleats, and balloon volumes; pale denim, kimonos, and sheer materials. Fake furs are product of silk, knitwear is adorned with appliqués evoking a starry sky or labored in jacquard depicting a postcard of the dome of San Michele in Alghero, whereas patchworks of floral prints recall the island’s wild flora.
The colours mirror a panorama seen from above, the place nature spreads throughout the nice and cozy tones of the earth and the ethereal blues of the sky; a bordeaux shade stitches all of it collectively.
