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Near Pisa the river Arno ends its long meander through Tuscany and runs into the Tyrrhenian Sea. Here, at the Bocca d’Arno (mouth of the Arno) are a cluster of ramshackle fishing shacks that were the inspiration for Federico Curradi’s lovely little presentation at Pitti this evening—also close to the river, but way upstream.
This was a sun-bleached, hand-finished, gentle reverie of a collection. Garment-dyed and gently treated biodegradable and environmentally certificated linen, hemp, silk, and paper were used to craft gently oversize Guernseys, macs, work jackets, and pants. Sadly the Birkenstocks were show-only, Amazon-bought then pimped by Curradi, and will not go on sale with the multicolored twining detail that also graced his belts. This designer is a minnow in the fashion ocean—he has 25 wholesale accounts around the world, including retailers in New York in Los Angeles—but this Federico Curradi collection suggested he’s well worth casting around for. These were gently dreamy pieces. So, surely Curradi, an alum of Roberto Cavalli and Iceberg, is a fisherman himself? “No, I don’t fish. I think it’s boring! My brother is a big fisherman. Me personally, it’s too annoying to wait so long.”
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