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The collection is a result from an extensive study of shapes and the multiple identities they can become, combined with an profound love for experimentations and research. The results of these can be seen in the choice of materials and traditional methods for the collection. The exclusive fabrics, realized in natural fibers in the soft-hued colors of nature, create a timeless look and longevity of each garment. SANCTAMUERTE is aimed at those who love freedom, who are not afraid of breaking preconceived moulds.
Retro avant garde collection is thus created through colours, fabrics, textures and shapes.
And, as always happens in every model, they proudly show some edges left raw, as if they had been frayed by time and use. As if they wanted to remember that the most beautiful things in life are those that have a true and intense story to tell.
The materials are full-bodied, washed and treated fabrics. The designer love for this matter is unique and his relationship with them is predominant.
SANCTAMUERTE clothing is poetic as an interior journey, transversal to the ages, romantic, and deeply Italian. Exploring and breaking the norm through distinct shapes, SANCTAMUERTE Clothing takes tailoring to new lengths.
RUNDHOLZ + BLACK LABEL
In each and every piece in the Rundholz collection you can expect their signature style. Luxury and innovation combined, Rundholz looks at finishes and cuts across their ranges, using unique prints and edgy silhouettes to create pieces that will stand out from any crowd.
Black Label is innovative clothing at its best, creating designs inspired by nature and the scenery of the countryside. Black Label merges unconventional cuts, whimsical details, and a sculptural quality to make garments that are intelligently stylish and a pleasure to wear. Black Label is for women who think for themselves.
The collection is a result from an extensive study of shapes and the multiple identities they can become, combined with an profound love for experimentations and research. The results of these can be seen in the choice of materials and traditional methods for the collection. The exclusive fabrics, realized in natural fibers in the soft-hued colors of nature, create a timeless look and longevity of each garment. The pure Italian tailoring and craftsmanship is a choice throughout the entire collection with no compromises and also selected on the basis of ethical values in opposition to child exploitation and against any other form of irregularity.
Masnada is aimed at those who love freedom, who are not afraid of breaking preconceived moulds.
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AODRESS are
石 松 光 紀 Mitsunori Ishimatsu
黒 田 美 保 Miho Kuroda
We make works inspired by our travels around the world and the impressions left on us by all of the people, things and ideas that we encounter along the way. We launched AODRESS in 2009 after producing uniquely individual pieces of work using cloth and old clothes collected from around the world. When we traveled to India in 2012, we met traditional artisan embroidery craftsmen and saw beautiful fabrics created by hand weaving. Seeing the beauty of the products we realized the reality of lost manual work. While spending time with them, we produced dress lines that combine tradition and our sensibility.
Currently we sell works in Europe, America, Australia, the Middle East and Asia.
HANDCRAFTMANSHIP: Indian textile products have been actively exported mainly to Europe since the 17th and 18th centuries, and, in particular, Indian cotton has gained popularity. Even now, there are a lot of very delicate Indian fabrics, old clothes and beautiful dresses that can be seen in antique shops. There are a lot of simulated products from that time, but even now, the original Indian fabrics still feel special. The reason is the quality backed by time-honored manual work and traditional techniques, which give comfort and excitement to those who use them.
It is very different from current mass products that are not made with the same love and pride for manufacturing.
Reinterpreted textiles, lightened, deconstructed, pattern and volumes reinvented on noble fabrics such as linen, silk and cashmere…intimate accessories characterized by a comfortable sensuality. This is the creative genealogy by Monica Sarti, heir to research assets, creativity, tastes which made Italian fashion great. The textile company that her grandfather, Faliero Sarti, set up in the post-war period became the major fashion houses’ partner.
“It was 1998 when I came back from New York after spending my formative years where I had an amazing experience in which I received lots of incentives. I had so many ideas but I knew nothing of textile production and it took me years to understand the functioning of looms. Also there existed an accessories ward in which no one had any interest, so I decided to focus on it. I had the idea of using noble fibers and deconstructing them, making the fabric look less perfect and more worn. I wanted a comfortable item of clothing, as I thought that this was the direction fashion had been going in. I started selling accessories in 2000.”
MONICA SARTI
Y's
Centered on functional and dignified everyday wear, Y's lies in a category of its own, fusing orthodox design principles with idiosyncratic pattern making. Particular attention is paid to cut and silhouette, texture, and the amount of empty space between the body and the garment. Y's is a brand that more subtly hints at Yohji Yamamoto's core identity with practical and high-quality prêt-à-porter pieces.
annette görtz, founded in 1984 by the visionary designer of the same name, has been captivating the industry with her ingenuity on modern everyday design. With uncompromising trust in her own signature, Annette Görtz effortlessly merges classic silhouettes with innovative elements.
Multi-faceted inspirations are the starting point of every collection. Fusing art and design as well as architectural tailoring are core practices in her creative process.
All build on the brand’s values of timelessness, innovation and craftsmanship.
The annette görtz collection is a force against ‘fashion‘. It is a concentration of understated elegance and an avant-garde aesthetic to complement the modern-day woman and her wardrobe to go.
You have to have a natural, personal approach to design, Intuition is key.
Annette Görtz
TIMELESS DESIGN
Berlin, 1991. Inspired to translate a new vision of transparency into avant-garde shoes, Angela Spieth and Michael Oehler founded Trippen. Embodying the spirit of their reunited city, the designers forged a distinct style through an interplay of restraint and creativity. Rubber sole moulds were reduced to a few styles chosen for optimal comfort while leather uppers offered limitless possibilities for creative expression. The signature design language that has since earned Trippen its international cult status emerged from this framework, to which the label remains true today—playfully referencing fashion’s shifts while transcending them with a timeless aesthetic.
Social responsibility is foundational to the Trippen universe. In 1998, the brand established its own production facility in a former GDR shoe production area in Zehdenick, Brandenburg. Manufacturing in-house allows fabrication to occur on demand, reducing waste while optimising quality control and flexibility. Experimental concepts can be tested quickly, generating truly unique designs. It also allows Trippen to keep its pricing honest. Investments in marketing and packaging are reduced to a minimum, allowing revenue to go directly towards premium materials and labour costs. Ensuring wages are equitable and working conditions fair is top priority, especially given Trippen’s commitment to reducing unemployment and promoting social integration in its local community. During the ‘90s, migrants who had fled the Balkan Wars were welcomed into the workforce—efforts that today extend to recent refugees from Afghanistan, Somalia, and Syria, as was recognized by Trippen’s 2018 Brandenburg Integration Award.
Following the maxim “choose well, buy less”, longevity manifests not only in Trippen’s timeless aesthetic, but also in its environmental sensitivity. Transparency is integrated into the shoes’ designs, which prioritise durability and resilience through considered patterns allowing for disassembly and repair via a dedicated service at Trippen’s workshop. Each pair can be resoled multiple times during its long lifespan, which is further enhanced through the uncompromising quality of its materials. Premium leather is sourced from a longstanding tannery partner in Tuscany, and produced through an environmentally-friendly vegetable tanning process that allows its natural patina to evolve gradually. Glue is avoided whenever feasible, and kept adhesive-free. Long-term thinking guides both Trippen’s production and design methods, resulting in the adoption of solar panels to reduce carbon emissions, and experiments with vegan and biodegradable lines, among other initiatives. Each collection goes one step further towards the brand’s overarching goal of creating the best shoes with the lightest possible footprint.
I strongly believe that comfort makes the body peaceful. And that elegance and beauty are the natural outgrowth of that feeling. Our pieces are made entirely by hand, many loving hands, for a single purpose: to make you feel as free as possible.
I aim to create a personal culture, in which each piece reveals who we are: our gestures, our identity, our rhythms.
I’m fascinated by the textures of nature, and by the imprint that time leaves on surfaces, and by its effect on things and on people. The unique state of beauty that is achieved through the fusion of art and time.
I love to contemplate all forms of good art, which inspire me and bring me joy. But usually what I like, I cannot afford…
This being, my personal gallery is made up of the patterns the waves sketch on the beach, or of the deep forest where I find treasures comparable to those that I desire with the advantage that these treasures can also be my playthings.
Materials are cottons, linens, silks, woven, in all their different forms, textures and threads; sometimes even synthetics, just for fun. I focus on varying the scale, the proportions, and the finishing of those basic forms which I consider insuperable, and above all working the textile with the most exquisite manual techniques, from the primitive beeswax batik to the ancient shibori of Japan, with pigments ranging from the traditional plant-based to silicone, plaster and even iron oxide. The only rules are to maintain quality, guarantee comfort and create beauty. To achieve this, anything goes!