Bottega Veneta Resort 2014: St. Barths and Crafts
During his tenure at Bottega Veneta, Tomas Maier has worked to consistently evolve the brand’s age-old legacy of exquisitely executed handcraft and Resort ’14 proved no exception
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Saturday February 26th, 2011
Bottega Veneta Fall 2011: Control and Passion
MILAN–The first thing you noticed about Tomas Maier’s fall Bottega Veneta collection wasn’t the Tippi Hedren-style French twists, or the the light, bright overcoats. Instead, it was the tufts of leather sticking out from the label’s classic basket weave handbags. These roughed-up styles illustrated what Maier believes to be the crux of this collection. “We wanted to push the boundaries, to experiment with technique and craftsmanship to an extreme degree,” he said in the show notes. “The result is very particular, with a mix of control and passion that I think reflects the mood of the moment.”
Monday August 30th, 2010
Fashion News Round-Up: Kate Moss To Leave Topshop, Target at Gilt Glitch, and Tomas Maier Rumored To Do H&M Collab
Kate Moss and Topshop Break Up: Kate Moss’s 14th collection for Topshop this October will be her last. Since it was recently announced that Sir Phillip Green’s 19-year-old daughter Chloe has started training with the company, rumors have started swirling that she’ll replace Moss as the face of Topshop. There are also reports that was not an amicable one. {Daily Mail}
Target Craze Catches Gilt Off-Guard: Some shoppers weren’t able to get their Target from Gilt. It’s unclear at this point whether Gilt oversold the Target merch (which included Mulberry, Tucker and John Derian for Target), but they’re offering shoppers who were unable to get their goods a $25 credit. {Racked}
Tomas Maier for H&M?: Bottega Veneta creative director Tomas Maier is rumored to be the next designer to collaborate with H&M. The brand has released two ambiguous videos to build hype around their next two collaborations. The grand reveal is on September 9th. Thoughts on the mysterious lady designer? Carolina? Vivian Westwood? Who could it be? {fashionologie}
Friday December 4th, 2009
Smells Like Bottega
It’s kind of surprising that Bottega Veneta hasn’t done a fragrance before and I actually thought I remembered one. Obviously, I made that up. That’s all about to change now that they’ve partnered with Coty to create their first perfume. And Tomas Maier is pretty jazzed about it: “I’ve always loved fragrance and have very Read more →
Tuesday November 17th, 2009
Where Facebook & Luxury Meet
The International Herald Tribune‘s hosting a conference in Berlin right now. Techno Luxury’s the theme and Christopher Bailey, Jefferson Hack, Claudia Schiffer, Tomas Maier, Natalie Massenet, Frida Giannini and Prada’s Tomaso Galli will take turns speaking and answering questions about new technology’s effect on the fashion industry – blogging, twittering etc. Top quotes (via Twitter Read more →
Monday October 19th, 2009
Trendspotting: Sack It To Me
Remember that episode of I Love Lucy in which Lucy and Ethel are desperate for dresses from a specific designer? They’re heading to a horse race and insist upon these fancy dresses so Ricky and Fred cut head and arm holes in potato sacks and sew the designer label into the burlap and convince the Read more →
Wednesday July 1st, 2009
Claudia Schiffer: Public Speaker
The International Herald Tribune just confirmed Claudia Schiffer as on of the speakers at their super prestigious annual conference on luxury, this year being held in Berlin. This year should definitely bring some interesting ideas to light as it focuses on the role that technology and how new types of marketing and branding affect the Read more →
Monday July 14th, 2008
Maier’s Shining Knight
Nick Knight, fashion photographer, Showstudio director and Kate Moss friend, photographed Bottega Veneta’s upcoming fall campaign says WWD. It’s the first time the brand has partnered with Knight – they use a different photog each season – but Tomas Maier chose him because he’s, “followed his work for years and always admired his sense of Read more →
