2015/16 COLLECTION

THE COLLECTION IS COMPOSED OF REFINED CANNETÉS

AND DECORATIVE DETAILS THAT DRAW INSPIRATION FROM

ANTIQUE ARMOUR, REINTERPRETED USING GEOMETRIC

SHAPES TO CREATE A CONTEMPORARY TAKE ON THE

MOTIFS. FOLLOWING THOROUGH ARCHIVAL RESEARCH,

THE GEOMETRIC PATTERNS AND TEXTURES HAVE BEEN

DECONSTRUCTED, MAGNIFIED AND MINIMISED TO

CREATE NEW AND INTERESTING PATTERNS. RESEARCH

INTO ANTIQUE ARMOURY REVEALED MANY FASCINATING

DETAILS, SUCH AS THE HAND GUARDS OF JAPANESE

KATANA SWORDS, CALLED ‘TSUBAS’, WHICH OFFERED A

UNIQUE SOURCE OF INSPIRATION FOR THE PATTERNS IN THE

COLLECTION. THE INTERTWINED PATTERNS, CANNETÉS AND

TEXTURES OF ARMOUR HAVE BEEN TRANSFORMED INTO

BEAUTIFUL FABRICS WITH INTRICATE STRUCTURES, MADE

FROM PRECIOUS MATERIALS INCLUDING SILK, METALLIC

YARNS AND METAL LAMINATES. A NEW COLOUR PALETTE

IS INTRODUCED TO THE COLLECTION FOR THE FIRST TIME

FEATURING STRONG JEWEL TONES SUCH AS RUBY RED

AND JADE GREEN. THE NAMES OF THESE COLOURS ARE

TAKEN FROM GEMSTONES FOR A REASON – WOVEN SILK

GIVES THE COLOURS A HIGH-SHINE EFFECT. NICKEL HAS

ALSO BEEN INTRODUCED, AS A DARKER TONE TO CREATE

DEPTH – AN INTENSE YET SOPHISTICATED CHOICE.

TD047-540 FARAH - tortoraTD064-792 JAIPUR - rosso rubinoTE021-793 - oro

TD061-752 JUSO - rosso rubino

TE020-759 JEREVAN - avorio/bronzo

TD061-749 JUSO - oro pallido

TD061-747 JUSO - avorio