Capitocome Blog

EVERYTHING MUST GO on

2012-01-30T10:45:00.003+11:00

I’ve been totally glad to join the EVERYTHING MUST GO project,

a 3-day exhibition with workshops and

talks that tells

the hidden story of our unwanted clothes.

...and here I am,

(EVRYTHING MUST GO on),

trying to connect different realities that I've met either there

(I have to say, there was such amazing energy, unREAL!)

and in my past, as a fashion designer for mainstream companies and art director of Capitocome,

which is based in ethic-hand-local-well-made fashion.

'Cause it might be true that we're in the

FAST FASHION BOOM

= made in China, cheap garments, crazy fast change of trends, mass market

but it's so REAL that there are alternatives.

And they can be cool, full of quality and even sustainable.

So what I'm really focused at the moment,

is the clothing process of being valued,

valueless,

then valued again.

RECYCLE and UPCYCLE ARE THE 2012 KEYWORDS.

Below some realities that you should check out

before complaining with me

that THERE ARE NOT POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVES

to made in China, cheap garments, crazy fast change of trends, mass market.

Kate Goldsworthy

She's a textile designer and researcher,

working in the area of new finishing technologies,

materials R & D and design for recycling.

Her passion lies with tools for sustainability

in the textile world,

particularly the recycling and reuse of polyesters.

kategoldsworthy.co.uk

TEXTILE FUTURES Central Saint Martins College
MA Textile Futures

Their curriculum is based around an evolving set of research questions based on five key themes:

Smart, Invisible, Sustainable, Ethical and Poetic.

textilefutures.co.uk

Remade in Leeds

Their aim is to create high-quality,

locally produced fashion clothing from unwanted materials in the local area,

encourage the creative re-use of clothing,

(they offer sewing workshops, helping you to develop new skills in upcyling, garment repair and alterations,

and through events like "Clothes Exchange", they aim to make you aware of how your clothing is produced and how to do your bit to reduce clothing waste).

remadeinleeds.org

HERE TODAY HERE TOMORROW

It's a collaborative and experimental shop/studio that is used to make, showcase and sell sustainable fashion and accessories.

Their work focuses on different elements of sustainability including high quality handmade craftsmanship, durability, locality, recycling,

natural dye, organic materials, individuality, fair trade and transparency of production.

heretodayheretomorrowblog.wordpress.com

So critical so fashion

It's the first event of this kind in Italy,

hosted by the Italian capital of fashion, Milan,

during the city Fashion Week.

Organised by Terre di mezzo Eventi,

it is a fair that gathers small enterprises,

environmentally safe and with high standards of quality, and young and independent brands.

A showcase of those socially responsible fashion projects that bring sustainability in the long-lasting tradition of fashion,

together with esthetics, quality, innovation and trends.

criticalfashion.it

Eco-Mood Workshop @ Circolo degli Artisti

my friends, the Hysterics, organize this one day event with recycle-upcycle workshop, swap party, and "unusual entertainment".

Located in the coolest area in Rome, Pigneto,

at Circolo degli Artisti.

circoloartisti.it

Orkidea Atelier

Cristina Sperotto teaches ECO-FRIENDLY, often RECYCLE, handmade crafts and design: TUTORIALS, patterns,
ideas for kids and grown-up.

She likes REUSEing different materials and objects
"changing their primary function", with the aim of starting the

"creative and open ways" in our minds.

orkideaatelier.blogspot.com

The Museum of recycling

It comes from the will of the consortium Ecolight

-collective system that deals with the management of waste from electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) and the management of

batteries and accumulators.

Ecolight unites within its associates more than 1,100 companies.

The Museum of recycling is born with this goal: being a contribution in support of the environment,

as well as being a significant sign of awareness of environmental issues.
museodelriciclo.it

Barattiamo.org

BARATTO = swap, just like in the past, they organize swap, and you can even join their philosophy opening your own

SWAP SHOP at this link

barattiamo.org

Atelier del riciclo

It's focused in CREATIVE REUSE of waste elements, that have lost their function but, because of particular shape/material,

can become something else, with high value of use. They do also consulting, swap parties, advertising for eco-friendly designers.

atelierdelriciclo.org

e-barty

It's the unwanted objects social network, a sort of e-bay, but rather than buying, you just SWAP stuff.

e-barty.it

Riciklo

it's a online shop that provides you your own shop-window and offers to SWAP, BUY and SELL unwanted stuff.

riciklo.com

REsign door to door designer

Who’s a door to door designer? Where does garbage came from? Who leave it away?

Every object has an owner who loved it for a minute or for his all life. Every object lived in a house, in a world full of history,

in which it playied a particular role, both as main part or just a walk-on. Resign presents “designer a domicilio”.

The door to door designer acts just in time,
before the desertedness of the objects,

before that the usury of boredom and of the habit let their beauty been forgotten.
By acting into the original places of the refusal

(houses, stores, offices, factories, etc).
“Door to door designer” changes the course of their history,

by transforming it in a new and unique object of Resign.

The door to door designer re-uses objects through a strong relationship with the client, (ad personam),

analysing necessities of his property.

(BY THE WAY, THE ADD -below- IS JUST A M A Z I N G !!!)

resign.it/doortodoor

TED
Over the last ten years TED has been developing a set of practice-based sustainable design strategies
that assist designers in creating textiles that have a reduced impact on the environment.
tedresearch.net

TFRC
The Textile Futures Research Centre
comprises researchers across Chelsea College of Art and Design,
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London College of Fashion, at the University of the Arts London.
Their areas of expertise cover
Biomimetics, Nanotechnology, Smart materials, Electroluminescence,
Conductive materials, Laser technology, Photonics, Motion response, 2D to 4D digital media, Visioneering,
Communication wear, Customised clothing, Ethical fashion, Sustainable design, Upcycling.
arts.ac.uk

And finally,

take a look to anthropologist Lucy Norris' project,
WORN CLOTHING,
wornclothing.co.uk
and her book The hidden afterlife of used clothing in India,

that you can buy HERE.
The photo below is by Tim Mitchell,
it belongs to a great work that has been
part of Everything Must Go.

Special thanks to all the Everything Must Go team,

it's been a pleasure working for you.

Let's not stop talking about it.

Thanks to journalist Manuela Soressi,

to be so accurated in her SWAP research. I hope she'll like my new links.

...d'you know what I mean?

...capitocome?

joining EVERYTHING MUST GO: recycle ethic AND cool

2012-01-17T02:19:00.001+11:00

...just letting you know that I'll be part of

EVERYTHING MUST GO

is a 3-day

exhibition with workshops and

talks that tells the hidden story

of our unwanted clothes.

The exhibition will be open

to the public on

Friday 20 – Sunday 22 January

from 11am – 6pm

Bargehouse

Oxo Tower Wharf

Bargehouse Street

South Bank

London SE1 9PH

Waste of the World

This exhibition marks the culmination of the five-year

Waste of The World research project, funded by the

ESRC under their Large Grant Scheme. This investigated

global flows of waste, including local waste

management, food waste, the second-hand clothing

trade, steel and nuclear industries and ship-breaking.

Led by Professor Nicky Gregson, the project was a

collaboration between anthropologists and geographers

at the University of Sheffield, Durham University,

UCL and Goldsmiths

www.thewasteoftheworld.org

www.esrc.ac.uk

Talking Rubbish

On Saturday 21st January a series of talks will

discuss key themes in the exhibition in their wider

context.

Impacts overseas (am)

Sarah Farquhar (Oxfam) will talk about their

innovative project, Frip Ethique, in Senegal. Julie

Botticello (UCL) conveys her experiences of working in

a London sorting factory, and Andrew Brooks

(Geography, King's College London) will discuss his

research into reuse markets in Mozambique. Lucy Norris

(UCL) goes into details of her work in India followed

by a Q&A session with filmmaker Megna Gupta and an

open discussion.

New business models (pm)

Cyndi Rhoades (CEO, Worn Again) will talk about closed

loop corporate recycling and her vision for developing

new business models with retailers. Lizzie Harrison

(Remade in Leeds) will discuss her entrepreneurial

business that recycles textiles within a postcode

and teaches sewing skills to local residents.

Jade Whitson-Smith researches the potential for design

methodologies to extend consumer engagement with

clothing, while Kate Goldsworthy discusses design

for recycling.

Further details will be posted on

www.thewasteoftheworld.org and

www.wornclothing.co.uk

Clare Patey

Clare Patey is an artist and curator. Her work creates

social spaces in the public realm that bring people

together in conversation. Commissions include; the

London International Festival of Theatre, The

Countryside Commission, Friends of the Earth, Channel

4 (winner of RTS award for Human Footprint), the New

Economics Foundation, the South Bank Centre, The

National Theatre, Home Live Art, and the Art Museum,

Phoenix. She was the director of The Museum Of in the

Bargehouse and is the annual curator of Feast on the

Bridge for the Thames Festival.

Lucy Norris

Lucy is an anthropologist (UCL) who has been

researching textile recycling in India over a number

of years. She is the author of Recycling Indian

Clothing: Global contexts of reuse and value (2010),

and a website detailing her collaborative research is

currently under development.

www.wornclothing.co.uk

Brighten the Corners

Information graphics by London/Stuttgart based

design studio Brighten the Corners

(Billy Kiosoglou and Frank Philippin).

www.brightenthecorners.com

Tim Mitchell

Photographer Tim Mitchell travelled to India with

Dr Lucy Norris, documenting textile recycling in

Panipat and secondhand markets in Delhi. As well as

still images Tim has created time-lapse of a ship

being dis-assembled for recycling over 15 months.

This is also featured in the exhibition.

www.timmitchellphotography.co.uk

Lizzie Harrison

Lizzie runs Remade in Leeds, a sustainable fashion

boutique offering workshops, events and clothing

collections. She organises workshops, events and sales

increasing awareness of how clothing is made and how

it can be remade.

www.remadeinleeds.org

Kate Goldsworthy

Kate Goldsworthy is Course Director of MA Textile

Futures and Senior Research fellow at Central Saint

Martin’s College of Art & Design. Kate’s doctoral

research explores technological tools for

sustainability in the textile industry, and

design for recycling.

www.kategoldsworthy.co.uk

Meghna Gupta

Meghna is a filmmaker and director of Unravel, a film

exploring the perspectives of Indian women recycling

imported old clothes. ‘Despite limited exposure to

western culture, [the women] construct a picture of

how the West is, using both their imagination and the

rumours that travel with the cast-offs.’

http://soulrebelfilms.com/project

Holy Mountain

A production company founded by Boz Temple-Morris,

formerly co-artistic director of theatre company

primitive science. The company works makes drama and

live events in collaboration with a variety of artists

and practitioners.

www.holymountain.co.uk

Bargehouse, Oxo Tower Wharf

Bargehouse is owned and managed by Coin Street

Community Builders

www.coinstreet.org

The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)

The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) is the

UK's largest organisation for funding research on

economic and social issues. It supports independent,

high quality research which has an impact on business,

the public sector and the third sector. The ESRC’s

total budget for 2011/12 is £203 million. At any one

time the ESRC supports over 4,000 researchers and

postgraduate students in academic institutions and

independent research institutes. More at

www.esrc.ac.uk

I'll see you there!

...d'you know what I mean? 

...capitocome?

French CIAO BELLA by Le Rose

2012-01-10T03:35:00.000+11:00

Does BELLA speak French???

bien sûr...

ciao bella
les autres ont s'en fou
ciao bella
les autres s'est pas nous
ciao bella
tu manques à ma vie
ciao bella
jamais je n'oubli ta voix

...d'you know what I mean?

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my #2012 resolution? no fake.

2012-01-01T02:39:00.000+11:00

my #2012 resolution?

no fake.

No fake relashionships,

no fake food,

no MadeinChina clothing.

/this pic has been taken during my olives picking, Tuscany, November/

...d'you know what I mean?

...capitocome? 

MAS in Antwerp: Museum Aan de Stroom

2011-12-31T13:18:00.000+11:00

The MAS. A must-see in Antwerp.

Even just from outside,

this recent building is a piece of art in itself...

...d'you know what I mean?

...capitocome?

3$ sales in Antwerp: THINK TWICE

2011-12-31T13:15:00.000+11:00

My fave bargain shop in Antwerp:

THEY DO SALES FROM 2/3 EUROS

THINK TWICE.

Actually,

you're not gonna think twice:

you're going to walk out of the store with a bag full of cool clothes.

Think Twice T2

Sint-Jacobsmarkt 86, 2000 Antwerpen, Belgium

Mon-Sat: 10.00-18.00

...d'you know what I mean?

...capitocome?

Antwerp and coffee: CaffèNation

2011-12-31T13:13:00.000+11:00

everything is cool in Antwerp...

but it took ages before I found the right coffee..

I mean, coffee is not just about coffee:

it's atmosphere and culture,

and there you go:

CaffèNation.

Here their blog

and their twitter

...d'you know what I mean?

...capitocome?

Jingle BELLA

2011-12-25T04:05:00.000+11:00

D'you know what I mean? 

Capitocome? 

New collection BELLA Dictionary

2011-12-08T03:30:00.001+11:00

is ready and available @

capitocome.it

you can pay with any credit card or with

paypal account
--------------

puoi pagare con qualsiasi carta di credito,

con paypal o recarti alle poste o ad un tabacchi (contattami ad ale@capitocome.it per i dati della postepay)

p.s.LIKE ME on FB
facebook.com/myluvBELLA

D'you know what I mean? 

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Bella Tattoo

2011-11-25T04:44:00.001+11:00

Yes I know

I'm not exactly a

middle way person

but

you know

my bestfriend is one of the best tattoo maker around

you know

I'm a big changes period

you know

...

I got this

I guess I don't need to wear my Bellas anymore

-Tattoomaker Federica Madonna FB contacts

-(what's Bella?)

D'you know what I mean? 

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I'm in Madonna Inn, Rome

2011-11-20T05:45:00.000+11:00

Dove sono?

Where am I?

Looking for a new religion,

rather than Vatican,

I've chosen to stay in

MADONNA INN.

Federica Madonna

is my bestfriend and

best tattoo maker around.

Check out some of her beautiful works in Fb

link 1

link 2

Contact her for a tattoo quote

vennydoll@gmail.com

D'you know what I mean? 

Capitocome? 

Berlusconi is out - I'm in

2011-11-14T10:51:00.000+11:00

A promise is a promise.

Berlusconi is out.

So that,

I'm coming back.

T O M O R R O W.

What's the plan?

The plan is to stay a couple of months in Tuscany with my granma Rena

writing about these 2 years in Australia.

The end of the book is going to look like this:

Una promessa è una promessa.

Berlusconi è fuori.

Perciò,

ritorno.

D O M A N I.

Il piano?

Il piano è stare 1 paio di mesi in Toscana dalla nonna Rena

scrivendo di questi 2 anni in Australia.

La fine del libro sarà questa.

-questo post è dedicato al mio primo amico in Australia, Giovanni Rabito, è stato incredibilmente bello fare le valigie ascoltando un paese che è tornato a sperare. Giovanni opinionista e uomo di sinistra è la migliore colonna sonora che potessi avere.

-this post is dedicated to my first friend in Australia, Giovanni Rabito, it was incredibly beautiful packing, listening a Country which is back to hope. Giovanni as news analyst and lefty man is the best soundtrack I could ever have.

D'you know what I mean? 

Capitocome? 

Bay Run in Sydney and Florence + The Machines

2011-11-03T14:26:00.002+11:00

One of the things that is going to be in my heart forever

is the freedom that I've experienced here in Sydney.

I became obsessed by the bay run,

'cause

there's such space

and bright light in Australia

and men don't whistle at you,

even if you're hot,

nobody gives a shit what you're wearing,

You're free.

You feel this freedom.

Tiffany made for me a RUNNING PLAYLIST

which is called

RUN BELLA RUN.

This is my favourite song of my playlist,

This is the way that Bella runs.

FAST.

Check lyrics here, they're amazingly appropriate.

D'you know what I mean? 

Capitocome? 

Sicily will never lose sparkle: Festa di S.Agata in Catania

2011-10-18T14:09:00.001+11:00

...just right now,

I'm feeling like I'm losing my sparkle, here.

If there something about my GORGEOUS trip to Sicily

that I've learnt is

DO NOT EVER LOSE YOUR SPARKLE.

image from http://lnx.cataniapolitica.it

this -@ the moment-

poor and problematic area in South of Italy

which has been effected from GFC MUCH MORE than Australia

doesn't give a shit when it comes

to celebrate,

to live,

to sparkle.

Pure life is what you get when you go there,

real entertainment and fireworks,

sounds and lights,

there might be no future

but if everything ends up today

that would be a

bright

gorgeous

end.

The pics below are from Festa di S.Agata,

Catania.

EVERYBODY of Catania population

WAS THERE SPARKLING.

With no worries, apparently.

D'you know what I mean?

Capitocome?

Laurone's photography & philosophy

2011-10-10T00:54:00.000+11:00

...this is dedicated to my friend Laurone,

I would have loved to celebrate her birthday,

but at the end of the day,

years are just number, and number don't make much sense to us.

I heard these words and I thought of you...

se avessi le radici sarei un albero

e invece sulla terra posso muovermi

se fossi fatto in serie sarei un numero

e invece sulla terra sono unico

se avesse un’idea fissa sarei lapide

e invece sto vogando sulle rapide

se non cambiassi mai sarei una formula

e invece sono vino sulla tavola

(Lorenzo Jovanotti-I Pesci Grossi)

...just to add something to your SPETTINATA.

-You can check her photography

here

I don't even suggest you

to like her

'cause I'm sure you will.

D'you know what I mean?

Capitocome?

La BELLA vita selfhelp 07 - supercheap La Bella Vita in Sicily

2011-09-30T02:16:00.000+10:00

Seventh post of la BELLA vita selfhelp is about money and LaBELLAvita:
La Bella Vita can be really cheap...

this is part of my culture,

la Bella Vita is not necessarily expensive,

it depends on other things,

you have to be smart, and classy, and have beautiful things to enjoy.

A TO-DO list from my Holidays in Sicily...

1-go to Taormina, dolce and Gabbana's fave

2-when EVERYBODY IS GOING TO HAVE A SHOWER, (Italians, you know, go all at the same time, worry to have dinner asap),

go to ISOLA BELLA, National Reserve.

At 7 pm it's EMPTY.

You basically GET AN ISLAND, in one of the coolest places in Italy, just FOR YOURSELF

3-get an APERITIVO: Moretti beer plus olives and appetizers = 7.20 euros

4-put a nice necklace and lipstick, shoes or whatever makes you feel amazing

5-get the SUNSET

6-have a dip if there's FULL MOON

sooo...how much is that???
7.20 euros.

...d'you know what I mean?

...capitocome?  

The Other Side of Sydney - 52 SUBURBS

2011-09-28T10:31:00.000+10:00

Almost 2 years ago

I was overseas

and all I knew about Australia was

kangaroos, Bondi Beach, dangerous animals.

To be honest I just wanted to go to the furthest place from Italy...

just really randomly I got a crush.

First signal of "there's something else"

was Louise Hawson's 52 SUBURBS blog.

from her words:

"My name is Louise. I've lived in

Sydney for over 30 years but had

never set foot in most of its 600+

suburbs. So from September 2009

to October 2010, I explored and

photographed one new Sydney

suburb a week in search of the

beauty in the 'burb."

This beautiful, romantic, simple, contradditional, clever, pure

vision of Sydney made my decision, I would say,

as I've always been an instinctive person,

I had a good feeling about it.

I want to thank Louise for sharing

such not explored side of Sydney,

and the lovely Irene for inviting me to the exhibition,

WHICH IS GOING TO BE ON until OCTOBER 9TH @ Museum of Sydney

And I want to say to

ALL MY OVERSEAS FRIENDS

that Australia is not just about kangaroos.

(all the photos are from 52 SUBURBS blog, here the book available online)

...d'you know what I mean?

...capitocome?  

Festival in Tuscany - PALIO DEI LUMI

2011-09-27T14:02:00.001+10:00

Yes.

I'm already back in Australia

deeply homesick.

But I had my ball

I had my

"BACK TO THE ROOTS" period.

One of the things

in my TO DO LIST

was to be in Tuscany for the

Festival of my town,

Palio dei Lumi.

It's hard to explain how can a festival mix

rugby,

the church,

Medioeval,

beautiful girls,

amazing artists,

fires and fireworks,

passion,

sadness(when your team doesn't win)

food,

all I know is that everything ends up

in a big general HANGOVER the day after,

when nobody is on the street and even the only pub of the town

is closed.

...d'you know what I mean?

...capitocome?

LE CIRQUE INVISIBLE at Giardini di Boboli

2011-09-03T01:51:00.000+10:00

When beauty and poetry are so honest and pure, and romantic,

it's possible to join a public

made by intellectuals and kids.

Somehow amazed in the same

simple

way.

I had the chance to enjoy this

simply spectacular show of

Jean-Baptiste Thierree and Victoria Chaplin:

LE CIRQUE INVISIBLE, at Giardini di Boboli in Florence.

Very, Very, Capitocome.

...d'you know what I mean?

...capitocome?

the MuseumsQuartier Wien: 9 exhibitions plus comfort

2011-08-29T19:12:00.000+10:00

the MuseumsQuartier Wien is one of the world's largest complexes for modern art and culture.

It offers a wide variety of programs and events,

from performing arts, architecture,

music, fashion, theater, dance, literature,

and children's culture to digital culture.

It is an art space with

a total of nine permanent museums

and exhibition and event halls,

an urban living space

and meeting place for people interested in culture in Vienna,

and a creativity space for the 70 or so

art and culture initiatives based in quartier21.

IT IS NOT JUST GREAT...

IT'S EVEN COMFORTable!!!

...d'you know what I mean?

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Vienna: between Secession and street art

2011-08-27T19:11:00.000+10:00

Vienna:

between

SECESSION

and STREET ART

Sacher Torte

2011-08-26T04:06:00.000+10:00

“I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores”

Molière.

No Virtues for me in Vienna.

Just interesting vices.

The cake consists of two layers of dense,

not overly sweet chocolate cake (traditionally a sponge cake)

with a thin layer of apricot jam in the middle

and dark chocolate icing on the top and sides.

It is traditionally served with whipped cream

without any sugar in it,

as most Viennese consider the Sachertorte too "dry"

to be eaten on its own.

I suggest to have it,

as I had,

in Vienna, in the Sacher Hotel.

...d'you know what I mean?

...capitocome?

Sarah Moon's World

2011-08-22T07:38:00.000+10:00

in Bruxelles, @ Le Botanique, I met

the

fairy

erotic

nostalgic

dreamlike

hazy

world of Sarah Moon.

And I can't stop thinking of it.

...d'you know what I mean?

...capitocome?

Bruxelles: easy. And beautiful.

2011-08-20T20:05:00.000+10:00

In Bruxelles ART is everywhere.

All I knew before was that there is Parliament,

but if you go to BIP,

they'll explain to you what's going on

(and there's really lot going on)

and how to get there.

Easy.

And beautiful.

...d'you know what I mean?

...capitocome?

The 2 sides of Amsterdam

2011-08-19T00:29:00.000+10:00

I got lost in the

2 faces of Amsterdam...

the romantic-retro-design one

and the LUNA PARK one...

...d'you know what I mean?

...capitocome?