Interview with Maurizio Altieri
Q. what is the reason you are attracted to leather as material and are exploring its possibilities ?
A. of all the materials, leather feels the most natural and real.
Q. "all by hand with the spirit"
how can the carpe diem spirit be expressed by words ?
A. 1+1=3 ( it's our company name as well )
Q. you started your career as a designer without any fashion school training and the experience in working at tannery or as an assistant to a designer. what was the route through which you came to obtain creative methods ?
A. nothing in particular. after repeated trial and error.
Q. how many artisans and staff members are currently working in your atelier ?
A. four artisans and about twenty staff
Q. now you have the other label, lmaltieri as a non-leather clothing line.
would you care about what is happening with the milan shows etc ?
Q. could you tell us about the importance of material in your creation ?
A. the material choice is a critical point in the entire creation.
Q. do you feel that your nationality or hometown can affect your work and style ?
A. I don't particularly, since I dislike the categorization by nationality, ethnicity, etc.
Q. are there any movies, music, art, literature that greatly interested or influenced you ?
A. there are various things, but I don't want to tell.
Q. of the events and movements in the twentieth century fashion, what are the most impressive to you ?
and do you think any world-shaking great movements are possible in the twenty-first century too ?
A. nothing in particular, but I think the new movements that move the times forward will happen.
Q. in the development of fashion that historically has been centering round europe, how do you think in the future african and asian countries can participate ?
A. they have intriguing materials etc. so they may participate in it with the materials.Â
posted on tfs forum by Runner, 2010
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