by Mordilyn Worlu . photo by Giuseppe Spena
The Milan Fashion Week is barely over but besides detecting the next Spring Summer 2019 trends, it showcases new sustainable grounds with a Made in Italy collection baring the Saldarini 1882 signature.
Born as a silk mill owning just a limited collection of ties, Saldarini 1882 boasts sophisticated practicability taking to the Milan runways the project “Cashmere Flakes”. A proof to the skeptical that green is the new trend.
Saldarini 1882 is the emblem of a perfect balance between tradition and modernity well represented by the stylistic path taken as a tribute to Italy. A course made of research and evolution which the company, among the majors of the Como silk district, should be proud of.
The product, a registered trademark of Francesco Saldarini and the wife Laurence Vanderhaegen, current owners of the company, is a outerwear padded not by feathers but by cashmere flakes.
Clean trims, floral prints recalling spring season, vertical lines elongating the silhouette, an esteemed and warm embrace of cashmere and butterflies sleeves to fly confidently towards hotter seasons.
Saldarini 1882 is an old-fashioned Made in Italy company, artisanal with particular attention to details, that despite the strong Italian identity knew how to keep up to date by stepping up the game with their offers and stores.
Landing to the States in the 70’s with hand-print on fabric as Saldarini USA Inc, moving on with a flagship store in the most renown Square of Venice and again with no fear heading east towards the end of the earth reaching Hong Kong.
Saldarini 1882 is a strong ambassador of the Made in Italy in the world that knows how to remain rooted to tradition without taking their eyes off the needs of the future. Cashmere flakes is an Hi-tech collection that responds to the need of being green while keeping a distintive style of the Bel Paese.