Carolina Castiglioni wants modern art supported by her cultivated childhood; her mom being Marni’s creator Consuelo Castiglioni, Carolina definitely has a skilled eye. Her Milanese flat is filled with a thoroughly modified choice of best-in-class vintage furnishings from the 1950 and ’60s, together with pieces from upcoming artists. Not surprising that her Plan C collections typically reference the arts, one method or another.
She just recently visited Fondazione Burri in Città di Castello, which shows an extensive collection of Italian artist Alberto Burri, a painter and carver connected with the matterism and casual creative motion of the ’50s. Castglioni was influenced by Burri’s effective usage of color and the strong effect of his texture. She equated his color design into the collection’s minimized yet extreme scheme of saturated red and tobacco, with accents of yellow set versus white and black; the extra, decreased visual of Burri’s oeuvre likewise resonated with the designer’s style for graphic lines and accurate shapes.
The rectangular shape was the geometric pattern Castiglioni worked around for the building and construction of a strong outerwear offering; rectangle-shaped panels were put together to offer shape to a manly coat in thick herringbone wool, or twisted around the waist, ending up being circular unbalanced skirts with loose panels that stimulated undulating trains, in some way softening the workwear-inflected performance and edgy plays on volumes the designer chooses.
In the mix were abundant cotton piuminos, spacious outdoorsy parkas with shearling information, and cool zippered leather coats. Somewhere else, masculine-inspired customizing was dealt with to softer undertones, with fluid silk blouses and wide-leg pants. It highlighted the mindset of womanhood Castiglioni has actually presented to smooth the rigor of her style, without diminishing the artistic edge instilled in her method.