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...April 16-21, Residenza Vignale, Via Enrico Toti 2 Fornasetti x Poltrona Frau A new collaboration with heritage furniture-maker Poltrona Frau at the maker’s flagship store....
...Vintage gold violin pendant necklace, £85, vbylauravann.com Fornasetti ceramic plate, £165, farfetch.com Stella McCartney cotton-mix jacquard corset top, £1,250, farfetch.com Ralph Lauren Purple Label...
...But the company’s rapid expansion proved to be at an unsustainable pace and, following store closures in the US, Dellal was forced to put it into administration in 2019....
...It was while working with Italian design company Fornasetti that they met with Bertrand de Préville, general manager of IFF, the multinational flavour and fragrance production corporation, and had a revelation...
...The air of surrealism here was palpable: one store morphed into a curling rink, with kettles used as slide stones skimming across the ice....
...Models tucked bags with Fornasetti drawings under their arms, part of an ongoing collaboration with the Italian design atelier. “Comfort is not a bad word,” said Ghesquière....
...His furniture designs were diverse: luxe creations for Il Labirinto group (which he co-founded in 1927) were countered by affordable pieces for the department store La Rinascente....
...London-based menswear store Trunk stocks Japanese incense from the 300-year old brand Shoyeido, which founder Mats Klingberg discovered during a trip to Kyoto....
...Something grand by Piero Fornasetti....
...And there’s also a really old art-supply store, Gekkoso, that makes its own sketchbooks....
...Wander into any upscale mall and you will find stores selling the ghosts of postmodernist style: brass arches, bubblegum pink velvet chairs, pistachio coffee tables, sub-Fornasetti transfer ceramics, checkerboard...
...Aesop, Geranium leaf body cleanser, £17, aesop.com Fornasetti, Sole Raggiante Tray, €690, fornasetti.com Her dedication can border on the obsessive....
...Buyer Alex Eagle is founder of the namesake concept store which has an ongoing collaboration of “Picasso” plates with Hall....
...Le Sirenuse is at an advantage, in that its store is one of only two luxury boutiques in the village (the other is Missoni)....
...Out here at the Paris menswear shows, I asked a buyer from a major London store: how will the Brexit vote affect their business? He breathed heavily....
...trails at The Conran Shop, a showcase of work by Swedish architect Jonas Lindvall at Skandium, and Timeless Design at Harrods, an exhibition of archive and limited-edition pieces by the likes of Alessi, Fornasetti...
...Liberty has several tropics-influenced designs in its range including Shand Voyage, which shows tropical foliage wrapped around a large paisley print and for spring/summer 2016, the store will launch Fornasetti...
...It looks more like an interiors magazine than online store....
...Unusually for design, Poltrona Frau has its own retail stores, says Saviolo. It sells pieces in 57 countries and has 60 stores worldwide....
...I would sooner own a good painting or a Fornasetti cabinet, or a Ravilious coronation mug (which these days seem to accelerate in price faster than a good flat in Mayfair, and are probably rarer)....
...Another retail veteran is Valere Thoelen, who owns Verso, a store with more than 2,000 sq metres of space which stocks big-name fashion brands such as McQueen, Fendi and Dior alongside Fornasetti homewares...
...Piero Fornasetti’s work....
...Even homeowners with minimalist, monochrome interiors will find that a selection of black, silver, crystal and white pieces chime perfectly with their monochrome cushions or Fornasetti plates and stools....
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