About chairs and fashion

Para esta primavera Olivier Rousteing se inspiró en la cantante Sade y en Cuba, pero también el el intrincado tejido de las sillas Thonet y sus sinuosas siluetas. Con el famoso trenzado de rattán, también llamado cannage, que teje el asiento de sillas y mecedoras, el director creativo de Balmain ha elaborado preciosistas diseños y estampados de fantasía.

Otros como Picasso ya trabajaron también con la silla de rejilla. En «Naturaleza muerta con silla de rejilla» de 1912, el artista usa como lienzo un hule que simula la rejillaen una pieza que marcó historia. Dicen que estamos ante el inicio del collage.

Y es precisamente una visión “collage” de Thonet y su estilo vienés lo que impera en los recargados y poderosos diseños de este joven y efervescente diseñador. Sólo diremos que le faltan tres para cumplir treinta.

Y seguimos hablando de sillas y moda. Peter Thonet, quinta generación al frente de esta firma clave en el diseño de mobiliario, da nombre a uno de los modelos de la colección de hombre de Preventi. Este amante de los colores naturales, se sintió cautivado por nuestro botín en piel natural. Una buena ocasión para recuperar la entrevista que le hicimos a raíz de su colaboración con Preventi.

Créditos imágenes: vogue.com y artehistoria.com.Olivier Rousteing took inspiration from Sade and Cuba for his Spring Summer collection, but from Thonet woven raffia and its sinuous shapes as well. With “the cannage” technique that wears chairs and rocking chairs seats, Balmain’ creative director has served on the catwalk luxury designs and fantasy patterns.

He’s not the first one. Others like Picasso worked with the iconic woven cane as well. In his Still Life with Chair-Caning of 1912, the artist used an oil cloth printed with the famous chair seat in a piece that made history. It was one of the first collages they said.

And it’s just that collage vision from Thonet and its viennese style what it’s relevant in the powerful designs of this young and emerging designer. And he is not thirty years old yet.

Let’s keep talking about chairs and fashion. Peter Thonet, part of the fifth generation of the Thonet family, gives name to one of Preventi men shoes. He, a lover of the natural colors, fall in love with our natural colour leather ankle boot. So we take the opportunity to review the interview we did to him about his collaboration with Preventi shoes.

Images via vogue.com & artehistoria.com.

Olivier Rousteing took inspiration from Sade and Cuba this Spring, but from Thonet woven raffia and its sinuous shapes as well. With “the cannage” technique that wears chairs and rocking chairs seats, Balmain creative director has served on the catwalk luxury designs and fantasy patterns.

He’s not the first one. Others like Picasso worked with the iconic woven cane as well. In his Still Life with Chair-Caning of 1912, the artist used an oil cloth printed with the famous chair seat in a piece that made history. It was one of the first collages they said.

And it’s just that collage vision from Thonet and its viennese style what it’s relevant in the powerful designs of this young and emerging designer. And he is not thirty years old yet.

And keep talking about chairs and fashion. Peter Thonet, part of the fifth generation of Thonet family, gives name to one of Preventi men shoes. He, a natural colours lover, fall in love with our natural colour leather ankle boot. So we take the opportunity to review the interview we did to him about his collaboration with Preventi.

Images via vogue.com & artehistoria.com.