Martine Rose is Pitti Immagine Uomo's Guest Designer for 2023
Martine Rose has just been announced as the guest designer for Pitti Immagine Uomo's 2023 showcase in January.
Presenting her Fall/Winter 2023-24 collection, the Anglo-Jamaican designer is set to showcase through a special event in a space yet to be revealed. Taking place in Florence from January 10-13, the menswear-specific platform began as a way to amplify the work of Italian designers and has since transcended its origins to become a global showcase.
"At the first meeting with Martine for the special event in Florence, we ended up talking more about family, schools, daily shopping and cycles of life in popular neighborhoods than about fashion shows," say Pitti's Heads of Special Projects, Lapo Cianchi and Francesca Tacconi, in a press release.
The pair continue, "Yet it was evident how all this was closely related to her work, a cognitive and emotional baggage that mixes with great creative freedom with social and cultural thoughts and that is reflected in her collections, where even the most conflicting inspirations and inclinations come to a solution, at a temporary coexistence and each time to be rebuilt. In short, a sort of inverse canon, a very interesting work of and on fashion."
Rose adds, "I'm so honoured to be showing as part of Pitti Uomo in January. Pitti were celebrating mens design way ahead of the curve and many of the designers I respect have been a part of it. We are all so excited to come to Florence, a city I love, with our next collection."
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