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  • Faust
    kitsch killer
    • Sep 2006
    • 37852

    Carpe Diem, Lmaltieri, Linea, etc.



    It's time we honor the king of the ultimate designer menswear. I'll kick it off with the rare picture of Mr. Altieri himself.



    Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months - Oscar Wilde

    StyleZeitgeist Magazine
  • xcoldricex
    Senior Member
    • Sep 2006
    • 1347

    #2
    Re: Carpe Diem, Lmaltieri, Linea, etc.





    Seize the day

    Paris, New York


    With so many emerging labels seeking to establish themselves as
    antidotes to more commercial fashion houses, we feel that it's time to
    profile one of the original icons of the anti-establishment, currently
    undertaking a unique expansion. Based in Perugia, Italy, and founded by
    Maurizio Altieri in 1996 as an offshoot to Chrome Hearts,
    Carpe Diem has set itself on a path of innovation which has grown into
    various collections — each one exemplary with regard to experimentation
    and craftsmanship. Collectively known as Continues Collection, the line
    is divided into footwear and leather pieces (Carpe Diem) and a
    selection of knits (L'Maltieri).


    More recently, two new lines (Linea and Sartoria) were introduced at
    Colette in Paris. Linea is based on a 3x3 modular system:
    light/medium/heavy — white/grey/black — top/middle/bottom. Linea is
    composed mostly of laser cut 3/4 length jackets, cotton trousers, and
    engineered t-shirts — all of which are interchangeable, layered, and
    conceptually linked. Like Carpe Diem, Sartoria (the Learjet of the
    fleet) continues in the "arte povera"
    aesthetic of crushed, washed, and treated leathers. But for this
    collection, customers must travel to a trailer truck parked in a Paris
    garage and get muslin fitted and digitally photographed, and then wait
    60 days for delivery of a made-to-measure item constructed out of
    leathers once buried in the desert of Afghanistan.


    As with all "anti-fashion " labels, Carpe Diem doesn't advertise, and
    refuses all editorials in defiance of the standards of the fashion
    industry. One of the most distinguishing features of the collection is
    a requirement that the clothing be displayed on meat hooks, a nod to
    the founding practices of the label as a leather house. But before you
    go running to A boutique in New York, Maxfield's in Los Angeles, or
    L'Eclaireur or Colette in Paris, be warned that their refusal to play
    the fashion game also has its downside. Carpe Diem never goes on sale.

    -Waleed Khairzada




    link to jcreport






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    • Chinorlz
      Senior Member
      • Sep 2006
      • 6422

      #3
      Re: Carpe Diem, Lmaltieri, Linea, etc.



      Wonderful photos!



      As an aside, Atelier has stopped hanging their Carpe/LMaltieri/Linea items on the meathooks. They've accumulated so much of it that it's more efficient to hang on coathangers now hehehe. They are also going to be getting even more Carpe in a month or so I believe.



      Next season will bring in Amadei clothing as well as LUC (as someone else on here has mentioned).

      www.AlbertHuangMD.com - Digital Portfolio Of Projects & Designs

      Merz (5/22/09):"i'm a firm believer that the ultimate prevailing logic in design is 'does shit look sick as fuck' "

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      • Faust
        kitsch killer
        • Sep 2006
        • 37852

        #4
        Re: Carpe Diem, Lmaltieri, Linea, etc.

        I have that knit in white 12-ply overdyed cashmere. Feels good, I tell ya.
        Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months - Oscar Wilde

        StyleZeitgeist Magazine

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        • droogist
          Senior Member
          • Sep 2006
          • 583

          #5
          Re: Carpe Diem, Lmaltieri, Linea, etc.



          ^ Holy sh*t, you have that one? I saw it in a shop for the first time a few weeks ago - I think my eyes blurred for about a minute when I saw the price (and here I was thinking I'd finally immuned myself to that sort of thing...). Good for you - imo that has to be one of the nicest things they've ever produced.


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          • xcoldricex
            Senior Member
            • Sep 2006
            • 1347

            #6
            Re: Carpe Diem, Lmaltieri, Linea, etc.

            they made it in 100% cashmere or is it a mix? i was always under the impression they only made it in wool or a mix.

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            • Faust
              kitsch killer
              • Sep 2006
              • 37852

              #7
              Re: Carpe Diem, Lmaltieri, Linea, etc.

              [quote user="droogist"]

              ^ Holy sh*t, you have that one? I saw
              it in a shop for the first time a few weeks ago - I think my eyes
              blurred for about a minute when I saw the price (and here I was
              thinking I'd finally immuned myself to that sort of thing...).
              Good for you - imo that has to be one of the nicest thing things
              they've ever produced.



              [/quote]





              Let me
              make your eyes blur the other way - I dug it out of a bin at a Barneys
              warehous sale; it cost me scandalous $150!!!!! It still had the
              $2200 price on it. It is truly gorgeous, and feels like a cosy
              cacoon.



              Coldrice, it's 100% cashmere.



              Hmm, I think a pic for what you are wearing today is due - too bad it's so shitty outside today.

              Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months - Oscar Wilde

              StyleZeitgeist Magazine

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              • droogist
                Senior Member
                • Sep 2006
                • 583

                #8
                Re: Carpe Diem, Lmaltieri, Linea, etc.

                [quote user="Faust"]

                Let me
                make your eyes blur the other way - I dug it out of a bin at a Barneys
                warehous sale; it cost me scandalous $150!!!!! It still had the
                $2200 price on it. It is truly gorgeous, and feels like a cosy
                cacoon.



                [/quote]I totally hate you.



                Am now somewhat suspicious, though - the price of the one I saw started with a "€" and a "3," so either CDiem have upgraded to, like, 20-ply cashmere, or a certain store in Amsterdam is playing fast and loose with their markups. [^o)]




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                • xcoldricex
                  Senior Member
                  • Sep 2006
                  • 1347

                  #9
                  Re: Carpe Diem, Lmaltieri, Linea, etc.



                  linea with signature stitching





                  side note: if anyone has any linea in their closet, i've been looking for some for a long while now esp. the leathers.

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                  • Faust
                    kitsch killer
                    • Sep 2006
                    • 37852

                    #10
                    Re: Carpe Diem, Lmaltieri, Linea, etc.

                    [quote user="Chinorlz"]

                    Faust, I always thought you were smaller than me but the size 4 fits you?



                    Awesome! I say go for it!!! I wore my leather shirt yesterday and it kicks royal ass.



                    Now I just need a nice crushed linen shirt (preferably the maroon, gray or off-white mmmmmmm).





                    -A



                    [/quote]



                    You think it'll be too big? Is yours a 3? My LMaltieri outerwear is a 3, but I was under the impression that these particular pieces are cut tighter (I don't want mine tight). I checked the measurements and they look good.

                    Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months - Oscar Wilde

                    StyleZeitgeist Magazine

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                    • xcoldricex
                      Senior Member
                      • Sep 2006
                      • 1347

                      #11
                      Re: Carpe Diem, Lmaltieri, Linea, etc.



                      chinorlz's is a 4. mine is actually a 5 that's been shrunken - i fit into 3's. the sizing is usually consistent but i have found that you'll get an odd piece that's sized strange. i tried on a used size 5 leather shirt in japan once and it fit like a size 2 - but these are the outliers. and cdiem leather shirt sizing doesn't really get that much bigger as the sizes go up from size 3 in my experiences.



                      faust, the leather shirt is your holy grail, just get it already! i can say that it is by far my favorite piece in my wardrobe- it's a very versatile piece. i'm also curious about this rick jacket - but i'd really like to see it worn. and i like how he gives measurements that are not very helpful at all.



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                      • xcoldricex
                        Senior Member
                        • Sep 2006
                        • 1347

                        #12
                        Re: Carpe Diem, Lmaltieri, Linea, etc.



                        didn't know where to put this - so i'm sticking it in this thread.





                        JC report: The Great Secession



                        Since 1996, Carpe Diem
                        has been the go-to label for in the know, fashionable individualists
                        who appreciate conceptual, meticulously crafted, and deliberately
                        not-so-prim luxuries. We last reported on the expansion of the Perugia,
                        Italy, based collective into several collections (L'Maltieri, Linea,
                        and Sartoria) which further satisfied hordes of cult followers,
                        including actor Jude Law and architect Antoine Predock. With rumors
                        swirling for two years now that Carpe Diem's founder and figurehead,
                        Maurizio Altieri, may no longer be at the helm, the style cognoscenti
                        are wondering what's in store for the label's future. But even amid
                        speculations, one thing is certain: the story now has less to do with
                        expansion and more to do with a number of secessions. Four of the
                        collective's designers: Maurizio Amadei, Simone Cecchetto, Luca
                        Laurini, and Sara Lanzi, have left their posts and spawned collections
                        inspired by their own personal aesthetics.


                        As the designer responsible for Carpe Diem's leatherwear, Maurizio
                        Amadei is no stranger to turning animal skins into clothing and
                        accessories rife with clever construction techniques. This familiarity
                        is evident in his a/w '06-'07 collection for his own label, M.A+, in a
                        large messenger bag fashioned from one piece of leather that has no
                        seams, and whose sides have inventive fan-like folds secured only by
                        metal pins. For s/s '07, Amadei confidently explores beyond bags and
                        belts, sets aside his choice material of leather, and offers instead a
                        small collection of menswear that still manages to showcase his
                        penchant for innovation. Despite its cozy cotton jersey fabric, a
                        WWI-aviator-inspired, form-fitting hooded zip-up looks weighty, and a
                        blue Japanese cotton jacket appears to be textured satin, its pockets
                        seemingly sliced from the fabric by a dull knife — even Amadei's
                        unmentionables, silk cotton long johns and boxer shorts, warrant some
                        serious attention for their luxe utilitarianism.


                        While Amadei is developing M.A+ with a mini-lifestyle brand in mind,
                        Simone Cecchetto, who was Carpe Diem's shoe designer, doesn't stray far
                        from his old post, sticking to what he knows best for his solo label.
                        Named after his grandmother, Augusta is an incredibly focused line of
                        artisanal leather shoes and bags for men. Coming from a background in
                        body art, Ceccheto makes up for the lack of a formal shoe design
                        education with a single minded commitment to experimentation in order
                        to come up with the right leather for the right shoes, bags, and belts
                        in his Rome atelier. For s/s '07, this obsession, like that of a madcap
                        scientist, yielded several "eureka" moments. Using pig and buffalo
                        hides, winning pieces include Margiela-esque tall cream boots, distressed black oxfords and half-boots with discolored and beat-up laces, and deep U-shaped bags
                        in red, black, and brown.


                        Luca Laurini, however, eschews leather and accessories all together,
                        instead grounding his Label Under Construction line, which has been
                        around for three years and is the best-known of the four labels run by
                        former Carpe Diem members, purely in clothing. As the name suggests,
                        Laurini's s/s '07 collection comprised pieces which seem unfinished,
                        but are unmistakably crafted by a highly skilled tailor with a flair
                        for urban minimalism. A soft white T-shirt sports an uneven hem, a
                        black long-sleeve has seams down the spine and the backs of the arms
                        that look like they were cut with pinking shears, and tapered
                        low-crotch pants, which are ruched at the ankle, slightly reveal white
                        fabric and a button-fly. Not one to forget his design DNA, Laurini also
                        tips his hat to Carpe Diem, with a long-sleeve shirt covered in a faint
                        blue-and-white print that resembles muscle fibers, with curved seams
                        reinforcing the anatomical inspiration.


                        For former contemporary art student Sarah Lanzi, who was mainly
                        responsible for Carpe Diem's Linea label from 1999 to 2003, the body is
                        not just a reference point, but an object for "essential and
                        transformist pieces," which Lanzi unveiled at her premiere womenswear
                        collection in Paris in 2004. For a/w '06-'07, this consisted of a
                        mainly black palette with hints of sand and white that included a
                        knee-length dress with a scarf that doubles as sleeves, an unevenly
                        draped ribbed tank that transforms into a cowlneck sweater, and an
                        A-line velvet dress that appears, from the front, rather monastic
                        because of its heavy drapery, yet features a seductively transgressive
                        low-cut back. For s/s '07, Lanzi mines this same conceptual vein and
                        continues with pieces that have the same versatility, but adds
                        chromatic drama to her austerely dark palette with intense red.


                        "It's a good thing that the individuals who worked with this company
                        are now able to express their own visions unhampered," says Karlo Steel
                        enthusiastically. Steele plans to nurture and sell M.A+, Label Under
                        Construction, and Augusta in his menswear store, Atelier New York.
                        Sarah Lanzi is sold at If Boutique in New York. In this narrow retail
                        arena that caters to well-moneyed style iconoclasts, it's still a
                        waiting game to see whether these designers are worthy competitors of
                        their mother label, which has a tight grip on this fashion sect.
                        -Robert Cordero

                        Photos:
                        1-2 Augusta s/s '07

                        3-4 M.A+ s/s '07

                        5-6 Label Under Construction s/s '07

                        7-8 Sara Lanzi s/s '07






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                        • xcoldricex
                          Senior Member
                          • Sep 2006
                          • 1347

                          #13
                          Re: Carpe Diem, Lmaltieri, Linea, etc.




                          linea














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                          • Faust
                            kitsch killer
                            • Sep 2006
                            • 37852

                            #14
                            Re: Carpe Diem, Lmaltieri, Linea, etc.

                            That last shirt is absolutely insane, if I am thinking of the right one. It's so intricately cut in the back, I wish you had a shot of it. But, it's so skinny, you gotta be a Dior model to fit into one of those.
                            Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months - Oscar Wilde

                            StyleZeitgeist Magazine

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                            • xcoldricex
                              Senior Member
                              • Sep 2006
                              • 1347

                              #15
                              Re: Carpe Diem, Lmaltieri, Linea, etc.




                              here's a similar shirt in an I. angora, wool, silk II. bamboo, elasthane blend from the anatomica line.










                              considering it.. worried about the fit though and it ain't exactly cheap either.

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