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  • surver
    Senior Member
    • Oct 2007
    • 638

    altieri built a team; and marketed the 'team' factor as a 'family' - a greater whole beyond the individual... while amadei and luca keep to themselves and choose to concentrate on producing beautiful work quietly... which doesn't predicate who is original and who is not... they all are, in their own ways.

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    • MikeN
      Senior Member
      • Nov 2007
      • 2205

      I'm certainly no Carpe expert, but just judging by the information I've gathered from speaking with consumers, designers, shop owners, buyers, random people on the internet, SZ, etc, I think I'm closer to siding with Masugnen here. Altieri was king, and everyone else who worked for him, learned from him, and almost definitely contributed less than they gained. You think Amadei went from cutting leather for Fendi to master craftsman with a book full of genius patterns overnight? No one knew who Amadei was before maybe the final year or two of Carpe's existence. I'm not saying Amadei did nothing, but I'm willing to bet that a high high percentage of Carpe was Altieri's designs. I understand that Carpe was a team effort, but Altieri wasn't only the leader, he was the ideas man and the head designer. Don't get me wrong, I like ma+. Probably because it's basically the same patterns as Carpe. Amadei's “innovations” were the development of wallets and bags under his own line, post-Carpe. Accessories. He's a smart guy, an intelligent businessman, and a master of deja vu design. After Altieri ended Carpe, Amadei saw there was now room for something "new"... and more importantly a large clientele with nothing to buy. I'm not saying that other designers don't do the same thing, but I more often see Amadei put on the same level as Altieri, and that is simply not the case.

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      • MASUGNEN
        Senior Member
        • Feb 2009
        • 387

        Originally posted by surver View Post
        altieri built a team; and marketed the 'team' factor as a 'family' - a greater whole beyond the individual...
        This idea — of a monastic tribe — resonates in me, but was that the factual presentation of the label? Were co-workers known during Carpe diem era? My interest was lit post mortem. It's hard for me to imagine that any insider would be outed when the label director himself swore to secrecy. I only know that several associates, however shortlived, on their webpages and in their merchandise carefully relate themselves to Carpe diem.
        Last edited by MASUGNEN; 01-17-2011, 05:59 PM.

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        • Faust
          kitsch killer
          • Sep 2006
          • 37852

          Mike is right. End of Story. Magusen, enough of your speculative bullshit already.
          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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          • Faust
            kitsch killer
            • Sep 2006
            • 37852

            Carpe Diem archives behind this door.

            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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            • lowrey
              ventiundici
              • Dec 2006
              • 8383

              and light at the end of the tunnel

              "AVANT GUARDE HIGHEST FASHION. NOW NOW this is it people, these are the brands no one fucking knows and people are like WTF. they do everything by hand in their freaking secret basement and shit."

              STYLEZEITGEIST MAGAZINE | BLOG

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              • MASUGNEN
                Senior Member
                • Feb 2009
                • 387

                Is there light in the end of the Carpe diem tunnel?

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                • calv
                  Senior Member
                  • May 2009
                  • 101

                  Yes the light is in the form of ma+, luc, avantindietro, marvielab, sara lanzi, lumen et umbra and a new dawn arises with layer-0, devoa, individual sentiments et al.

                  Now enjoy what was and what is..

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                  • MASUGNEN
                    Senior Member
                    • Feb 2009
                    • 387

                    That is a difference — not in vision or design, but in mood — sometimes to appreciate, the stronger ease to par préférence LUC than Carpe diem sinisterity.

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                    • philip nod
                      Senior Member
                      • Aug 2007
                      • 5903

                      altieri = steve jobs
                      One wonders where it will end, when everything has become gay.

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                      • swami
                        Senior Member
                        • Jul 2008
                        • 809

                        So Amadei = Wozniak ?

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                        • Faust
                          kitsch killer
                          • Sep 2006
                          • 37852

                          Originally posted by philip nod View Post
                          altieri = steve jobs
                          i actually lol'd

                          i wasn't kidding about the door though...
                          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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                          • Enaml
                            Senior Member
                            • Apr 2009
                            • 890

                            Originally posted by swami View Post
                            So Amadei = Wozniak ?
                            and Luca is Ive. Makes perfect sense.
                            How do you guys like the fit of my new CCP suit?

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                            • BSR
                              Senior Member
                              • Aug 2008
                              • 1562

                              and diesel is bill gates
                              pix

                              Originally posted by Fuuma
                              Fuck you and your viewpoint, I hate this depoliticized environment where every opinion should be respected, no matter how moronic. My avatar was chosen just for you, die in a ditch fucker.

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                              • underground lover
                                Junior Member
                                • Feb 2010
                                • 29

                                just saw Altieri's going to be in the next issue of SOME/THINGS, along with Paul Harnden. No other details yet as to what capacity...
                                subvert normality.

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