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  • udbrud
    Member
    • Dec 2013
    • 38

    That's definitely a better way to view them - but still in an unfortunately low resolution. I have a feeling like these garments look better when you can really get a sense of the depth and textures.
    Even that can't take away from this though:

    Because - damn - that is gorgeous.
    Hopefully Geoffrey can tell a bit more about these pieces at some point.

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    • cjbreed
      Senior Member
      • Feb 2009
      • 2712

      Originally posted by snafu View Post
      best collection this season by a mile.
      agreed 1000%

      Originally posted by fit magna caedes
      It's funny, I saw the pictures from this show and loved it, but didn't put it into the mental bag of "A/W fashion shows" out of which I would select my favourite of the season. I suppose I think of seasonal shows as somehow more trend-driven or less timeless than this is? Or I only see a show as part of AWxx/SSxx if it gets onto Nowfashion? I don't know, your comment made me consider how I think about seasonal collections and what gets included or excluded from a particular overarching season in people's minds.

      Because yes, this is my favourite show, at least in terms of "that show which is most full of clothing that I would love to wear".

      also agreed. i feel GBS stands alone. meaning there is literally nothing like it (that i am aware of anyway) so why bother with a comparison. one can only make references, really. to craft and materials and design itself rather than other contemporary designers.
      Last edited by cjbreed; 02-18-2015, 11:51 AM.
      dying and coming back gives you considerable perspective

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      • aya1293
        Junior Member
        • Apr 2013
        • 22

        To be honest, I've only recently discovered the work of Mr Geoffrey B. Small however seeing the latest collection it seems I may become a fan . As a tomboyish woman, I would definitely wear most of the outfits. Based on the pictures of the show, I also find that the relaxed and simple presentation was refreshing. Nothing too crazy and not trying to go over the top with something amazingly new. All in all, love the pieces as well as the presentation.

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        • Geoffrey B. Small
          Senior Member
          • Nov 2007
          • 618

          notes on the TNS02 silk & cashmere blouson shirt/jacket design

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          Dear udbrud, cjbreed, and aya 1293,

          Thank you so much for your extremely kind posts. I am so sorry to take so long to make any post or reply to each of you. The response to our autumn/winter 2015-16 collections "witness" for men, and "forests and trees" for women, presented in Paris in January and March has set new all-time records for a single season's order bookings for us and we have been working non-stop to prepare the production as well complete our existing spring/summer 2015 collection deliveries worldwide. It is Labor Day here in Italy and the rest of Europe, so I am taking the time I would normally have to devote to my staff and operations in the studios on a Friday afternoon to finally catch up a little on SZ...

          Regarding the image in the Eth0s campaign video, it is a great shot by Matteo Carcelli of our super limited edition TNS02 handmade blouson shirt/jacket design. Part of our AW14-15 collection "That's not how I remember it" which sort of took a look at eighties design and forms, the piece is not really new for us. In fact, it is a very, very old design of ours- a reproduction of one of our original “GBS100” series of our famous GBS Ultimate shirt design from our archives which we first developed in 1980 in our 17 Norman Road attic workrooms in Newton, Massachussetts prior to our historic Ultimate shirt campaign.

          So I hope you can imagine both the surprise and the appreciation we all felt when we saw the comments here. Who would have thought that an old design of ours from 35 years ago, would still have some validity and appreciation if you will, in a place like Stylezeitgeist in 2015? Perhaps a vision and lifelong dream of creating real, beautiful, and lasting long-term design by hand is not so far out of the realm of reality as so many people in fashion have tried to tell us over the years.

          Using one of the softest and most remarkable feeling fabrics we have ever used, the ultra-soft ELT 19 superlux silk and cashmere herringbone weave fabric, developed and woven only for us by Luigi Parisotto in Sarcedo Vicenza, Italy... the TNS02 can be recognized by its totally unique assymetric flap wrap-high collar design, concealed button fly-front elements, impeccable clean-finished french-seamed interior construction, and uniquely balanced cut, fit and design, all meticulously adhered to from the 1980 original. The special reproduction piece was made in our current via Spalato workrooms at Cavarzere Venezia Italy with handstitched buttonholes (which require 8-10 minutes to create each one) in luxurious pure silk Bozzolo Milano Seta Reale threads, beautifully shaped 4-hole real horn buttons made for us by the Fontana family button masters in Parma, Italy, and a slightly more eased-in sleeve at the shoulder similar to the napolitano-style shoulder style that we felt was correct for its current version and styling. It was also of course, specially hand dyed in our studios using a process which requires at least 12 hours of work for a single piece to achieve its amazing color and mottled patina effects, and its unbelievable softness and loft. Very versatile, the piece feels like the lightest softest blanket you can imagine, and can be worn as a shirt or a light blouson jacket, over shirts and knits or under jackets and coats.

          Only 9 pieces of the TNS02 have been built for the world: 4 for Hostem in London, 1 for Persuade in Bilbao, 3 for Johnbull private labo in Japan, and 1 for Eth0s in Shanghai. Another 2 pieces are currently on our order logs and planned in production for Antoaneta Dyungelyan's idiosyncratic Farenah concept store in Sofia, Bulgaria.

          Some photos from our workrooms of the TNS02 are provided here for your viewing as well. I hope this is helpful and informative. If we can find some time, I will try to put up some things about our women's collection and more soon.

          Thanks again and best wishes,

          Geoffrey and the Team





















































          Nice Under a Jacket too (above: TNS02 shown with the TNJ02 handmade Biella Prince of Wales glen plaid wool five-
          button hand-padstitched canvas-front notch-lapel design jacket as created for Hostem in London for the AW2014-15 season.)






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          • Geoffrey B. Small
            Senior Member
            • Nov 2007
            • 618

            new works: coal, sand and psychodelia - ss2015 men's collection images

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            • Geoffrey B. Small
              Senior Member
              • Nov 2007
              • 618

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              • Geoffrey B. Small
                Senior Member
                • Nov 2007
                • 618

                continued from above

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                hanno collaborato:



                Ratti spa, Guanzate Como

                Fratelli Piacenza 1733 spa, Pollone Biella

                Luigi Parisotto, Sarcedo Vicenza

                Manifattura Ferro srl, Padova

                Fontana srl, Pontecchio di Parma

                Giuseppe Rebesco, San Zenone di Ezzelino Treviso

                Seterie Nordtessile spa, Como

                Tessitura Mauri spa, Como

                Ezio Ghiringhelli spa, Varese

                Bozzoli Filati Seta, Milano




                Prodotto a mano e distribuito da:

                Sartoria artistica
                Geoffrey B. Small
                Via Spalato 50-1 30014
                Cavarzere, Venezia





                Collezione Maschile
                Primavera/Estate MMXV:


                Hostem, London

                Persuade, Bilbao

                Eth0s, Shanghai

                Farenah, Sofia

                Surrender, Singapore

                Arts & Science, Aoyama

                Johnbull private labo
                Harajuku, Okayama, Fukuoka, Shinsaibashi, Namba, Kyoto

                Cathedral, Osaka

                Restrict, Utsunomiya

                Liberte, Kobe

                AL Select, Kichijoji

                Souterrain, Roppongi

                Provogue, Nagoya









                c. copyright MMXV geoffrey b. small all rights reserved.






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                • redbible
                  Member
                  • Mar 2015
                  • 42

                  Any West Coast boutiques carry this???

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                  • Geoffrey B. Small
                    Senior Member
                    • Nov 2007
                    • 618

                    Dear redbible, thank you for your question. The answer is not really. Caryl Kim's Noodle Stories is planned to start as an authorized dealer for our women's in the fall/winter 2015-16 season, but will not have this particular collection, which is for men's spring/summer 2015. If you are seriously interested, you should make contact with Hostem, Persuade, Eth0s, or Surrender by email. They have lots of experience taking care of overseas customers who cannot get our collection in their area (and we have many) and fluent English speaking staff who can help you. Arts, AL, Cathedral and Johnbull private lab in Japan are also capable (although their English may be a little less strong - but still more than competent to service your requests). If you need more assist (referrals, email addresses etc.), you can contact us with a pm or email, but please note that our private client services in Italy are now closed to new applicants so we kindly ask that readers please do not ask us to sell to them directly. Our works are currently available solely through our exclusive authorized dealers around the world. I hope this is helpful, and thanks again for your question. Best wishes, Geoffrey

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                    • Geoffrey B. Small
                      Senior Member
                      • Nov 2007
                      • 618

                      'witness' in Uomo Collezioni

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                      Our latest fall/winter men's Paris collection presentation "witness" is now covered in
                      the current issue of UOMO COLLEZIONI. Uomo Collezioni is published in Italy by
                      Logos Srl and is the industry's leading print publication for international runway show coverage.

























































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                      • Geoffrey B. Small
                        Senior Member
                        • Nov 2007
                        • 618

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                        "The Art of creating the world's finest clothes and fabrics in Italy is not dead.











                        Actually, we feel fine."
















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                        (space now limited to 50 persons)
                        RSVP: Monsieur Lionel Cisinski at fashiontherapy@free.fr





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                        • JakubDaZoOo
                          Junior Member
                          • Jul 2014
                          • 7

                          Originally posted by aya1293 View Post
                          To be honest, I've only recently discovered the work of Mr Geoffrey B. Small however seeing the latest collection it seems I may become a fan . As a tomboyish woman, I would definitely wear most of the outfits. Based on the pictures of the show, I also find that the relaxed and simple presentation was refreshing. Nothing too crazy and not trying to go over the top with something amazingly new. All in all, love the pieces as well as the presentation.
                          You're not the only one! Lots of women wear his men's pieces. I've had the opportunity work with Geoffrey's collections and many women like the men's, especially the bottoms and outerwear.

                          You will be a fan for life, that I can guarantee! Geoffrey's work has a great sense of individualism and self comfort.

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                          • JakubDaZoOo
                            Junior Member
                            • Jul 2014
                            • 7

                            Originally posted by Geoffrey B. Small View Post
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                            Our latest fall/winter men's Paris collection presentation "witness" is now covered in
                            the current issue of UOMO COLLEZIONI. Uomo Collezioni is published in Italy by
                            Logos Srl and is the industry's leading print publication for international runway show coverage.


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                            This was a fantastic show Geoffrey! Love the ending
                            Last edited by Ahimsa; 06-30-2015, 07:57 AM. Reason: Image repost on same page

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                            • Geoffrey B. Small
                              Senior Member
                              • Nov 2007
                              • 618

                              Thank you Jakubdazooo, hope to see you soon again in Paris! Best wishes, Geoffrey






                              "RADICALISSIMMO"


                              Well the name sort of comes from another idea which everybody in the business that I work with and care about shot down completely, so I had to be flexible and change things a little bit.

                              Then as I'm working on the collection I start finding these amazing things and people going on in Northern Italy. All the stuff we have been screaming about and pushing over the past decade… you know sustainability, ethics, innovation, handwork etc. real clothes-making and real clothes design well it's starting to take hold out there… I mean others are hearing us and unlike the rest of the industry, they are not going to give up. We are not slowing down, we are stepping down on the accelerator…

                              Fratelli Piacenza in Pollone Biella with almost 300 years in business is the world's oldest woolen mill still in operation today, but let me tell you they have just delivered us the most advanced, cutting-edge cashmere and superfine wool technology the world has ever seen-the lightest pure Alashan cashmere suiting cloth that has ever been created and more for an amazing spring/summer collection…

                              Luigi Parisotto in Sarcedo Vicenza now the world's greatest research weaver, has come up with a mind-blowing new set of antique linen, silk, cotton, wool and cashmere yarn weaves in eco-sensitive ways that are just marvelous to the eye and to the touch.

                              Ratti the great silk printers in Como, with 3 magnificent exclusive continuation patterns that we are modifying for the very first on our own in our workrooms that will make them even more special and unique in the entire world of collector clothing design.

                              And perhaps we have found the best handmade shoemaker in all of Italy today. Aggeo Caccia is a maniac. This guy is a leather-psycho-machine, and he has built 2 shoes for us that we will bring to Paris that will blow everyone away who sees them and touches them for the very first time.

                              Tessitura La Columbina in Badoere: the Colombo family is launching a return to their hand loom technology and totally hand-woven fabrics for us with an amazing story that goes back 2 centuries in a region which is in the midst of creating a real silk revival, not just in the printing, not just in the weaving, but in the cultivation of the silk this is going to be the return of an artisan industry that is centuries old here in northern Italy, but they're coming back and they are going to give China a run for the money that they are not prepared for-

                              Serica dell Marca founded in 1870 up in Follina Treviso another tremendous force… modern machinery, modern looms, 42 of them, 13 of the state of the art looms in the world today specialized in fine silk fabric creation, and this company is ready to go…

                              In Venice, the legendary Fortuny factory founded by the artist Mario Fortuny at the turn of the 20th century world famous for their special magical prints on Egyptian cotton using a secret process on the island of Giudecca, for the first time being used for clothing in almost a century, a result of our unending drive to push the envelope hand made research and technologies.

                              All these companies are working with the greatest names in corporate luxury, but now they are working with us at the leading frontiers of avant-garde Paris collection research work. And we are all driven by one common goal, one single objective- to make the most amazing, the best, the very best, fabric and clothing that anybody in the world today can make. And it's all going to come from an area in northern Italy. We are all working together on this. And it's an amazing thing. It's a grass-roots, back-to-the-soil, revival movement for artisan fabric making and clothes-making at the highest levels by the most experienced and most expert practioners in the world today.

                              The unique nature of this collection's development and the speed at which this massive work needed to be done with, did not allow us to have any preconceived plan. We had to go at it one fabric, one material, one piece at a time, in a race against time to get into Paris. So, we will have no outfit plan for the show. Models will style and dress themselves picking pieces from the collection that they feel good about. It will be their interpretation of our clothes which will be our interpretation of the incredible textile pieces that have been made for us in the past few weeks. Pushing the limits of intuition, creativity and research at every corner with every person who is collaborating with us on this effort.


                              That's what "Radicalissimmo" is all about. And that's what we're going to bring to Paris.


                              What's it going to look like?

                              I have no idea.

                              For that, we're just going to have wait and see how it plays out.



                              And on June 26th, we'll know.




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                              • Geoffrey B. Small
                                Senior Member
                                • Nov 2007
                                • 618

                                Matteo Carcelli: SS15 lookbook GBS at Eth0s Shanghai

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                                CHECKING back in (finally) with Matteo Carcelli's beautiful shots from Paris of our SS2015 collection for Eth0s in Shanghai.
                                Special thanks to Koos Faber and Nara Tse for helping out and wearing the pieces so nicely in and around the showroom.
                                The photos were taken during our Paris presentations in June and October last year. Matteo Carcelli is a rising star in Paris
                                fashion photography. His keen eye, superb framing and composition skills, and truly rare (and appreciated) knowledge of
                                how a design should be shot and shown best are becoming recognized among the smart set in Paris image work. His work
                                for Some/Things and Rick Owens should be well known to older SZ members, and his fans include Rick Owens, Sebastien
                                Meunier at AD, and for sure, all of us at GBS. A big thank you to Matteo, Eth0s and everyone who made it happen including
                                Fratelli Piacenza for the super 150's Emotions wool, Luigi Parisotto for the organic silk, linen and super 120's cotton fabrics,
                                Ratti SpA in Como for the exclusive shirt silk print, Michelle Fournier for the incredible handmade vintage Italian silk patch-
                                work in the first image, Giuseppe Rebesco for the beautiful handmade vintage recycled leather sneakers and shoes, and the
                                entire staff at Cavarzere who just keep getting better and better. And of course, StyleZeitgeist for giving us the chance to
                                show what we do, the way we like to. Unfiltered, and straight to you.

                                More coming up.

                                Best wishes, Geoffrey























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