m.a+ (Maurizio Amadei)

[magic]

Wow.. those prices. I mean the cut and fabric might be great and all, but 2.5k for ramie pants?

its the noto jofu, thus the high price tag.

[kuugaia]

^ Mhmm, and it's absolutely incredible this season. I've never encountered a material quite like it before, and something definitely worth trying in the store irregardless if you intend to buy or not.

And I wouldn't ever buy red pants, but those are really quite nice. If only the pants didn't fit so damn sloppily on me. :(

[kompressorkev]

re: innovation, found this interesting

"Basically the work of a creative designer is to constantly elaborate the idea he had at the beginning. You really create only once and then you elaborate it over time. I'm always influenced by what has been produced previously even though it seems like I'm starting from scratch every season."

- Carol Christian Poell, circa 2001

To me, there's not a significant amount of variation on the whole among m.a+ seasons, but I see familiar shapes wrought in new materials, and with some subtle changes in details. Every now and then, those designs are distilled into a something that really works - like the navy oiled vachetta leather aviator with pleated elbows from aw10. Often with this label I don't appreciate the few changes until trying it on in the flesh. Looking forward to trying on the noto jofu jacket and next season's stuff!

[swami]

CCP = Absinthe MA+ = DRC Pinot Noir

[darkart]

Don't know if this is the right place to ask
Just wondering if anyone has fit pictures of these MA+ boots

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6021/5916073526_6dd228c1e9_z.jpg

Just want to know what style is suitable with these boots

[eckblk]

^^ Here you go

[brad1981]

these boots look really amazing in the pics.

[darkart]

Great Pictures Thank You so much.....do you think they fit well with skinny jeans? LIKE this one

http://www.tabostore.it/public/tabostore/articoli/790/main.jpg

[eleven crows]

The strap boots are perfect for skinny jeans. I'm not sure what your picture has to do with either.

[snafu]

I own those boots and i love them ... wore them pretty much all last summer.

[darkart]

o I am referring to the kind of jeans in the picture...sorry for not to be specified....

[blackfedora]

Wow.. those prices. I mean the cut and fabric might be great and all, but 2.5k for ramie pants?

The production of ramie material is finicky, time consuming (at least six steps of processing, often done by hand) and is brittle up until the spinning step. I'll assume that the ramie used for m.a.+ garments is also the creme de la creme and not the same quality that is used for filipino fishing nets.

[Enaml]

m.a+'s ramie seems pretty high quality yeah. does that merit the price tag? up to you.

[eleven crows]

its the noto jofu, thus the high price tag.

The Devoa ramie pieces of the most recent season were notojofu as well and didn't come with anything near that price tag.

[snafu]

remember devoa is a japanese brand using japanese fabric made in japan.

m.a+ is made in Italy and using a japanese fabric; they have import tax/customs to pay.
Also on another note ... m.a+ is often hand stitched in his studio and using silver for buttons won't lower the price.

Personally id rather have a single m.a+ piece over three from devoa.