The Museum of Cultures in Milan was an easy choice to celebrate Etro’s first 50 years, as it shares the brand’s spirit: the vocation for nomadism and an open attitude towards the wonders of the world.
Etro’s ‘Generation Paisley’ Exhibtion in Milan from 22 September to 14 October
The MUDEC will host ‘Generation Paisley’, which launched on 22 September 2018 and will remain open to the public with free entry from 23 September to 14 October.
The exhibition is imaginative and articulate: the leafy branches of a giant tree welcome the visitor, while a sort of dorsal spine spirals through the 5 rooms uninterrupted, overcoming boundaries, building an analogic and stylistic path comprised of 50 outfits from the different collections.
Place and time, roots and culture. Etro is an organic experience, a sedimentation of ideas, signs and experiences shaping the objects of everyday life. Each garment and accessory is the result of a satisfied curiosity, of an understanding of feelings. It is the result of an anthropological research and it implies a visionary and conscious point of view. Our adventure begins with the production of textiles and evolves with the creation. of a fashion style with a strong identity. The Paisley motif – the date palm sprout, “The Tree of Life”, originating from Mesopotamia and recognized as a symbol of fertility and longevity – becomes a pillar of Etro’s entire work, thus making it unique.
Amidst walls covered in fabrics, paintings, mirror reflections that multiply and amplify, digital and three-dimensional effects, you are immersed in an atmosphere that is estranging and familiar at the same time.
An emotional kaleidoscope that underlines how for Etro the cultural element is the founding principle and fashion is existential sensibility and content, not just form.
Many items on display belong to the personal collections of members of the Etro family. Great travellers and intellectuals, each one of them is animated by a different passion. In complete harmony with the MUDEC, and following the idea of an infinite wunderkammer, Etro have also imagined possible interactions between these precious objects and those already present in the museum’s collection, thus constructing a productive dialogue that symbolically erases boundaries, giving space to sensibility and the heart.
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