MODA ADLIB IBIZA -S/S2018

The story of Moda Adlib has its roots in the traditional garments of Ibiza’s local population. Hence, straw hats, espadrilles and women’s shawls all stake claims to the style’s inspiration. In 1971, the first Ibiza Fashion Week was the backdrop against which droves of recently-arrived hippies, channeling the inherent delicacy of naturally coarse artisan materials, went wild for traditional island wear. The multiculturalism of an island that teemed with artists and globetrotting visitors filtered into homegrown fashion and traditional island apparel, the latter becoming ever lighter and shapeshifting to absorb newly emerging trends…eventually creating a space for Moda Adlib. For more than 45 summers, Pasarela Adlib has won over locals, tourists and travellers from all corners of the globe with its fusion of hippie chic, its respect for natural curves and—crucially—its wearability. The whole lot is distilled into one timeless style under the banner “wear what you want, but do it with style”.

OPALINE

My meeting with Opaline world.
Just over a year ago I noticed a blue flowered tunic worn by my mom, the tunic is by Opaline, a line of ethnic clothes and pajamas designed by Ingrun (the Giampaolo's wife, the son of a dear friend of my mother). I know Giampaolo practically since I was born, but I did not seen him for many years, and I never met his wife. Last week in Vienna, in an Hotel Bristol's suite where it took a presentation of the Opaline clothing I've met Ingrun. She's tall, blonde, her Nordic image contrasts with the warm Indian prints that she wearing and that give to her a shabby-chic allure. Ingrudn Von Keudell grew up in India, in a Tamil Nadu Ashram, but she was born in the Bavarian Alps, and its appearance is a mix of these cultures ,that she expresses in its line of clothing Opaline which in Sanskrit means jewel. Warm and bright colors of Rajasthan inspire the prints made with an ancient technique of Jaipur artisans. Dresses, kaftans, pajamas, kimonos, tunics by Opaline can be worn during the day, at night, at the sea, between the dunes of the desert, on the the city's asphalt or between soft sheets of a bed. The Opaline bohemian gipsy- style suits and spreads everywhere.

 Il mio incontro col mondo Opaline.
Poco più di un anno fa noto una tunica a fiori blu indossata da mia mamma, la tunica è di Opaline, una linea di abiti e pigiami etnici che disegna Ingrun (moglie di Giampaolo, figlio di una cara amica di mia mamma). Conosco Giampaolo praticamente da quando sono nata, ma non lo vedo da anni, quindi sua moglie non l'ho mai incontrata. La settimana scorsa a Vienna, in una suite dell'Hotel Bristol dove si teneva una presentazione della linea di abbigliamento Opaline mi viene presentata Ingrun. Alta, bionda, la sua immagine nordica contrasta con le calde stampe indiane che indossa e che le danno un allure shabby-chic. Ingrun Von Keudell in India ci è cresciuta, in un Ashram del Tamil Nadu, ma è nata nelle Alpi Bavaresi, e il suo aspetto è un mix di queste culture che esprime nella sua linea di abbigliamento Opaline, che in Sanscrito significa gioiello. Sono i colori caldi e accesi del Rajasthan ad ispirare le sue stampe realizzate con una tecnica antica da artigiani di Jaipur. Gli abiti, i kaftani, i pigiami, i kimono, le tuniche di Opaline possono essere indossati di giorno, di notte, al mare, tra le dune del deserto, sull'asfalto della città o tra le soffici lenzuola di un letto. Lo stile gipsy- bohémien di Opaline si adatta e si diffonde in ogni luogo.

Opaline wold - Fall/Winter 2016-17

Spring/Summer 2017