SERGIO TACCHINI LAUNCHES Its LINE AT THE US OPEN

Made in Italy at its best. That is why we have a blog like www.grandtourshopping.com To show you the most exclusive brand in Italy. We love Sergio Tacchini, one of the best brands for tennis fashion. In Rome I can find it in sports shops such as Bartoni. On the eve of the Grand Slam in the United States, Sergio Tacchini, the historic Italian sportswear brand, launches its tennis line designed for the team players who will be wearing it at Flushing Meadows from 27 August.

Eklips, the men’s line, is inspired by nature and in particular by the eclipse of the moon. This is translated into curved lines on the garments, with clear reference to the curved lines—made over with broken up lines and inserted patterns—on the Fohn sweat from the Archivio collection. The lightest of polyester fabrics with anti-UV and quick dry treatments and sublimation prints for maximum wearer comfort. The polo collar sees new construction, featuring a knitted triangle instead of the little plaque and buttons. The play on lines starts with the tiny stripe on the collar, then continuing all over the kit, including the shorts with their curved line print down the sides.

Whereas Perspective, the women’s line, gets its inspiration from geometric graphics, this time overlapped to create an almost 3D effect. The resulting false perspective lends the line its name. The play on lines and inserts, especially around the armholes, emphasises a feminine feel, as do elegant pleated inserts and special cuts, inspired by the brand’s tennis lines from the seventies. Lightweight polyester fabric with anti-UV and quick dry treatments. The skirt has two pleated inserts inside the two big front pleats to guarantee players freedom of movement.

Both lines are rounded out by matching accessories and will be available online and in top specialist stores from the end of August. We all wait for shopping Tacchini in Rome and everywhere else in the world.

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FERRAGAMO MOCASSINS IN ROME

Book in September a great moment with grandtourshopping.com. We could go to visit the Ferragamo's boutique in Rome in via Condotti. You will be able to discover and try, for example, the Reversible Gancini Loafer, a Pre-Fall 2018 mocassin model. Ferragamo is very famous for the comfort of shoes. Everybody agree on that. Now it celebrates the rebirth of an icon. Effortless play with masculine feminine design under the creative direction of Paul Andrew. He is paying homage to Salvatore Ferragamo whose muses Katherine Hepburn and Greta Garbo inherently translate timeless dichotomy.

Youthful, active, cultured, dynamic and quietly luxurious-these are the codes of the new mocassin. His metallic hardware is, for the first time, reversible from silver to gold finish, from matt to shiny- a continual thread of fluidity not only in form but function. The Double Gancini finds life in the modern creative-where the ines of Updown and Downtown culture and style are seamlessly blurred.

High tech and high craft-the combination of technology and the all italian craftmanship of the brand gives way to the creation of a refined silhouette with an impeccable fit. As said the level of comfort is synonimous of Ferragamo. The tubular construction adds a flexibility to the ultrasoft materials catering the lifestyle of the Ferragamo woman and also man. They are available in different colours. Let's give it a try asap with our exclusive shopping tour in Rome.

 

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FENDI A MASTERPIECE IN ROME

A couple of weeks ago Fendi had his Haute Couture show in Paris. Click on the pictures to see some models of shoes and bags too.

The new idea for the Fall season was to treat non-fur material in a way that they looked like real one. Some pieces, for example a skirt, was looking as Astrakhan but it wasn't. This is an intelligent move to those foreigners, especially american clients that are not so familiar and fur friendly.

In the UK, the Labour Party has pledged to ban all fur imports and Fendi have to expand its materials reportoire. They will manage to do it at their best because of the savoir-faire of their artisans and ateliers.

Of course there was plenty of authentic ones but they look different. We love a marabou feather frock in ballerina pink. Fendi is also extremely good on proposing crochet and finer lace looked spiderweb-light. 

We also admire the new shoes, some mocassins built like a tower, they will be a success next season.

Fendi in Rome has a  wonderful boutique on Largo Goldoni and inside it a corner dedicated to the savoir faire with a team of artisans that are working there The major headquarters are in EUR in the Colosseo Quadrato.

Fendi gives a lot of glamour to Rome and we all thank them for that. As much as possible I take my clients to discover their world and often they buy somethings, especially bags and scarves. They also love their charms. Karl Lagerfeld and Silvia Venturini Fendi are doing a great job. No doubt about it.