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More than a clothing brand, Cosmic Wonder is a philosophy of life and a conceptual project conceived by the Japanese artist Yukinori Maeda in 1997.

At the very center,  serving as the common thread, as can be intuited by the name, there is total attention aimed at the processes that govern the terrestrial ecosystem, starting from the most basic aspects, such as light.

From artistic installations to publications and musical editions, to the building of a structure, in 2007, where the diverse applications, according to eco-sustainable criteria, were integrated to host visitors for exhibitions and concerts, with Light Source, COSMIC WONDER also becomes a high quality clothing line.

The fabrics, always with low environmental impact, are the products of an entire productive process certified as organic and eco-sustainable. The items are dyed by hand with herbs, plants and algae: madder, pomegranate, gardenia, mulberry leaves, just to name a few. The same can be said for the printing process, which always uses plant based colors.

But, contrary to what usually happens in lines designed around environmental concepts, Cosmic Wonder also places the utmost attention on the design of each single piece. Cuts, seams and the composition of the prints reflect the cultural background of the Japanese school, rich with asymmetrical shapes and unusual forms.

In the conception of an environmental lifestyle, the artist Yukinori Maeda creates an original synchronicity among the ecological directives and Zen philosophy, where harmony and beauty of the cosmos coexist and supply energy to the resources and balance of the single individual, starting with the sharing of those elementary particles that make up the light, the heat, but also dreams and ideas.

 

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Detail Elke Walter

Knee length dress Elke Walter, featuring a shawl collar with an extension belt functioned, sleeveless, pointed panel details on the skirt, in irregular pleated shot polyester, red color

Classic lace-up bootee Trippen in treated calf leather, burgundy color

Wool cloth beret Scha, longer at the back, with an elastic detail, burgundy color

GUERILLA 2Comme des Garçons Parfums

RED Series 2 - Comme des Garçons Parfums

Kimono style jacquard tailcoat Comme des Garçons-Comme des Garçons, featuring a single breast, notched lapel, contrast corduroy collar, button fastening, side flap pockets, vent at the back

Knitted wool scarf Comme des Garçons-Comme des Garçons with bobbles at the edges

Balloon culottes Comme des Garçons-Comme des Garçons, featuring an elasticated waistband, side pockets, elasticated hem, a dropped crotch, garment dyed, in polyester twill

Knee length dress Felicity Brown, featuring a multilayered wide collar, fitted body, belted waist, front skirt in silk and cotton multibands

Bias draped vintage scarf top Comme des Garçons, featuring a round-neck, one side sleveless, one short sleeve, asymmetric hem with a fabric knot detail, rear and side zip fastening

Shopping bag Pleats Please-Issey Miyake, featuring an aluminium foil surface with printed square design, leather edge trim and straps, one inside pocket

Irregular horizontal pleated jacket Issey Miyake, featuring a square shape, a funnel neck, a double breast, one button fastening, a long sleeve in heavy polyester satin

Jacket Issey Miyake

Calf length dress Comme des Garçons, featuring a round-neck, sleeveless, waist cut, rear zip fastening, one side in polyester tecno twill with a pleated skirt, the other in polyester taffeta

Silk shawl Cauliflower-Issey Miyake, featuring plain and embossed stripes pattern, green color



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The shop-window from Padua

From 13 December to 7 January 2012 free(*) express(**) shipping around the world for everyone!

*offer valid from 9:00 am 13 December 2011 to 9:00 am 7 January 2012 (CET)

**24 hour weekday service in Italy; 3 day service to Europe and the rest of the world; 8 or 9 business days to Russia using EMS (Express Mail Service) from Poste Italiane

In the shop-window…


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The appointment from the Padua store is back. Outfits on models and close ups of details, to give those who are not regulars at the store an opportunity to discover the fit, the possible combinations and those details not in the catalogues…

Padded coat featuring a loose fit, double breast, concealed press stud fastening, wide collar ‘button down’ with side stitch detail, front pockets, in wool and polyester blend, navy color, by Shu Moriyama

Same coat, with felt wool crown middle lenght felt wool crown, with elastic detail at the back, burgundy color, by Scha

Padded hooded coat, featuring a single breast, press stud fastening, two slanted pockets, hood with adjustable elastic drawstring, quilted with horizontal stitching, black and bugundy colors, by Pleats Please-Issey Miyake

Padded short coat, featuring flair line with origami style construction, wide collar, big buttons closure; the coat is made in two pieces, lining with long sleeve and v neck, and the origami part sleeveless, separatly wearable, in nylon satin, black color, by Issey Miyake

…with silk shawl featuring plain and embossed stripes pattern, green color, by Cauliflower-Issey Miyake

Padded short coat, featuring a hip length, a hight collar with imitation fur lining, concealed zip and button with loop fastening, two flap pockets, in knit design printed polyester, beige/khaik color, by Issey Miyake

…with sheepskin mittens featuring a separate index finger and thumb, a cleft mitten and a sheep fur detail, imitation fur lining, brown color, by Issey Miyake

Not sure if it matches? Don’t hesitate to contact us (shop@ivomilan.it), we’ll try it and take photos of it for you!

 

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Detail sweater Oyuna

The strength of globalization is at work here!

From clothing to home accessories, the British designer brand Oyuna, has had the genial idea of combining the finest cashmere from its native country of Mongolia, with its most established manufacturing tradition from Scotland.

If Mongolia is among the top producers in the world and without equal for quality, the chemical properties of the water in British streams have enhanced the luxurious softness of this noblest of yarns for centuries.

The rareness of the material limits distribution of the product to a small circle of select boutiques around the world and makes it difficult to find and, paradoxically, to learn of its reputation. A strange by-product of marketing products of superior quality nowadays is that they are often not granted the attention that they deserve. And so it is that this obscure label’s elegant sweaters remain, for the most part, unknown.

knit cashmere reversible jacket

Despite all of this, it would be quite wrong to expect to find the reassuringly traditional styles that are so usual in cashmere sweaters. Oyuna knitwear blends the basic simplicity of its lines with additional key themes,

using overlapping

and double weaves

and asymmetric panels, revealing a design sensitivity that is decidedly modern and open to the influences of the most daring fashion designers in the industry.

Gauze, flannel, and jerseys, are perhaps the most remarkable transformations of this noble raw material, which are decisive in determining its final shape.

Silhouettes and cuts make each piece completely functional and part of the sophisticated collections, which are at times complex though certainly never obvious, that make up the all-new Ivo Milan store collection.

This is a collection to be touched and admired but especially, one that should needs to be worn to appreciate its proportions and unpredictable characteristics.

cashmere knit long top

knit cashmere relaxed fit cardigan

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