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This was all under Matthieu Blazy, who was still then creative director of Bottega (before going to Chanel in last year's massive fashion house reshuffle!)
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btw, Bottega also had custom Le Corbusier Tabourets as chairs at their fashion show earlier in 2024 -- but this time scorched using an old Japanese wood-burning technique (also on the fashion show floor):
This was all under Matthieu Blazy, who was still then creative director of Bottega (before going to Chanel in last year's massive fashion house reshuffle!)
this is a great collab bc it is seemingly unexpected and yet very fitting for the brand more on other brand visuals/ collabs from Bottega below:
See for example the "On the Rocks" popup installation last year (at the Palazzo San Fedele during Milan Fashion week) -- it was a collab between Bottega Veneta, furniture maker Cassina, and Fondation Le Corbusier;
this collab makes "more sense" to me (in quotes bc the best collabs are unexpected and don't make sense per se but do still "fit" somehow)
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The Bottega Veneta x Jenga collab features both logos engraved on the wooden blocks
(for materials nerds like me, the wood is colorized Italian walnut)
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