Luxury eco-conscious fashion

Thank you for visiting us in Milan at Pitti Immagine - NeoZone

2009-10-17T04:19:00.001-07:00

Thank you for taking the time in visiting our stand at NeoZone - Pitti Immagine - during Milan Fashion Week, September 2009. We really had fantastic time talking to you and showing you our Spring Summer eco-conscious handbag collection.

I would also like to thank Alessandra for her help and support in promoting the collection.

In Milan...waiting for the train

2009-10-15T12:56:00.000-07:00

As you may already know, I was in Milan exhibiting the handbags the NeoZone. On my way back to the hotel, while waiting for the train in the underground, I found myself wondering about the desert. Immediately, I thought about the Tozeur's trains, mentioned in Battiato and Alice song. It wasn't a dream!

In Milan.....for the next Spring Summer 2010

2009-09-09T07:17:00.000-07:00

Antonello Spring Summer 2010 collection will be shown to buyers and press at the Pitti NeoZone. follow this link for more information on the show.
You can also have a look at the video following this link: Video Pitti - Touch NeoZone Cloudnine

The handbag collection

2009-09-09T07:01:00.000-07:00

Antonello’ s handbag collection is rich in research on detailing, influenced by couture, by search for well-being and materials that are ever more eco-friendly and sophisticated.

Designer Antonello Tedde creates new meaning and usages to centuries of Sardinian aesthetic and stylistic tradition that has its roots in a time-tested handicraft culture.

The theme is inspired by Sardinian villages, from which each bag takes the name. Colours that reflect daily life and yet at the same time the mood of modern life. The black and white, the cream, orange and green with emphasis on discretion with particular attention to linear styles inspired by architecture.

La collezione

2009-09-09T07:00:00.000-07:00

La collezione Antonello, che sara' presentata a Milano NeoZone, è ancora più ricca di preziosi spunti etnici ispirati alla cultura sarda, con tessuti eseguiti rigorosamente al telaio manuale dalle tessitrici locali.

Antonello Tedde, con l’obiettivo di rimanere fedele alla propria immagine, costruita offrendo un prodotto di alta qualità artigianale nonché eco-compatibile, ha creato una borsa che ha in sé una storia.

I suoi tessuti raccontano una storia, perché realizzati localmente con lana e lino sardo, immersi nei colori naturali prodotti in Sardegna.
I suoi manici raccontano una storia perché costruiti con piante antichissime dell’isola quali il giunco e il mirto.

Le sue forme geometriche e semplici raccontano una storia, quella della creatività secolare delle ricamatrici e tessitrici isolane, e i colori (arancio, celeste, nero, verde) rispecchiano la cromaticità di una natura incontaminata e selvatica

http://www.antonellotedde.co.uk/

Autumn Winter 2009 2010 collection

2009-09-09T06:51:00.000-07:00

Antonello's Autumn Winter 2009 2010 collection is once again focused on environmental friendly materials and natural materials. For this winter season we have chosen new materials and patterns. Searching for and experimenting with new hand-woven materials has become the key issue in our ranges. These handbags are made with naturally dyed Sardinian wools woven in Samugheo (OR).

Colours and seasons

2009-07-09T09:47:00.000-07:00

Autumn/Winter

Eco-conscious luxury.

2009-06-30T08:09:00.000-07:00

Antonello's eco-friendly claims:

Manufacturing techniques. All the fabrics used are hand produced on traditional looms, this tend to use less energy. Every factory and workshop has a few fabrics on display, weaving is generally done to order.

Local natural wool . These fibres come from organic farmed sheep (conventional farming is a huge consumer of non-renewable fossil fuels. Sardinian farmers have been using organic farming for generations, this tend to use less energy).

Wools dyed locally with Sardinian plants. Antonello's exclusive 'luxury eco' line of accessories also uses sustainable yarns made with Sardinian sheep wool dyed locally with Sardinian plants.Regenerated Cotton.

Hand-woven recycled and regenerated cotton yarns are widely used in the collections.

Local linen. The linen is home grown, retted and spun

Handles made of local plants. Myrtle, flowering-rush, wild olive, canna naturally dyed.

Production processes. Fabrics and handbags are hand produced in ethically managed factories – workshops are entirely managed by womenRecycled linings and care bags.

The handbag linings are made of beautiful ends of rolls and off cuts recycled new fabrics from Sardinian textiles factories. These fabrics would usually end up in skips and landfill, to be incinerated.

Antonello in the press.

2009-06-10T09:07:00.000-07:00

Around Sardina with a needle.

2009-06-08T02:40:00.000-07:00

My personal story and attachment to Sardinia are made explicit and integral to the luxury eco-conscious handbags I designs. These are influenced by the elemental forces of the sun, emerald green transparent sea and unspoiled white sandy beaches, the colors and the perfume of Mediterranean plants.

The summer colour card

2009-05-09T09:57:00.000-07:00

Summer colour card with a London feel

Spring Summer moodboard

2009-04-08T03:48:00.000-07:00

A spring summer mood board, from previous season, I deleted by mistake.

Pibiones will change to Antonello in the Winter 2009

2009-04-08T02:13:00.000-07:00

The brand name Pibiones by Antonello (http://www.pibiones.com/) will change to Antonello (http://www.antonellotedde.co.uk/), from the next season Autumn-Winter 2009/10.

Antonello brand name will rappresent better the future collections. In the new handbag collections, Pibiones will be used in conjunction with other Sardinian weaving technique.

Repeating myself.

2008-09-30T01:35:00.000-07:00

Recently, I deleted old posts by mistake, while trying to update design. Sorry!!!!!!! Now trying to rebuild the blog, apologies for readers.

The fashion luxury handbag industry dilemma.

2008-09-30T00:14:00.000-07:00

I cannot get tired of repeating myself that the luxury industry is returning to the idea of craftsmanship and individuality. Knowing where the item is made helps (at least for me!) to emphasise its luxury status.
It is common to hear, that designer has moved the productive activities to another country where the labour costs are cheaper. It is an odd reality, a widely spread reality. Given that I am from Italy, more specifically from the Italian region of Sardinia. I order hand-woven fabrics from Sardinia and I want to produce the handbags in Italy (mainland). Easy concept! “Act locally…..think globally”.
I personally think, the accessories market looks too close to what the big names are doing and at the end the collections are too similar and difficult to sell. I have noticed that there is scarce orientation to research, many companies rely too much on current trends forgetting to research more on the future trends and majority do not experiment with new materials.
The luxury handbag market should really consider to concentrate on materials, perhaps eco-friendly materials (produced locally), to regain its exclusivity.

The latest must have!

2008-09-28T01:57:00.000-07:00

The latest must have guilt free handbag comes from Pibiones by Antonello.

“Pibiones pay tribute to the best of Italian eco luxury fabric choices. Trialling authentic Sardinian hand weaving methods in ethically managed factories, the collection of accessories are handcrafted by a handpicked group of leading handbag manufacturers in villages in mainland Italy.

Shedding light on Italian textiles and putting localised Italian handiwork and the importance of its preservation back on the map, Pibiones designer Antonello Tedde prides himself on only working with experts in accessories production and ultimately bringing Sardinian production methods back into the global consciousness.” London Fashion Week, BFC

Reviewing the past

2008-09-28T01:43:00.000-07:00

I did talk before about this antique hand-woven textile. I discovered in an old wooden chest at my parents in Sardinia. It has been in the family from 1814: my great, great grandmother drew the designs and prepared dyes from local plants. She dyed the wool from my granddad sheep for her own work. She created a bedspread that remained in the family for few generations.

Its the time to review the past and look forward to achieving more in the coming years. This ecourages me to continue to work hard in the coming years to avoid the disappearance of the Sardinian hand-woven fabrics.

Ideas for my design

2008-09-28T01:28:00.000-07:00

Where do I get design ideas? The only sources are the Sardinian fabrics and my imagination. Then, I have to make sure the idea I think is so brilliant, is developed into a concrete form. I normally start studying a particular hand-woven fabric and than I start making the pattern. The most important thing is to ensure the weavers and manufacturer understand how to produce it.
I try to be present in every production phase, to correct and redefine every component and detail. For the next Spring Summer 09 collection, I have based the handbag collection on roses and geometrical patterns.

London Fashion Week - Estethica - Spring Summer 09

2008-09-23T06:08:00.000-07:00

Thank you for visiting our stand at the London Fashion Week – Estethica - Spring Summer Fashion. We really had fantastic time talking to you. We hope you enjoyed the show as much as we did. Please if you have any question about our company, our products, do not hesitate to call us! We would also like to thank Fromsomewhere team, Orsola De Castro and Filippo Ricci, for giving us the opportunity to be part of this truly unique event and for the support of the organizers.