Alberto Guardiani Launches the Limited Edition Italian Men's Shoe Collection for the its 30th Anniversary with Wallpaper* Magazine

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Alberto Guardiani Launches the Limited Edition

Italian Men's Shoe Collection for the its 30th

Anniversary with Wallpaper* Magazine

PR Newswire

MILAN, June 5, 2012

MILAN

,

June 5, 2012

/PRNewswire/ --

To celebrate these thirty years of success, ALBERTO GUARDIANI has

created an exclusive capsule collection of Italian men's shoes in

cooperation with Wallpaper* the pre-eminent design, fashion and

lifestyle magazine.

The capsule men's Italian shoes are available at

the Alberto Guardiani Online Store.

The collection of

lace-up shoes

and

slip-on loafers

expertly balances classic

design, technical know-how and graphical creativity. The result:

British tailor-

made, hand-stitched details

are carefully balanced with

technical canvas

with such characteristics as

water-proofing and stain-proofing

for an

elegant design with an elements-resistant finish. The capsule collection's logo

and packaging is also carefully curated for a modern design that expertly

embodies the identity of each of the 5 creative components.

This ambitious project, conducted under the joint supervision of Alberto

Guardiani and Wallpaper* Fashion Director Sébastien Clivaz, embodies the

union of the Italian company's great experience and the international lifestyle

and design vision of the

London

based magazine. Carefully documented every

step of the way, Alberto Guardiani and Wallpaper* created a

Video

Documentary Series of 6 videos available

to view.

In pursuit of the perfect shoe, expression of excellence every step of the way,

Alberto Guardiani and Wallpaper* enlisted three experts to contribute to the

collection's making:

-

Thom Sweeney

, British tailoring duo Thom Whiddett and Luke Sweeney,

contemporary exponents of the long and peerless tradition of Savile Row

(byword for the world's leading bespoke tailors), who contributed to the design

and finishing of the shoes;

-

Schoeller

, Swiss firm in the vanguard of textile research since 1868, which

made the most of both company history and latest-generation techniques to

develop an extra durable, water repelling and dirt resistant fabric;

-

Revenge is Sweet

, collaboration between graphic designers Angelique

Piviere (

Lyon, France

) and Lee Owens (

Melbourne, Australia

), who worked on

the brand identity for this extraordinary project.

The end result is a collection of eight different men's shoes in two iconic Alberto

Guardiani styles - lace-up and loafer - in a selection of three smart hues: Black,

Navy Blue and Green.

While both lace-ups and loafers use the special new Schoeller fabric (where

sartorial elegance meets tech performance), the former sports tone-on-tone

detailing in Italian calfskin leather, the latter in suede.

Tooled entirely at the Alberto Guardiani plant in Marche,

Italy

following the

tenets of fine Italian craftsmanship, the shoes present other exceptional

touches. As in the hand embroidery along the fabric edge, and the cross

stitching for a genuine atelier flair.

The

Alberto Guardian Wallpaper* Limited Edition

flanks the brand's other

SS12 Men's and Women's footwear collections at the Alberto Guardiani Online

Store or in wholesale markets.

Alberto Guardiani Digital PR

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