Chapter 181: Dinner Party (1)
Salvatore Ferragamo was a brand that started as a women's shoe.
Salvatore Ferragamo was not so much a genius shoe designer as an inventor of shoes.
Salvatore's designs have always been sought after by the world for their unique structures, innovative designs and the use of new materials.
In the museum, there are materials on the lasts created by this genius shoemaker from the twenties of the last century until his death in 1960. (Note 1)
In terms of the richness of the exhibition content, there is no one in the world's major luxury brand museums that can stand out.
In the Salvatore Ferragamo Brand Museum, there are many shoes that even people like Yan Yun, who have already cherished this brand, have never seen them.
Good design never goes out of style. Many of Salvatore's designs are very fashionable even today.
In the museum, there are pictures of Salvatore going to Los Angeles to learn the anatomy of the foot in order to better solve the problem of shoe load-bearing
When he first started making shoes, Salvatore believed that a person's weight would fall vertically on the arch of the foot like a plumb line.
Based on anatomical research, Salvatore added iron plates to the arch of the foot to make the shoes more comfortable to wear, and he never believed that the good wearing and good looks of shoes were irreconcilable contradictions.
Salvatore's design, comfort is standard.
Outside of the standard equipment, his source of inspiration can be described as imaginative.
This museum gives Yan Yun a feeling of seeing each other late.
Behind every pair of shoes, behind every photo, there are stories that Yan Yun wants to know and designs that he wants to learn.
If it weren't for the dinner party to attend, Yan Yun could stay in this not very big museum, "from early morning to dusk", from the opening to the closing.
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When Yan Yun came to the dinner, he saw Lei Lili standing outside in a suit.
A suit is definitely the best companion for a man to show off his temperament, especially when you have a tall and thin figure.
When he was still in college, Lei Thunderbolt was "disliked" and rejected by Yan Yun because of his height of more than 178 centimeters and two centimeters.
Compared with the time in college, the current thunderbolt should be a few centimeters longer, and the height is between 182-185 centimeters.
may be due to an "occupational disease", Yan Yun can't accept that when a boy wears a suit or formal dress on a formal occasion, he has more than three colors on his body.
It is not acceptable that the color of belts, shoes, and socks is not uniform.
However, none of the above problems are in Thunderbolt.
Thunderbolt is now only available in very simple black and white colors.
Even the tie is made of thin black stripes.
If you have to find fault with Thunderbolt's attire.
The European version of the suit is not as suitable for Asian bodies as the Japanese version of the H-shape.
Fortunately, Thunderbolt is tall enough, so he can also support the British suit with double slits on his back.
If a shorter person wears it like this, it won't look so good.
Whether it is shoes or clothes, Yan Yun is a designer with extreme requirements for the version.
Men's suits are nothing more than versions, which are nothing more than the difference between two buttons and three buttons, the difference between single-breasted and double-breasted, the difference between one fork, two forks and no fork.
Compared to the fit, all the other details are just a foil.
It's not the first time Yan Yun has seen Lei Li wearing a suit, Yan Yun saw it when he was at the airport in the morning, although it is not the same set of clothes, the difference in senses should not be too huge.
It's just that in the situation at the airport at that time, Yan Yun was not in the mood to take a closer look at Lei Li's clothes.
From scolding others to feeling embarrassed, Yan Yun's mood at that time was not very normal.
At this time, I took a serious look at it, and from the perspective of evaluating "outsiders", Lei Li's dress is enough to get a high score.
Moreover, as a diplomat, Thunderbolt is not suitable for being too alternative and fashionable in his dress.
Steady, formal, concise, generous, all the elements together, it seems just right.
If this suit is also to be worn, then Yan Yun will make some minor modifications to the version and make it tailor-made.
Lei Thunderbolt obviously didn't have the means to get Yan Yun so attentively.
Of course, in addition to the version, all the principles that Yan Yun just cared about were based on the two sub-principles of "formality", which were not suitable for today's occasions where designers gathered.
Some alternative male designers simply can't accept that they go out with less than seven colors on their bodies.
People want to be mavericks, unwilling to be formal and not interested in being conventional.
When Yan Yun left the museum and was about to go home to clean up, he began to think about what he was going to wear for today's dinner.
The design directors of those big brands naturally have to wear the clothes they designed when they were in charge of the brand.
For a dinner like today, Yan Yun must put a little effort into his dress.
First of all, although the internship has not officially begun, as a designer of Salvatore Ferragamo, she must have the Ferragamo logo on her body, and only in this way can the reason why Thunderbolt invite her seem more "legitimate".
Even if Lei Li said that inviting her to participate was within the scope of his duties, Yan Yun also wanted to minimize the possibility of causing trouble to Lei Li as much as possible.
After eighty or ninety years of development, Ferragamo is no longer a brand limited to making shoes, ready-to-wear, bags, perfumes, accessories, and haute couture have not been left behind.
Therefore, Yan Yun can completely go all the way from the beginning to the toe.
But Yan Yun didn't start learning design to work for a certain brand, she wanted to create her own brand.
At today's dinner, Yan Yun needs to have a body that can show his design level, otherwise, the meaning of this dinner will be greatly reduced.
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Note 1:
The museum has a different theme every year, and it doesn't mean that you can see all the shoes in one visit.
The theme of this year's exhibition (2017) is about Salvatore Ferragamo's return from the United States in 1927 to officially create the Salvatore Ferragamo brand.
After the founder's return to China, Salvatore Ferragamo's headquarters remained in the United States.
In 1929, the stock market crashed in the United States, and Salvatore Ferragamo of the United States declared bankruptcy four years later, in 1933.
After that, Salvatore Ferragamo moved back to Florence and started a new trajectory.