Sylvio Giardina proposes NUPTUS, a dress realized in expanded polytene and jersey with details in Swarovski crystals on the occasion of the 3rd edition of LIMITED/UNLIMITED exhibition project, ideated by AltaRoma and Silvia Venturini Fendi, NUPTUS (cloud, bridal veil), Latin word coming from the verb nubere (standing for “to marry”) from which nuptiae (standing for “wedding”, “marriage”).
NUPTUS has as its purpose to reformulate the contemporary definition of feminine beauty concept, opposing to the glossy image of slim and bloodless silhouettes a soft and dynamic shape that redefines the idea of proportion by the sensual harmonizing of sinuous lines and projective volumes. The sphere, harmonic representation of proportion as structural law of the human body, evoking Vitruvio and its quotation made by Leonardo da Vinci, becomes in Sylvio Giardina an element discovering a renewed aesthetic identity that, deliberately, emphasizes the value of being - before and beyond appearing - moving away from the conventional, stated and imposed standards.
The core of NUPTUS, resulting from the heritage of original tradition, makes itself concrete by the modeling of innovative materials that encourages the development of enveloping, pure, tridimensional shapes, able to evoke the epiphany of an ethereal, diaphanous vision. The introduction of bright details into the interstices emphasize the preciousness of simplicity, presenting as synthesis of proportion and radiance one of the feminine elegance rules.
LIMITED /UNLIMITED is an exhibition project depicting the new soul of Alta Roma, featuring avant-garde and research that meets the sartorial tradition, giving rise to the neo-couture. The third edition of this event is focused on the re-interpretation of the “Ceremony” concept by creation of limited edition items, inspired on the chromatic dichotomy of black and white and their semantic allusions as the classicism and pureness along with tradition and troubled interiority.
Sylvio Giardina is a creative artist having a double creative identity who finds fulfilment in the realm of fashion (haute couture designer) and art (visual artist). His stylistic research often reveals the expressive consonances, connected to his artistic, visionary creative flair as an artist who at present is working on the launch of his new brand Sylvio Giardina.
