the cat in the hat...

Brrrrrrrrr.

The clocks have changed here and Winter is surely on its way. Here in The Kingdom, our thoughts turn to hats, scarves and of course parkas.

I had to smile when I saw these felted cat ear hats from Vivetta as part of their 2019 collection.

Who needs camouflage when you can have cat-ouflage????

Vivetta Ponti grew up surrounded by antiques, art and nature in the idyllic Italian town of Assisi. Moving to Florence to attend the Academy of Fine Arts, the creative honed her skills in Bologna and Milan where she continued her studies before falling in love with the world of fashion.

Designing clothes is like creating wearable art to me. Art is the highest form of expression, clothes are the best means to make it closer to people.

Inspired by her love of animals, especially cats, happy memories and stories from her childhood, Vivetta channels the charm of vintage toys, antiques, and tapestries into poetic collections with a surrealist twist. Her creations are moving ideas that reference designers from a range of artistic disciplines: From Italian legends Gio Ponti and Fornasetti, to the Art Deco works of Erté, illustrations by Luigi Serani, Slim’s photographs and Pablo Picasso’s masterpieces. Vivetta’s dreamlike designs move to the sounds of Marianne Faithfull and Connan Mockasin, Catherine Deneuve and the Nouvelle Vague. Experimental animation movies from the 1960’s and 70’s and references to the creative minds of Norman McLaren, René Jodoin, Co Hoedeman, Caroline Leaf, Yuri Norstein, Hermina Tyrlova, Jan Svankmaier, and Jirí Trnka are all sprinkled throughout Vivetta’s work.

Hope everyone is staying safe and warm.

Queen Marie

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