DANIELA GREGIS Spring 2016 Milan - Fashion Channel

DANIELA GREGIS Spring 2016 Milan - Fashion Channel Visit and Subscribe to Fashion Channel to find out more! - http://bit.ly/1OdEd04 Visit our Shop: https://www.fashionchannel.shop Daniela Gregis was born in 1959 in Bergamo, Italy. She was a doctor’s daughter, who later trained as a herbalist. She started working in Fashion when she launched her first label Ok’am in 1987. She collaborated with Naj Oleari on various Projects, and since the 1990s has been working on textile research. She currently lives and works in the Bergamo region of Northern Italy. She, too is a maker. In interviews, she has said that she had an aunt who crocheted, and taught her. She recalls that her first shawl was out of orange synthetic yarn. Her use of knits and crochet in her collections underline the connection with the artisanal, slow means of production. At the end of her catwalk presentations, all her workers and tailors come out and take a bow with her. She honors and celebrates not just craftsmanship, and the handcrafts (she includes embroidery, handwoven baskets, knitting and crochet in her work), but also of materials (wool, linen, silks). At the same time, she doesn’t shun modern Technology, so she will show handpainted- beside laser printed silks. Videos, fashion, stylists, models, the biggest fashion events pass by us. Accurate descriptions for every video since 1982 with attention to the smallest details, this is what makes fashion channel the best tool to im