FEDERICA RETTORE:

FEDERICA RETTORE IS THE DESIGN FORCE BEHIND RETTORE COMPANY, A HIGH-END DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING FIRM IN MILAN, WITH A STYLE THAT DEFIES CATEGORIZATION, FEDERICA'S FOCUS IS ON NON-TRADITIONAL, FASHION-SENSITIVE DESIGN. LIKE A FASHION ATELIER, FEDERICA PRESENTS TWO NEW JEWELRY COLLECTIONS PER YEAR. MANY YEARS OF CREATIVE EXPERIENCE, COUPLED WITH RELENTLESS AESTHETIC RESEARCH AND HAND CRAFTING, MARK ALL HER CREATIONS, WHERE THE JUXTAPOSITIONS OF SOLID AND VOID, OF RIGOR AND LEVITY, OF TRANSPARENCY AND OPACITY, OF TRADITION AND VANGUARD, OF PROXIMITY AND REMOTENESS, ARE THE HALLMARKS OF HER REFINED ARTISTIC TASTE. FOR THREE YEARS, MS. RETTORE HEADED GUCCI'S JEWELRY DESIGN TEAM IN FLORENCE, WHILE DESIGNING FOR HER OWN RETTORE COMPANY. HER CREATIONS ARE FEATURED IN THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS AND TRENDSETTING STORES. FEDERICA RETTORE'S DESIGNS ARE FREQUENTLY FEATURED IN INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATIONS SUCH AS ELLE, VOGUE (ITALY, GERMANY, SPAIN, USA AND JAPAN), AND W.

THE USE OF NATURAL MATERIALS COUPLED WITH 18KT ROSE GOLD, DIAMONDS AND SEMIPRECIOUS STONES IS THE SIGNATURE OFFEDERICA RETTOR'S COLLECTIONS. FOR THE 2010 FALL/ WINTER COLLECTION, FEDERICA USES ZEBU HORN AND ORIENTAL WOODS IN SOPHISTICATED FEMININE DESIGN AND REFINED HAND CRAFTING. HORN AND ORIENTAL WOOD BOULES ARE EXTENSIVELY USED IN RINGS, EARRINGS AND NECKLACES, ADDING NEW DIMENSION TO FEDERICA'S JEWELRY SHAPES. CUFFS AND BUCKLE BRACELETS PLAY SIGNIFICANTLY INTO 2010 FALL/ WINTER COLLECTION; FED

RICA HAS CREATED NEW CUFF DESIGN TO IMPROVED CUFF WEAR-ABILITY, ADDING TO THE COLLECTION HINGED AND BUCKLE BRACELETS USING MATERIALS SUCH GOLD AND PALLADIUM. COLOR PALETTE FOR FEDERICA'S COLLECTION THIS SEASON IS MORE INTENSE, GREEN TOURMALINE, RED GARNET AND MEXICAN BOULDER OPAL TONES ADD FURTHER PASSION TO THE DESIGNS.

MATTIA CIELO:

MATTIA CIELO'S JEWELS ARE INTENDED AS AN EXPRESSION OF PURE INDIVIDUALITY, THE MARK OF EXCLUSIVITY ATTAINED BY THE BEST ITALIAN CRAFTSMANSHIP WHERE TRADITION AND INNOVATION JOIN EXCELLENCE. FROM THIS PIONEERING SPIRIT IS BORN CIELO UNICO, THE FIRST SOFTWARE INTRODUCING THE CONCEPT OF 'BESPOKE' IN JEWELRY. THIS HIGHLY INTERACTIVE APPLICATION ALLOWS THE CLIENT TO CHOOSE EVERY SINGLE DETAIL OF EACH JEWEL THUS REACHING A LEVEL OF CUSTOMIZATION AND QUALITY WHOSE ONLY BENCHMARK IS THE CLIENT'S SATISFACTION.

MATTIA CIELO, A YOUNG ITALIAN DESIGNER, PRESENTS SOMETHING COMPLETELY REVOLUTIONARY IN THE THE WORLD OF JEWELRY. HIS INDUSTRIAL DESIGN-INSPIRED PIECES ARE DYNAMIC, THEY SPARKLE WITH LIGHT AND MOVEMENT. 'MOVEMENT IS THE ALCHEMY WHICH QUICKENS THE MATTER OF THESE CREATURES. A BREATH OF LIFE FREES THESE RINGS, BRACELETS AND NECKLACES FROM IMMOBILITY AS MAGNIFICENT OBJECTS TO TRANSFORM THEM INTO TOTEMS, INTO WORD AND SIGN, INTO EMOTION AND ENERGY FREED FROM THE CONFINES OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL SPACE ABLE AT LAST TO GIVE VOICE AND GENERATE NEW EMOTIONS, NEW ENERGY', SAID MATTIA CIELO. MIXING GOLD, DIAMONDS AND STONES OF ALL TYPES THIS NEW STYLE OF JEWELRY UNITE THE EXTRAORDINARY QUALITIES OF TRADITIONAL CRAFT JEWELRY MAKING WITH THE ENERGY OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN AND NEW MATERIALS.

INFLUENCED BY HIS INTEREST IN ARCHITECTURE AND INDUSTRIAL DESIGN, CIELO PARTNERED WITH ITALIAN DESIGNER-ARTIST MASSIMILIANO BONOLI TO PUSH THE BOUNDARIES OF TRADITIONAL JEWELRY MAKING. WORKING WITH GOLDSMITHS IN VICEZA, ITALY, THE DUO DEVELOPED DYNAMIC DESIGNS THAT ENABLE CONFIGURATIONS OF RIGID GOLD AND GEMSTONES TO MOVE WITH THE BODY. A PENDANT NECKLACE, FOR INSTANCE, FEATURES GEMSTONES SET AT THE TIPS OF TINY SPRINGS; EACH SPRING FLUTTERS INDEPENDENTLY AS THE WEARER MOVES.