Martina Squillace: an Art and Fashion Show
Alice Kantor The Koyaanisqatsi Exhibition In this women wear collection, named after the Hindu term of life out of balance, Martina Squillace insists her style is that of an artist. Martina Squillace, a 24 year-old woman, has introduced her new brand of women’s clothing at the Gallery ArtPlateform in Paris on October 5 th , 2013. The Italian designer, fresh out of the French fashion school ESMOD, managed to design and sew by herself an entire collection of twenty-one outfits, in a one-year period. Taught by a father who owns his own gloves’ industry in Naples and by schoolteachers at ESMOD, Martina was proud to start the brand she had dreamt of her entire life. The collection, presented from October 5 th to October 15 th , was set strategically in a trendy neighborhood. “I chose “Le Marais”, an area where new galleries open every day. There, buyers wander around and look for new talents”. The timeline, also, was meticulously picked. The opening of the K...