Its summer in Italy, which means the trains are delayed and the air-conditioning is broken.
I found negatives, photos from the 1950s, printed menus from dinner events in beautiful neoclassical fonts.
I found ancient Egyptian sandals, Eskimo shoes, fragments of statues from the Roman Empire.
ACTING ON INSTINCTBellotti has added “an element of irrationality and instinct, of utopia and freedom” to his work for Bally.
PRIM AND POLISHEDBellotti has drawn heavily from Ballys archive, but hes updated the house aesthetic with modern touches.
Bally bag from the fall 2024 collection.
I love when beauty is so much that you cant hold it in, he says.
PRIM AND POLISHEDBellotti has drawn heavily from Bally’s archive, but he’s updated the house aesthetic with modern touches. Bally bag from the fall 2024 collection.
I feel so lucky.
ROMANCE AND REBELLIONBellottis work has positioned Bally both retro and forward with punk influences and contemporary interpretations.
Bally shirt and studded skirt from the fall 2024 collection.
ROMANCE AND REBELLIONBellotti’s work has positioned Bally both retro and forward with punk influences and contemporary interpretations. Bally shirt and studded skirt from the fall 2024 collection.
Instinct is also what brought Bellotti closer to music.
The answer was Ibiza.
If his creative vision is filled with contrasts rather than unity, thats because it mirrors reality.
Tom Fords office used to be rightthere,and Alessandros was in that same room for a brief period.
This wisteria has seen so much!
A huge magnolia is spread out beneath us, lush in a way thats rare for a Milanese garden.
It seems that the things Bellotti lovesnature, beauty, surprisefollow him wherever he goes.
The question is how to stay in that space.
