In fashion speak, the phrase “intimate event” is one of my favourite oxymorons. Few can pull off the intimate part..
. unless, that is, you’re Simon Porte . The creative director just celebrated 15 years of his eponymous label with just 40 of his nearest and dearest at one of the world’s most hallowed private residences, Capri’s Casa Malaparte.
In attendance at the : Dua Lipa, Jennie Kim, (complete with a Mediterranean glow), Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, and...
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me. Yes, I had a lovely day, thank you for asking! Before I turn my phone to do-not-disturb and board the after-party (a retro yacht), here are the answers to some of the questions in my DMs, and a few bonus questions from for good measure. Where are you?? Casa Malaparte! This cliff-top pyramidal house, perched high on Capri’s eastern coastline, is the apotheosis of Italian modern architecture and famously served as the backdrop to Jean-Luc Godard’s (1963), which saw Brigitte Bardot and Michel Piccoli walking the property’s iconic stairs.
Simon Porte Jacquemus decided to create his brand after watching the movie, which makes this anniversary show – dedicated to the designer’s late mother, who died when he was 19 – all the more poignant. Access to this ultra-private home is strictly by invitation only: when Simon Porte Jacquemus wore a jacket embroidered with an image of Casa Malaparte taken by Karl Lagerfeld to last year’s Met Gala, he caught the attention of the house’s owners. The upshot?.