SILVIA GIOVANARDI’S VOCATION SUSTAINABILITY IS AT THE CENTER OF SILVIA GIOVANARDI’S WORK AS A FASHION DESIGNER, PAINTER, AND PHOTOGRAPHER. HER PHILOSOPHY PROMOTES THE RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL MEANING OF FASHION AS A LIFESTYLE. A MODUS VIVENDI THAT RE-DISCOVERS, THROUGH ART, THE BEAUTY OF NATURE. LOVE IS THE MANTRA.

‘I WANT TO BE NATURE’S INSTRUMENT:
BY GETTING BACK IN TOUCH WITH IT AND EMBRACING A MORE NATURAL RHYTHM, WE WILL TAKE CARE OF OURSELVES WHILE RESPECTING THE ENVIRONMENT, LOCAL CRAFTS AND EVERYONE IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN.’

– SILVIA GIOVANARDI

‘Courage’ – Handpainted Armor was commissioned by @cittadellarte for the @circulart_cittadellarte project. Silvia Giovanardi explored the myth of PROTEUS (the shape shifter in the ancient Greece), and the legends of the islamic JINN (the fiery genius in the old persian culture).

‘I created a courageous piece imbued with the ancient Proteus’ and Jinn’s traditions about their magical/miraculous possibility to TRANSFORM, to inspire participants in having the COURAGE to explore the great transformation power of the HEART..And to let the intuitive INSTINCT raise in our souls, asking our mind to be in the humble service of the heart, by loving the expansion of TIME, we only can perceive through its deep signature: the evolutionary change.’

– Silvia Giovanardi

ABOUT SILVIA GIOVANARDI:

THE AIM: RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF WEARING HEALTHY CLOTHES, THROUGH A MULTI-SENSORY EXPERIENCE (VISUAL, TACTILE, OLFACTORY, EMOTIONAL), DISCOVERING HOW A FABRIC CAN CONFER WITH OUR BODY TO THE POINT OF TAKING CARE OF IT.

TOOLS: CERTIFIED ORGANIC FIBERS (LINEN, SILK, COTTON) AND ECOLOGICAL FIBERS (HEMP, SOY, CORN, MILK), NATURAL DYES (GARDENIA BERRY, CAMPECHE WOOD, TURMERIC, ETC.)

VEGETABLE TANNED LEATHER (FROM FOOD PROCESSING WASTE). “BURY MY CLOTHES”: ALL THE FIBERS ARE 100% NATURAL, SO EVERYTHING CAN POTENTIALLY BE BURIED, CREATE NEW HUMUS, THEREFORE, NEW LIFE.

TIMELESS: THERE ARE NO SEASONS ANYMORE, CRAFT IS FOREVER. GENDERLESS: WE BREATHE AND WEAR THE SAME BEAUTY.