Exhibitions, installations and fashion shows, there is less and less time left for Lucca Fashion Week(end), the fashion and art event that will take place in Lucca from 27th to 29th June! Here’s some info…
Here we are! The countdown has begun for the second edition of Lucca Fashion Week(end), a two-day event full of events, fashion shows, talks and exhibitions that will drive fashion enthusiasts and more alike crazy! From the 27 to 29 June 2o24, the historical locations, the art palaces and the basements of the historic and beautiful Tuscan city will thus become a meeting point between artisan tradition and new contemporary visions. The main purpose of Lucca Fashion Weekend? Make the area known and highlight its artisanal and commercial excellence, with the aim of protecting the city’s tradition but with an eye always turned to innovation, research and experimentation. Save the dates in your diary because the event already has many new things in store for you…
Lucca Fashion Week(end): the 3 pillars of the program
This unmissable event unfolds in 3 pillars, all united by innovation and sustainability. Each of them will give anyone who wants to participate the opportunity to experience first-hand everything the city offers.
LFW END: space for creativity!
The first section concerns the insiders: you will be able to meet young designers and independent brands, ateliers and local and national artisan realities and you will be able to witness many talk with independent magazines; Among the events to report in the section LFW ENDdeserves a special mention Underground, an exhibition project that sees the city’s underground spaces welcoming young designers and prestigious artisan businesses. An evocative and unique event that we invite you to mark on your calendar immediately!
LFW EXP: exhibitions, exhibitions and installations
This is a section intended for exhibitions and installations spread across the historic streets of the city, where art and urban fabric find themselves in a privileged conversation; Among the events that you absolutely cannot miss is the exhibition of “Antonio Canova and Neoclassicism in Lucca” at the Former Horse Riding Spacesan exhibition curated by Vittorio Sgarbi, where the statues of Antonio Canova will be in continuous dialogue with the wonderful evening dresses of Roberto Capucci “the silk sculptor”.
LFW OFF: the windows of the Lucca Fashion Weekend
LFW OFF is the section dedicated to initiatives and events organized by commercial activities that will liven up the streets of the city from 27 to 29 June with presentations, exhibitions and extraordinary openings. Where? Along the main shopping streets! A full immersion that will be impossible to resist!
The most interesting events of Lucca Fashion Week(end)
Lucca Fashion Weekend includes a series of truly unique events focused on fashion accompanied by moments of pure artistic expression that will leave those present speechless. Let’s find out together, then, which events you absolutely must mark on your calendar…
Everyone on Via dei Fossi!
Via dei Fossithe ancient silk road, from the 27th to the 29th will bear the signature of Francesco Zavattari And Laura de Cesare. Here, the undisputed protagonist will be silk, the theme of the event, where a spatial installation curated by Francesco Zavattari will involve and envelop the historic Via Lucchese in an intriguing canvas, to animate ancient abandoned spaces and give life to an interactive path where matter and light will converge in exemplary harmony. Zavattari will then perform an evocative performance during the opening ceremony of the
demonstration. Focus on craftsmanship and the mastery of the hands with the laboratory exhibition The Silk Road. The Filaticcio from Luccawhere the artisan and weaver Laura de Cesare will carry out a live weaving of Lucca yarn on a pedal loom, set up with local historical fabric; Furthermore, the loom work of the Tessiture Lucchesi Association will be on display.
BOOM! Italian fashion
Also not to be missed BOOM! Italian fashionan exhibition project that celebrates the origins of Italian fashion and which will be the setting for the round table dedicated to Made in Italy at the Banca del Monte di Lucca Foundation, where it will be possible to admire an archive selection dedicated to the fashion of the historic magazine “Italy Tomorrow” weekly published from 1958 to 1960.
Barbie Show
And the exhibition is still worth mentioning Barbie Show history, contemporaneity at the Banca del Monte foundation. A selection from the private collection of will be dedicated to the iconic blonde doll Renata Fredianiamong the most important collections of the famous Mattel doll, with the historic Barbies between 1959 and 1980.
Section OFF: Artisanal Crossroad
Space for events in the streets of the city in the section OFF. Of note, Artisanal Crossroad, a widespread installation project involving independent brands in as many iconic places in the city. Ancient jewelery shops, framers, historic bookshops and local artisans will host a selection of independent brands, as mentors and promoters of young talents of Made in Italy. And again, the flash makeup and olfactory discovery initiatives curated by deserve a special mention Armani beauty And Le Vanità perfumeries at the Praetorian loggia.
