20.06.2024 – The Duc Brundisium organize for Sunday 23 June, starting at 8pmon the suggestive Virgil Staircase of the capital of Brindisi, the Brindisi Fashion Award, a very high level event designed to make the local community aware of the commitment and work of the Urban Commercial District, giving space to the undisputed talent of international and Apulian stylists.
Many leading signatures of this memorable show created for the first time by the Brindisi institution, such as Patrizia Scianaro, Italiapeulh Fulani, Marina Corazziari, Sladana Krstic, Blink By Radoslava Lazarova, Giulia Petronella, Caresta Bag, Istituto Cordella, Marina Banovic and Francioso Abbigliamento. Among the guests of excellence, also the President of Montenegro Fashion Week Srdjan Sergio Lubarda, a fundamental presence to increase commercial relations between Italy and abroad, one of the main objectives hoped for by the organizers of the event. Illustrious partners, Eva Garden Make Up, Rover Hair, Futura Ente di Training, Cef School and DNG Model.
On the catwalk, among the most anticipated collections, that of Marina Banovictitled “The fairies of Montenegro”made with embroidery, finishes and woven materials by hand: linen, hemp, cotton and silk. Some pieces contain parts of the ancient national costumes of the regions of Montenegro, Serbia, Kosovo and Albania. These are pieces that they are up to two hundred years old and their parts have been recycled and implemented into a new and modern piece of clothing. Marina Banovic has exhibited in her country and abroad. The most important collections were presented at Alta Roma 2006, Miami Fashion Week 2012, Paris Fashion Week.
The evening will be enriched by the participation of students of the “Morvillo-Falcone” Professional Institute of Brindisi, who will have the opportunity to see their creations created in the last school year parade on the catwalk, and will therefore be able to enjoy a great professional opportunity to make their creative talent known internationally.
An important moment of the initiative will be the competition Miss Red Carpet, in which the Miss Salento will be identified who will represent, with her beauty, the Salento area at the next edition of the Venice Film Festival. The jury includes industry experts such as Cosimo Scialpi, director and director of Fashion TV, and designer Luca Leone. This is a way to bring the new generation closer to the world of fashion, helping them to enter this field professionally.
The Duc Brundisium proposes the Brindisi Fashion Award to demonstrate the validity of its function and work, highlighting the uniqueness of the city in the local cultural panorama and linking fashion, art and cinema. The event will therefore be a way not only to pay tribute to the field of fashion, but also to promote the beauties and peculiarities of Puglia that participants will have the opportunity to discover, enriching their cultural experience.
