Couldn’t find yourself in the previous Cassette Playa People wideowall? Try to see if you are in this new one!

More cool people from Carrie Mundane’s Cassette Playa performance and party for Pitti Immagine at Pitti Uomo 2008. 

A video from one of the performances of Carrie Mundane’s Cassette Playa crew in Florence, the live jumpdance performance for Pitti Uomo 74.


Are you ready to kick?

Meet Heather Knights, an intern at the MIT Mobile Experience Labs, but also the guest star in the movie created by the MIT Mobile Experience Labs we posted yesterday.

Heather tells us all about The Cloud, the interactive art installation created by the MIT Mobile Experience Lab expressly for Pitti Immagine and Pitti Uomo 74 / 2008.

The Cloud - from mitmobileexperiencelab on Vimeo.

Great International cultural and fashion events this yar in Florence for the 74th edition of Pitti Uomo and the 2nd edition of Pitti W Woman Precollection.

Diane von Furstenberg with a glamour event for the preview of the Cruise/ Pre-Spring Collection 2008-09, Walter Van Beirendonck with a Men’s Fashion Project event for Pitti Uomo, and Cassette Playa with London designer Carri Mundane and her international posse of artists, musicians and performers from London, Tokyo, Los Angeles and New York.

More action with the Boss Orange Fashion Event, Dirk Bikkembergs at Stazione leopolda, Stefano Ricci with the “Stefano Ricci Heritage Trophy”, the photo installation “Golden Dream”, Sundeck’s 5o Anniversary Party, Mason’s “Backstage performance”, Roy Roger’s “Flower party”, the sport-focused “Superhuman Performance” exhibition at the Museo del Tessuto di Prato, and a calendar full of talk shows, openings, cocktails and parties, including 44° L’Altro Uomo Party, which brings each year in Florence the coolest dj around.

A complete calendar of events is available on the Pitti Immagine site - mark the dates down and try not to miss some among the top cultural and fashion events of this year!

DIANE VON FURSTENBERG WILL BE THE STAR OF THE PITTI W SPECIAL EVENT

Diane von Furstenberg  will be the special guest at the second edition of Pitti W _ Woman Precollection, the Pitti Immagine project dedicated to women’s pre-collections. On the evening of Wednesday, 18 June the extraordinary Giardino Torrigiani in the heart of Florence will be the stunning en plein air backdrop for an elegant, glamour-filled event featuring the world première of Diane von Furstenberg’s Cruise / Pre-Spring Collection 2008 - 2009

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PITTI UOMO 74

Pitti Uomo, the international platform that has succeeded in bringing together attention for established names – the most product and marketing-oriented firms – with the finest selection of niche labels and young research projects. Detail

WALTER VAN BEIRENDONCK

The special guest at this edition of Pitti Uomo is the Belgian designer Walter Van Beirendonck
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FREE CYCLE – FREE MOBILITY IS THE NEW THEME-LAYOUT FOR PITTI-UOMO 74

Pitti Uomo drew its inspiration for this edition’s layout from a very current topic: environmentally sustainability mobility.
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“THE CLOUD”: PITTI IMMAGINE AND MIT PRESENT THE INTERACTIVE CLOUD

Inside the Fortezza da Basso reception area visitors to Pitti Uomo will see “The Cloud”. It is a curved sculpture and an icon of the modern approach to organizing fashion fairs that Pitti Immagine is developing in conjunction with MIT – Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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 All the info about Pitti Uomo 74 and Pitti W are coming soon…

From tomorrow the PITTI IMMAGINE shows dedicated to the women’s autumn/winter 2008-2009 collections, Touch! neoZone and cloudnine, will run from 21 to 24 February 2008 in the ex-Ansaldo spaces in Via Tortona, Milan.

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