The Art of Luxury Issue 45 2020 | Page 136

FASHION
And so we did a self-sufficient job , all inside our house , mixing things we had already done with things we were about to – overcoming the schemes of the time coherently with my idea of The Epilogue , the final resolution of a future that is largely present ”.
Shot by Minneapolis-based photographer Alec Soth and filmed by Roman directors Damiano and Fabio D ’ Innocenzo , winners of the 2020 Berlin International Film Festival ’ s Silver Bear for Best Screenplay , the campaign leads to the conclusion of the narrative arc that began in February with the An Unrepeatable Ritual show , when Alessandro Michele brought the backstage preparations to the centre stage . The tale continued in May , with the release of The Ritual campaign , a radical experimentation that blurred the lines between models and authors in search of a spontaneous , unpredicted idea of beauty . Now , following July ’ s live-streamed presentation , this fairy tale eventually finds its Epilogue .
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