Issue #2 Into the blue

MODA E MOTORI MAGAZINE n.2

Anno II - N.2 - Semestrale - Luglio 2020 - € 5,00 Italia - 5,00 ₤ UK

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Into the blue, MMM‘S second issue, is ready. The new contents were created by sharing the social distancing that has distorted the very way of conceiving and consequently delivering our work.

Despite everything, the editorial project Into the blue, is here and we are looking forward to share our experience with you. The journey Into the blue begins with fashion, where creativity never stopped and is still producing new ideas. Almost to reiterate the concept that men want to make things, always and anyway. The journey continues through the Alfa Romeo’s history, and its 110th anniversary. Attracted by the song of the Ulyssian sirens, it reaches the boundaries of two worlds characterized by a poetic blue, almost fantastic, that leaves us suspended between the sky and the sea. We are talking about the blue of Pelizzari’s sea and Dario Costa’s blue sky.

Vincenzo d’Alba of Kiasmo, realized a special contribution to the issue, interpreting with his very original touch the garments for the SS2020 collections.

Here is the Second issue of MMM, a continuous journey into fashion and its closest realities. Browsing its printed version will stimulate your sense of smell, sight and sound.

We thank you For now and will be in touch again in January 2021.

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Issue n.2 | Year II July 2020 Biannual Pubblication ON THE COVER Dario Costa www.modaemotorimagazine.com EDITOR IN CHIEF Giuseppe Piazzolla MANAGING EDITOR Gaetano Piazzolla redazione@modaemotorimagazine.com FASHION EDITOR Stefano Guerrini Federica Arcadio CONTRIBUTOR Silvia Scorcella Alice Bignardi ILLUSTRATOR Vincenzo D’Alba - Kiasmo ADVERTISING adv@modaemotorimagazine.com PRINTING FAENZA PRINTING INDUSTRIES PUBLISHER GPIAZZOPHOTOGRAPHY SRLS Via Stendhal, 45 - 20144 Milano All rights reserved no part of this publication may be reproduced in whole or part without permission from the publishers Registration N° 297 at Milan Courthouse on November 28th 2018 Copyright Moda & Motori Magazine.

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Illusion

Blue

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TRAVEL IN THE BLUE FASHION / Silvia Scorcella

he brevity of the name is only a surprising illusion: blue, four rapid letters that enclose countless shades tied to countless stories of style, chests of innumerable suggestions. Exploring the presence of blue in fashion is equivalent to a journey full of encounters and revelations that have wonder: in the sense of the wonder that exclaims wow! And that put us on the alert for risky style slips: we remember all the famous lessons on blue cerulean imparted by the inflexible Miranda Priestly in The Devil Wears Prada, right? Because in fashion nothing happens by chance, least of all the blue with its endless variations, even the one dedicated to our 2020 has a well-defined name: that is, Pantone “Classic Blue”, which is the chosen shade of the year.It has become naturally the color of style privileged by fashion designers for the collections for him and her, giving us an immersion in this, the shade of timeless elegance, source of serenity for the soul and reflection regenerating the mind. Before Pantone had already thought of Mother Nature to paint the sky of dusk Classic Blue: more precisely he painted us the so-called “blue hour” which happens about half an hour after dawn and before sunset, during which, with the complicity of the sun that spreads its golden light, the saturation of mute tones is dressed in this velvety shade of blue. Always mother nature is the artist who, with the blue, charmingly depicts the large expanses of water and the mysterious depths of the sea. Coupled with the sky of which they are the mirror, I am the source of that famous wow! of amazed contemplation, which in turn has always been a raw material of inspiration for designers who from the blue beauty of the sky and sea have been so seduced to make it their chromatic signature.

Well, in fashion, blue is not just a question of how to wear it - paired or replacing black? in formal, casual or elegant contexts? - but also by those who were renamed: the first was Madame Jeanne Lanvin, who in the 1920s coined Lanvin Blue, a pale shade of cobalt blue in which the splendour of the famous frescoed skies of Beato Angelico was enclosed, and the brightness of the Mediterranean skies with which he fell in love in his Italian

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Renato Balestra Haute Couture PE 2013

Wrangler Texas Slim SS20

travels, and then colored every piece of the world that surrounded it, from the bedroom to the Théâtre Daunou.

Speaking of couture, even the great Christian Dior created his own personal tint: the Blu Dior, a sophisticated hieratic shade of blue that crosses into black because of the right pinch of grey; he debuted with this in 1949 with the complete “Chevrier” inspired by the tunics of the shepherds, through which so ennobled a color is still considered very un-bourgeois, accompanied by notes that are true lessons in style for all by his “petit dictionnaire de la mode” (1954): of all the colors, only navy blue can compete with black and has the same advantages.

When choosing a shade of blue, be careful, observe it both in daylight and in electric light, because it changes its appearance a lot. We stay in France, but we jump into the fabulous years between the ‘70s and the ‘80s, when Yves Saint Laurent shines a blue on the catwalk that seems crossed by an electric shock: it is the appearance of the famous bluette, borrowed from the equally famous blue Klein, which dyes his jackets from the catwalk, invading the decade, making it chromatically unforgettable. It starts with him, Yves Saint Laurent, who made his feminine signature seductive, the eternal lesson that blue and black can be a perfectly refined pairing.

A lesson that will continue with King Giorgio Armani, as we will see, but first enjoy meeting another great master of fashion whohas tied blue to his passion and his name: Renato Balestra, who from an early age prefers blue, as a young artist chooses it for his paintings, until he gets that special shade of his, acclaimed by all: Blu Balestra, that becomes the unmistakable signature of the maison as much as the extraordinary elegance of its clothes that dress the beauty of women, including among the most important in the world. So as Renato tells himself: this is a color I have always loved and that in my life represents joy and emotion! For me the sky is always more blue and so I hope and hope that this is so for young designers. From the sky to the sea, here is another prestigious Italian designer to set the blue in an extraordinary work of art and fashion: Roberto Capucci, who in 1998 forges the dress “Oceano”, 1200 pieces of taffeta cut and applied by hand in 5 months of work to recreate 37 shades of blue, and blue as if they were the changing shades of the sea, or rather the oceans, the theme of the Universal Expo of Lisbon 2000 for which the work was intended.

Blue: evocative color of fashion artists, but also distinctive of great figures of power, because it is the color that symbolizes credibility, reliability and professionalism; it is not by chance the color of many uniforms, including those of the weapon. Wallis Blue is the dress with which Wallis Simpson has a third marriage with Edward VIII of England: a particular point of powder blue chosen by her personally. And it is always the blue that forges the image of Margaret Thatcher: night blue was the wedding dress, of a thousand other shades, from the navy to the Prussian blue to the cerulean were the clothes that dressed in her speeches and diplomatic meetings more importantly, accompanied by the inevitable sapphire pins.

What about the man? Speaking of power, the memory goes immediately to the blue sweater of Sergio Marchionne: the dark blue crew-neck sweater worn without a tie and on all kinds of occasions, a sign of effective defense against modal distractions, normcore sample for which the most ordinary normality is elevated to aesthetic and stylish ideal. Power or comfort? In his case both, but as for comfort nothing beats the blue casual

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par excellence: the blue jeans! Let’s be clear, denim is the fabric, a type of blue-colored fustian: we are in the fifteenth century and this blue canvas was exported through the port of Genoa, so from the blue of Genoa bleu de Genes in French, voilà, from which derives, or at least is suspected of deriving, the name blue jeans. We jump into the 800, when the blue denim happens in the hands of Levi Strauss, the one who will become the pioneer giant of blue jeans pants made for gold seeker Americans: exactly, those blue jeans that go through history acquiring more and more celebrities, with the unmistakable details of stitching and rivets studied at the time, more precisely since 1874, the year in which Levi’s were patented, to facilitate hard and tiring work, and over time to show off the rebellious and sensual character of jeans worn by celebrities… inside our wardrobe, those of us who have not worn and kept at least one sample of Levi’s 501s! Or maybe a sample of Wrangler, that like Levi’s, but a long time later, contributed to celebrate blue jeans as an icon of style, as well as functionality. Ah, the blue of blue jeans comes from indigo, which, resisting light and friction, contributed to the fame of jeans.

But not only is comfort made into fashion for the man, there is also need of elegance: and for this reason there is no better master than Giorgio Armani, who is a great admirer and supporter of blue always, so much so as to declare it the valid alternative to black, with which he shares the power, but from which it stands out for the deep and serene softness of its nocturnal suggestion, and for this it is a guarantee of absolute elegance, even in the most informal contexts. Not surprisingly, he even anticipated the Pantone, dressed in classic blue the entire collection A/I 201920, renamed a rhapsody in blue that is the stylish reference to the collections dedicated to 2020.

Speaking of modernity and elegance, blue is the fil-rouge that characterizes the Berluti

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collections: that for 2020 has dyed the season’s patina of blue, the typical work of luxurious hosiery that, in this case, acquires a particular flamboyant vibe. Dubbed Burnt Blue is renamed and gives a shiny shade of bright blue both to the summer shoes and bags, as well as to the original complete runway show on the runway A/W 2020. Blue is also the lesson between tailoring and casual, power issues and social criticism that distinguished the collection of Balenciaga S/S 2020: blue was ill-set, a room of the Cité du Cinema in Paris completely redesigned to recreate a sort of spiral reminiscent of the European Parliament completely tinged with a particular cobalt blue, very bright, almost hypnotic, which was even renamed ~ because it’s similar to the UK Leave campaign. Blue were also many dresses in the parade, worn by ordinary people, or rather ordinary workers, mixed with celebrities from the catwalk as the unsettling and constructive staging of Demna Gvasalia now teaches us. From the blue of the political seats to that of the artistic skies: for the A/W 2020 of Louis Vuitton, the ruler of streetwear, Virgil Abloh, has recreated the blue sky of Magritte sprinkled with its fluffy white clouds so much for the scenography, as for the unexpected suits perfectly tailored that closed a parade crossed by many shades of blue, from tailoring complete with the habit of the rouches, to the heads of memory street, which keep the athlete even if they appear much more composed. For those who prefer to keep the sporty and street taste, and combine it with the blue trend, the right name is David Catalan: young fashion designer of Spanish origin who is gaining success in the various international fashion events, and that for 2020-21 inserts very fin doses of bright blue, in the sweatshirts for the p/e, the collection that returns without nostalgia to the 90s of Curt Kobain, and in the a/i collection that instead explores the casual universe of football, in particular the wardrobe of the fans of the English teams who are preparing to attend the game, wearing the blue denim suits, overalls that recall the glorious 90s but proposed in a more stylish way, up to the padded jacket whose sleeves detach in a real twist of practical and aesthetic, but above all absolutely blue.

Renato Balestra Haute Couture Tribute

Levi’s 501 1993

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Look

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In blue deep Styling Stefano Guerrini Photography Gilad Kavalero _15

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Grooming Martina Muscariello Stylist assistants Greta Tedeschi & Daniela Cassis

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Name: Nicolas Cabral @Independent MGMT Country: Argentina Age: 24

Name: Adam Loebbert @Urbn Models Country: Helsingborg, Sweden Age: 24

Name: Bruno Bau @Urbn Models Country: Curitiba, Brazil Age: 18

Name: Markus Quintao @Urbn Models Country: Brazil, Minas Gerais Age: 23

Name: Adrian Feruma @Major Model Management Country: Costa Rica Age: 27

Name: Marco Bozzano @D’Management Country: Italy, Venezia Age: 23

“Blue is amazing and it is his favorite color because it means being calm and positivity for him.”

“Blue is a canvas to paint or another art project because heʼs an artist and he likes to decorate clothes.”

“Blue remembers him the time in Brazil because he lives near the sea. It remembers him the sea of his country. Thereʼs also blue in the Brazilian flag representing the sea.”

“Blue is his favorite color because itʼs like the sky and it makes him dream.”

“When I think about the blue color it comes to my mind is the color itself. It is introspective and maturity.

Thereʼs something about the navy that also reminds me of it.”

“It reminds me of the ocean, the first thing I can think of is my connection to it since I was a child. Iʼm from Venice, Iʼm a dancer and blue is also a sensible color where I can express myself through it. It is duality. Itʼs innocence, peace and the same time has enough strength and character.”

Suit: Christian Pellizzari Earring and ring: modelʼs own

Jacket:Tela Genova Trousers: Berwich Earrings,necklaces and rings: modelʼs own

Raincoat: Hevo Suit: Gabriele Pasini

Blazer: Tagliatore T-shirt: Fred Perry Trousers: Antony Morato Earring: model’s own Socks: Bresciani Shoes: CC Corneliani

Cardigan: Gabriele Pasini Windbreaker zipped jacket: Hunter Trousers Anthony Morato Shoes: Saucony

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Name: Dion D @Major Model Management Country: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro Age: 18

Name: Leonardo Rocha @Major Model Management Country: Brazil Age: 20

“Blue is passion and happiness, what help us to be confident.”

“So probably Iʼm gonna say the sky, like others maybe, but a blue sky is a happy day, therefore it means happiness for me. If the sky is grey it kinds of affects my mood during the day so I love it when itʼs deep blue and I can start my day with the right foot”.

On the left, standing, Leonardo is wearing.

Suit: Gabriele Pasini, Shirt: Alessandro Gherardi Shoes: Saucony

Name: Tommaso Cataldi @Brave Models Country: Italia, Colleferro-Roma Age: 30

Blazer: Custo Barcelona Waistcoat: Tela Genova Shirt Alessandro Gherardi Trousers: Lavenham Scarf vintage: A.N.G.E.L.O.

Name: Melle Neering @Independent MGMT Country: Amsterdam, Netherlands Age:19

Name: Maarten Dijkstra @ Major Model Management Country: The Netherlands, Sneek Age 23

Seated Name: Marco Dumitru @Major Model Management Country: Italia, Milano Age: 20

“Blue reminds me of the famous David Lynch movie ‘Blue Velvet’ and how much i was fascinated by it the first time i saw it!”

“Blue is friendship, because the football team where he used to play with his friends had this color for the uniforms.”

“Blue is the color of my look for my first show: FUTURA. It reminds of happy moments of the beginning of my career!”

“Blue is serenity and calm and positivity because it makes me think about happymoments with friends.”

Coat Hevo Leather jacket: Sword Jumpsuit: Rossignol

Jacket and shirt: Anthony Morato, Glasses: Etnia Scarf vintage: A.N.G.E.L.O.

Total look: Zilli Scarf vintage: A.N.G.E.L.O.

Jacket: Hunter Suit: DOPPIAA Shirt: Alessandro Gherardi Scarf vintage: A.N.G.E.L.O. Shoes: Anthony Morato

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Total look: CC Corneliani, Scarf vintage: A.N.G.E.L.O. Rings: modelʼs own Shoes: Pànchic

Jacket and shirt: Tagliatore T-shirt: Anthony Morato Trousers: C+plus

Suit: Tagliatore Sweater: Christian Pellizzari T-shirt: C.P. Company Shoes :Anthony Morato

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Fast

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Photographer SĹ‚awomir Krajniewski

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S Story Alice Bignardi Photographer Marcel Stenner Location Hangar-7

Some say he spent more hours in the air than on the ground. Until he grows a pair of wings, he will continue to do so on stunt & race airplanes.

His favorite is the Zivko Edge 540, a competition model with a wingspan that does not reach eight meters and travels more than 400 kilometers per hour. If it was a motorcycle, it would be a Ducati; if it was a car, it would be a Lamborghini; and if it was a person, well, it would be Dario Costa. We met and interviewed him at normal altitude.

Pants & sweatshirt AlphaTauri Watch Hamilton Shoes 8JS

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Since 2013, Costa has been linked to the world of Red Bull. From instructor to Red Bull athlete and then competitor in the Red Bull Air Race Challenger Cup, Dario performs stunts, acrobatics and competes in the Air Race, a competition of precision and speed.

Born in 1980, Dario Costa is a dedicated and disciplined athlete who at sixteen had already earned the right to his first solo flight. Costa was for many years the youngest acrobatic flight instructors in Italy.

Photographer Özkan Taşkıran

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Let’s warm up. You think an airplane pilot should never...

Overestimate yourself and stop learning.

Explain your work in 3 words.

Emotion, innovation, imagination.

What do you remember about your first flight?

I was too young to remember my first flight: I was about a year old. Instead, I remember my first flight as a pilot without an instructor like yesterday. I was 16 years old.

I landed from a normal training flight with my instructor at Bologna airport. On the ground, I had not yet turned off the engine, I remember that my instructor got off the plane and said “Go”, and I went.

You have spent your childhood between Africa and Italy. How did it influence your passion for flying and how much did your job change you?

I’ve always traveled a lot in my life. The move has always made me feel like a citizen of the world and has given me a much broader view of my ambitions. He taught me not to set limits. I don’t know what it means to stand still, whether it’s a place or in my mind. The contamination of different cultures has enriched me with values and feelings that I don’t think I would ever have had without travelling since I was a child.

Then this work allowed me to continue to travel the world, flying over landscapes that I find difficult to describe with words.

It was a great occasion that introduced me to many cultures, I learned something from every meeting. Then it taught me how small we are in the world and that if we want to change it we must begin by looking inside with humility and sincerity.

“Most of all, I have learned that talent does not exist. There is dedication and hard work.”

Every athlete knows discipline and sacrifice; do you think there are more distractions today that are hard to escape?

Social media is a double-edged weapon, but I think they are also part of the natu-

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ral evolution of communication. I guess the time we spend on the channels that connect us to the rest of the world hasn’t changed, just the channels have changed.

Back from quarantine like everyone else, how have you lived these months?

At home with my Wife and Son, trying to keep myself ready to fly with some creative home workouts, helping my little one with his homework and did with my Wife plans B, C, D, etc., to be able to survive the year. This period has taught me how vulnerable we are, and guests on this planet, not hosts.

What did you do to relax?

Before the quarantine I used to train in the pool, then because of the lockdown I started to go to the woods by bike: basically I push it up to the top and then I go down studying what is the best and fastest line. A crazy fun that has become a passion that helps me both to relax and to train for the Air Race.

Do you play other sports?

I’ve played baseball at a competitive level for ten years, up to 18, a sport that I miss a lot; but my training now includes swimming, cycling and other sports.

Tell us what makes you happiest and what scares you the most?

The happiness of my wife and son; and it scares me not to be the father and husband they deserve.

What do you think about what happened and, still, what happens in the United States following the case of George Floyd?

Thanks to the video evidence, the dramatic case of George Floyd is the straw that has overflowed a jar full of shameful racist acts that are now coming out and are opening our eyes to a problem that has been silently persisting for too long.

I grew up in a multicultural family, and ethnic prejudice is something I’ve never

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been able to understand. Racism goes against all logic, and I hope that school will teach our children what is right and what has been wrong in the past and that must never be repeated again.

Blue has been declared color of the year. Give us your thoughts on blue!

Blue represents for me infinity, the freedom to create what you want without any limit.

Which of the two and four wheels would you prefer the most?

Very difficult choice. I would say impossible to answer! My passion together with flying since childhood has always been Formula 1, so maybe the four wheels, at least for seniority, deserve first place in this case, but without taking anything away from the two wheels that I love equally!

T-shirt, pants & jacket AlphaTauri Watch Hamilton Shoes 8JS

Shirt, pants & jacket AlphaTauri Watch Hamilton Shoes 8JS

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m a , re, e r a m e h “M ia di arri are ma c a te.” l v d g a , r o e e v lì d a t

Dress Aeronautica Militare Swimwear Mimì à La Mer Bag Kiasmo Glasses Sun’s good

So Luca Carboni sang, swimsuit it’s not just sea.

In the pool, in the park, anywhere tan.

He’s got a complaint.

Striped, fancy or retro.

The important thing is that be the second skin in which to feel at best.

Styling Federica Arcadio Photo Giuseppe Piazzolla

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Shirt Ralph Lauren Swimwear CALZEDONIA

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Swimwear Mimì à La Mer Shorts Abercrombie Headscarf Essere Style

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Swimwear Mimì à La Mer Headscarf Essere Style

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Swimwear Mimì à La Mer Headscarf Essere Style

MUA Valeria Stefanelli Model Andrea Messina @independent_mgmt

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Always

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Denim jacket Diesel Jeans Two Woman Two Men Boots Marni

Denim all over Indispensable, chameleon, irreplaceable, beloved denim.

All the shades of the sky inside a fabric that does not knows time.

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Denim jacket Two Woman Two Men Parka Mango Man Jeans Two Woman Two Men Shoes Adidas

Jacket Sartoria LaTorre Denim shirt Two Woman Two Men Jeans Two Woman Two Men Boots Moreschi

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Polo Alpha Studio Jeans Two Woman Two Men Shoes Adidas

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T-shirt Best Company Jeans Find Boots Marni

Jacket Tagliatore Polo Alpha studio Jeans Boggi Shoes Adidas

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Denim jacket American Vintage T-shirt Best Company Jeans Find Boots Marni

Denim jacket American Vintage T-shirt Alpha Studio Pants Tagliatore Shoes Adidas

MUA Valeria Stefanelli Models Daniel Crostella Lorenzo Origgi @angelsdemonsmgmt

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Start

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Shades of Blue:

Must-have for the summer Salvatore Pezzella

From avio to indigo to sugar paper to aquamarine a color with a special power

Vintage Helmet Pocket Square Boggi T-shirt Pyrenex Bucket hat Boohoo Sunglasses Italian Indipendent Sandals Birkenstock Kyoto Baseball Hat North Sails City guide Louis Vuitton Scraf Boggi Backpack Roncato Parka Hevo Hat GInGI Tie Boggi Swimsuit Boohoo Sweatshirt Best Company Watch Hoops bella vita Sneakers: Saucony

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Breath

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“It is not I who wins the sea,

it is the sea that lets me win.”

Story Gaetano Piazzolla

Photographer Alberto Muro Pelliconi

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For Umberto Pelizzari, the blue, the deep blue - like night, insidious and magical at the same time - is a home, all his, to return to. Him, the no-limit record man. He, the man of the depths also of the soul. He, who counts his moments of life - the real one - in restrained breaths. He, Umberto - even before the Pelizzari athlete and cover man - owes everything to the sea, especially the privilege, he calls it so, of having been granted some victory “It is not I who wins the sea, it is the sea that lets me win”. To understand Umberto Pelizzari. To try to get in touch with his extraordinary talent. To feel the thrill of abandonment to the abyss and the choice, because this is after minutes that seem endless, to return to the surface. To do at least in part all this, you have to leave your mind open and rely - and for once we too unreservedly - on the hands of those who have always, more than the physical mind, trained their absolute respect for an element that can do everything, the blue sea in fact. The challenge, with oneself, comes much later; it is the relentless constancy of feeling guests of something greater than the real journey.

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Did you choose apnea or did apnea choose you?

Is it easier to get into the water or a shirt?

Definitely the second, everything was born by chance. I trained in the pool and, as often happens, I started challenging the kids; but something inside me snapped. During the military service in the firefighters I asked to be assigned to the Island of Elba and that’s where I started to explore the depths and discover my true nature.

That’s when I found out what I was born to do.

(Umberto Pelizzari boasts a lung capacity of 7.9 liters; during a test in 1995 after eight minutes of oxygen ventilation he held his breath for the ‘incredible time of 19 ‘56 leaving the scientific community incredulous, ed.)

A t-shirt is better, maybe blue (like the one he wears during the interview, ed.). I wear shirts, but not very often, and then we tell the sea the shirts are uncomfortable and - if I may be quite honest - I hate those that go with the same shirt in common.

I know it may seem impossible to you but the sea, the abysses, may not be such a comfortable place...

For me I have to say the sea is not only comfortable but it is also relaxing. When I am in blue I try to see and peer as far as possible; I become one with this element and, I always say, my first breath in resurfacing from the bottom of the sea is like the first breath made when I came out of my mother’s womb.

What’s the bluest sea you’ve ever been in?

In Japan south of Okinawa, but I would never give up the blue of the Mediterranean: my safe haven where I prefer to train, where I choose to return.

Favorite color in fashion?

The blue. Granted?! The truth is that it’s really the color that I feel more comfortable with and that I like more, especially when I think about men’s clothing. On formal occasions a blue suit solves any doubt about how I should dress even if I go back to say that when I can I choose practicality, and my collection of T-shirts I would never give up.

The sea is your real habitat, more Triton than man, but out of the water how is Umberto?

If I’m not at sea, I’m talking about the sea. Daily I carry on my work of scientific dissemination and on the marine environment in addition to the diffusion, teaching and research of underwater apnea worldwide. And then I dedicate myself to the family, which is also training oxygen in the lungs.

Photographer Matthias Ghem

Where do you live and what, if it exists, is the place you would ideally live?

Currently I live in Parma, the city of my wife which is a quiet village in the province where you are fine. If we were to move to the sea one day I would choose Cagliari because until you know it you do not know how beautiful it is.

And it is, very.

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Photographer Alberto Muro Pelliconi

One who at sea only uses his lungs - legs, muscles, heart, head - to move, on dry land what does he use?

I move on two non-motorised wheels, the bicycle. The car for me is a vehicle that allows me to move from A to B if I can’t do it with my legs.

That’s why I don’t have a lot of passion, and I don’t really get into details.

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Road Styling Federica Arcadio

PiquĂŠ, sweatshirts or Jersey Circolo 1901 garments are a choice of style, which accompany daily life with their concept of functionality and comfort.

Elegance is never a compromise. The outfits are accompanied by two iconic Alfa Romeo cars, an expression of 110-year history made in 2020 by the brand. Pure driving pleasure, passion and speed, for cars that have represented the style not only of Milan but of the whole of Italy. The class of the "MontrĂŠal" with its timeless sporting determination and the indomitable "Giulietta SS" that recalls the years of the "Dolce Vita" soberly enhance the atmosphere.

Photo Gaetano Piazzolla

Total look Circolo 1901 Shoes Moreschi

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Denim shirt Two Woman Two Men Jacket, pants Circolo 1901

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Total look Circolo 1901 Shoes Moreschi

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Shoes Moreschi

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Jacket, pants Circolo 1901 Shoes Adidas

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Polo Bomboogie Jacket, pants Circolo 1901

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MUA Chiara Vitulo Model Andrea Manzoni @independent_mgmt

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Vibration

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Vincenzo D'alba

Etro

Officine Generale

of Kiasmo's,

Etro

eclectic illustrator

from Salento,

between hats

Brunello Cucinelli

Gucci

and mane of hair to the wind Gucci

has interpreted men’s/women’s Prada

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garments of SS2020

Emilio Pucci

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History

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A L FA BLUE TEAM

Story & Photographer Gaetano Piazzolla

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Alfa Blue Team, unbridled passion for Alfa Romeo and a collection to screams handed down to the second generation. When an Alfa was passing, even Henry Ford took off his hat. In June, the brand turned one hundred and ten years old and we wanted to celebrate it with an interview with Stefano and Alessandro Salvetti - sons of Gippo, one of the founding members - two of the 30 friends who consider this club (limited number) as a second home.

Blue Team is the name of the Italian national team of Bridge where Gippo’s father played, who was inspired to baptize the club. Very strong players, the Italians of the Blue Team won from the mid-fifties to the mid-seventies 13 world titles, 3 Olympic and 11 Europeans.

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Let’s start with a fundamental question: which was first born, the passion for cars or that for Alfa Romeo?

For us, the passion for the Alfa was born before that for cars. As it was for our father. He was thunderstruck at the age of six by the Juliet. From then on, it was unconditional love.

Which Alfa designer do you like?

Aesthetically, the most beautiful Alfa cars were designed by the car body designers such as Touring and Zagato in Milan or Bertone and Pininfarina in Turin. That was until after the war. The most important car conceived and designed by Alfa is definitely the Giulia that at the time had a very innovative and revolutionary style in sedans.

The Alfa Romeo and the car body designer who designed them played a fundamental role in making cars identify with the city and vice versa.

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You think a car can be considered a dress to wear?

Why not? During the ‘50s you could add different details to your car. This was the case of the Juliets, which on request could be made in bi-color. This constituted a fine refinement for the time. Moreover, before the war, when the production of cars was not mass, the owner could even define the details of his car with the car body designer that would make it. We have original drawings of the Touring body, which demonstrate the changes made in pencil on an original “figure” of the car, just as you would with a tailoring dress.

The style icon you’d see behind the wheel of an Alfa?

Ralph Laurent with his 8c 2009. A style car that matches perfectly with a character who has just as much style. It must be said that Ralph is Jewish, but he loves the cars of that time. Let us not forget that Alfa was a state company and there are numerous symbols that bind it to fascism.

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A detail of the Alfa you like best?

Surely to see the evolution of the front shield, which distinguishes all Alfa models, from the ‘30s until today. Born as a technical need to allow the cooling of the radiator, today it is more linked to a need for “design” that immediately makes you recognize that it is an Alfa.

What is the Alfa you have always dreamed of?

The 8c 2900 of the museum Arese of blue color, is more than a car, it’s a sculpture. And then the 33rd, loved by our father, who said it was the most beautiful car, so we grew up with this myth.

Is blue your favorite color too?

The collection counts many blue cars; but at the moment we are looking for some more particular colors, such as white, which on some models manages to enhance and bring out the lines.

What’s the best memory you have on one of the cars?

The first gatherings made since childhood with the Alfa 6c 2500, a particular car as well as a unique specimen. It is located in the period between the pre-war and post-war period (the Second World War) and this tends to make it even more special.

How do you choose a vehicle to collect?

The Alfa Blue Team’s collection also includes aircraft and ship engines produced before the 1960s.

Our choice in recent times concerns particular and curious cars or aspects less followed, such as heavy vehicles. We just finished restoring a 45-seat bus.

Ours is a passion that we also live through historical research: looking at a single model, verifying that the details are all in the right place, the history of its accommodation.

The book that you would recommend to those who want to discover the Alfa Romeo brand?

To have an overall view on the cars we recommend “All Alfa Romeo” by Domus that explains all models. While if you want to deepen your knowledge of the company at a historical level, “The Portello Voices from the Factory” by Bigazzi.

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