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Esprit: Growing up, it was among the first brands that I longed for. Only the cool (preppy) kids wore Esprit, while I was wearing Grandma’s handmade stuff. And this is not to knock Grandma Simpson, for she had serious talent for memorizing and copying whatever it was that I so desperately wanted from the fancy department stores. On top of it all, Grandma made me dresses in the colors and fabrics that I picked out at the fabric store. God was I spoiled. I was wearing ‘couture’ and longing for off-the-rack pret-a-porter?
The perfect place to switch off? You will find it on a former tea plantation in Sri Lanka. The puristically designed Santani Wellness Resort is quite secluded in a mystical mountain landscape, about an hour by car northeast of Kandy.
When it gets cold and uncomfortable in winter, we dream of cuddly sweaters. This winter it has to be a fair island sweater: cool, stylish and so versatile. You can style it cosy for home or chic for the office. How to? We demonstrate it with our favorite fair isle sweater from Alyki in bright blue and the typical zigzag jacquard pattern.
Orsola Bertini, the designer of Knitted Love explains...
Since when do you deal with the topic of sustainability?
After racing around the world as a fashion manager for many years, one day I said "stop" to the fashion industry and disposable consumption. I wanted to create a project, that could embrace my values of quality over quantity, fair working conditions, support women and small local suppliers, reduce pollution and respect the animals. Since the end of 2015 Knitted-Love has been my idea of downshifting.