Palorosa’s friends: Andrés, Mari, Milano
Andrés, Mari, Milano is a story of unpublished photos, of an October day in Milan. The discovery of the city, around classic and historical places, modern and contemporary architecture, restaurants and museums. Roses, flowers and newspapers. Exactly a year ago we were preparing to realize the first editorial project in Milan.
Andrés Altamirano is a visual artist and photographer born in Ecuador who works mainly between New York City and Latin America. Mari was born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, today she lives and works in New York: muse and designer of unique accessories. Together they created a unique day for Palorosa.
Along with Andrés’ shots, some fragments of the interview with Cecilia by Reeme Idris for Anyone Girl and a quick conversation with Mari, remembering Milan.
“It took a while for me to see Milano, to figure out how to talk about Palorosa, and how to imagine Palorosa in this beloved city,’” Cecilia tells in an interview for Anyone Girl, “I met Andrés in his studio in Brooklyn the past summer; after some chat about Guatemala and photography, and most of all, about how all the women all around the world are wearing baskets, the idea to shoot in Milano came up. It immediately occurred to him to involve his dear friend, Mari Giudicelli, who brings her Brazilian and Italian origins in her beauty and essence. The perfect muse for Palorosa.”
“We went back to a side of the origin of Palorosa with a new narrative through the personal and evocative glance of Andrés images and the elegant gestures of Mari, on the streets of Milano: architecture from the sixties, movement, light and delicate colors; textures and fragments of a contemporary city, between a dreamy atmosphere and everyday life interiors.”
She continues, “We both love baskets and colors. I am fascinated by the personal vision of Andrés’s work, the materiality and the light of his images, and how he interacts with objects and his muses. Some of the shots I like most are the ones he took of Mari wearing an old huipil he found at my apartment [it’s] a colorful handwoven textile and blouse from Guatemala, typically worn on the highlands [which is] evocative and symbolic of Palorosa’s creative and color research, and origin story.”
Photographed by Andrés in the famous La Latteria, at Armani Silos, and again in the Palorosa studio and in the newsstand on the corner of one of the most desired 70s buildings, the muse Mari Giudicelli elegantly wears the Palorosa bags, already hers, already part of her unmistakable style, casual and elegant, reminiscent of that 60s style, a bit Latin, Italian, a bit distant.
And recently chatting with Mari:
What’s the first image that comes to your mind when you think about Milano? and about Palorosa?
I think it’s the streets of Milano, when I’m drinking a coffee and people watching.
Tell us about your day in Milan hanging out with your Palorosa. Where did it take you?
When I’m traveling I like to wake up early and let the day present me with sightseeing, art and good food.
You are an entrepreneur, a designer, a model and a traveler at the same time. Which are the things that we’ll always find in your bag?
Book, camera, binoculars and a notebook. Extras are perfume, sunglasses, a cashmere sweater, and a photo of my dog.
What inspires you? What is creativity today, according to you?
A great conversation with someone, seeing paintings and photographs in museums, a nice sunset, hours in a bookstore. By doing those things I welcome ideas to come to me.
Where will your next trip or project take you?
I’m in Detroit at the moment staying at a Frank Loyd Wright house but I can’t wait to be back in Milano!
Sequence of places, moments and architectural encounters:
La Latteria di via San Marco
Armani Silos, architect Tadao Ando
Interiors, architect Luigi Caccia Dominioni
Residential building, architect Vico Magistretti
Studio and showroom Palorosa
Images by Andrés Altamirano
Text from ‘Mercado by Palorosa’ by Reeme Idris for Anyonegirl curated by Yasmine Ganley
Mari Giudicelli wears the iconic Basket around Milan. Inside she always carries the Line crossbody bag
