The Chamber of
Fashion Malta Presents “Alta Moda sotto le Stelle”
by Renato Balestra
Phoenicia Hotel Floriana, Malta
Phoenicia Hotel Floriana, Malta
Renato Balestra will present his 2017 Summer Collection
at St George’s Square in Valletta on the 21st July 2017. He is here to present his 2017 Summer
Collection at Alta Moda Sotto le Stelle. A spectacular event being organized by
the Chamber of Fashion Malta, under the patronage of the Italian Embassy and in
collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute, Valletta.
Malta Chamber of Fashion
Dr. Juliana Scerri Ferrante is a woman who believes that Fashion is Culture inspiring her self by Maltese heritage and a wealth of craftsmanship in Italy. Juliana's vision to form a community in Malta and Italy, where fashion and culture could merge and grow developed into this Chamber which ensures that maximum publicity for the young and new Maltese artists is achieved in events, which lead to a career in fashion giving Malta's talented, ambitious and emerging young fashion designers a quantum leap in getting international exposure.
(Left to Right - Penny Apap Borg, Marcelo Noce, Renato Balestra, Dr. Gavin Gulia, Caroline Borg, Giuseppe Racioppi, Fabio Benvenuti and Dorianne Mamo) |
Today the Chamber is well established as a cultural entity and proudly presents an annual and prestigious Fashion show. These events host Internationally acclaimed designers with many renowned Italian houses showing their collections, inspiring up and coming designers from Malta. This is a commitment that the Chamber has made to encourage more talent to come forward, and take the plunge to show their designs.
As a Chamber it has signed protocols with the leading fashion academies in Rome and Florence. The aim is to send Maltese students and designers to these Italian academies and fashion houses for short courses and work placements to study, enhance and sharpen their talents before returning to Malta or getting offered opportunities to work overseas. The Chamber is also developing the potential of having Italian students doing their internship in Malta.
This year Juliana has handed over her Presidency to Caroline Borg who will carry the baton and continue with the yearly commitment of staging a spectacular fashion event. Caroline shares the same love and passion for Fashion and Beauty as Juliana and is an avid follower of the Arts, Culture and Dance. She is well known for her organizational and PR skills.
Renato Balestra
Born in
Trieste, Renato Balestra comes from a family of architects and
engineers. It was not until the last year of his engineering studies, however,
that he became involved in fashion, creating a design in response to a bet made
among friends.
It is fair
to say that fashion chose Renato Balestra, rather than Renato Balestra chose
fashion. The move from Milan to Rome was rapid. He started to collaborate
with the most important fashion houses in Rome of the time such as the Sorelle
Fontana and Shuberth. He enjoyed working for the movie industry. In not
time Renato Balestra opened his first Roman Atelier in Via
Gregoriana. However, a few years later, Via Sistina, became the
symbol of Maison Balestra where the designer began his rise to international
fame and where he welcomed and created gowns for the most elegant women in the
world.
Throughout
his career, Renato Balestra has been invited to present his Collections all
over the World, and acclaimed with huge international success. Mr
Balestra has been awarded International and National prestigious prizes in
recognition of his talent. He prides himself for having designed for
famous clients and worldwide celebrities including First Ladies, Princesses and
actresses. Renato Balestra has designed the costumes for various theatre operas
as well as airline uniforms.
Maison Balestra is one of the few Italian firms that is still owned by the family combined with a strongly managerial Company structure. Theirs is a tradition that is constantly evolving.
The Malta Chamber of
Fashion is honored to have made this possible with the
commitment and invaluable support from it's sponsors and patrons namely The
Phoenicia, Porsche, Nexos, SU29, Air Malta, MTA, Star Casinos, Environ, Dean
Gera, MAC, Victor Azzopardi Jewelers, Niumee, Retail International, Myoka,
Costa Cafe, Elegance Chauffeur Service, Bernard Polidano, Pearl Beach, Charles
Grech & CO, Tower Supermarkets, Professional Security Service, Island
Caterers, Magnum, Penny Apap Brown, Charles & Ron, Gruppo Inventa, Corpo
Diplomatico, GOES, Skyworth, KKERLY, Parthenope, Frank Salt and Muran.
xoxoxo
Pocalocca
0 comments:
Post a Comment