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Discovering the inspiration behind Juozas evening, a birth was more than often accompanied Statkevitius haute couture Spring/Summer 2013 - a by a mother's death, but still those times left to us painting from National Gallery London, The Tailor something extraordinary: the art of incomparable by Giovanni Battista Moroni - has brought a smile. beauty that still enchants us even today, centuries Tagliapanni, painted in 1565-1570 by one of the later. most accomplished Italian Renaissance masters, The Renaissance people have not only mourned but depicts a young man in a Spanish doublet with slits, celebrated as well, not just repented but also gave a small white collar and breeches. In his hands that in to temptations and sensuality and this dualism rest on the table top - a pair of scissors and a scrap has affected the fashion as well, now reflected in of black fabric. Statkevidus` collection. Armour-stiff garnments I have smiled since 1 had found the choice of - but with the slits that reveal the softest fabric inspiration witty - we live in a small country where or even naked skin, criss-crossed belts as if to the greatest masters of fashion, the couturiers, both hold the dagger or to remind of the bondage of native and foreign, sometimes are still called "mere passion, soft leather over-the-knee boots, breeches, tailors". I found it also ironic - since Il Tagliapanni unexpectedly - the small white collar, the eroticism is a very mysterious painting and, paradoxically, it and the austerity, a Venetian feast of intense colours depicts... not a tailor at all. - you shall all notice in the collection which does It has acquired a title of The Tailor almost a century not remind in the least of a theatre dressing room. later, probably solely because of the scissors and It is very contemporary and chanelling the trends the black fabric depicted. But to think of it - what of today, however it is born from the distant past. tailor, what artisan in the 16th century could have It happens, when art inspires the present, and „a afforded the luxury of commissioning a portrait tailor" is so much more than a mere tailor - just like from Moroni, one of the most acclaimed masters in a Giovanni Batista Moroni painting. of his time and painter to the kings? Look at the This year Juozas Statkevibus also celebrates the noble, aristocratic features in the portrait; notice 5th , nniversary of his internationally acclaimed the redness of his nostrils and eyes. Yes, he has eponymous perfume. A dark and complicated recently cried and he cuts not a client's garment on incense, revolutionary and unexpected five years the table, but none the other than the mourning ago, it remains unmistakably recognisable today dress for himself... even among the recent ventures of the perfume We often complain of our difficult, austere times - world into dark and sophisticated scents. Juozas and still, our century is nothing in comparison with Statkevilius Eau de Parfum was born out of the Renaissance times - brutal wars are a faraway personal and local inspirations - it captures the reality, we have conquered the great plagues, and incense of Catholic and Orthodox Vilnius churches, the poverty of our times could probably seem the opulence and austerity, darkness and light. It has a abundance to the ancients. Theirs were the times true character that will not date - just as his couture. when the politics were conducted with the help of a poison and a dagger, and leaving to the streets in Dr. Kristina Sabaliauskaite the morning no one could be sure of return in the cl/tOgLa C9 tatiCe/a&14 9 FASHION HOUSE EFTA01181879