{"id":9498,"date":"2017-08-13T17:51:17","date_gmt":"2017-08-13T15:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/my-greenstyle.com\/?p=9498\/"},"modified":"2017-08-14T10:06:15","modified_gmt":"2017-08-14T08:06:15","slug":"orsola-bertini-curri-knitted-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/my-greenstyle.com\/en\/orsola-bertini-curri-knitted-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Orsola Bertini Curri – Knitted Love"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Consultant, agency and fair fashion label: Power woman Orsola B. Curri<\/p><\/div>\n

Exactly a year ago, the native Italian woman<\/strong> founded her knitwear label Knitted Love. The fact that she wanted to make a statement against the mass production and the throwaway society with her knitwear<\/strong> was clear from the beginning. This is why her dreamlike dresses, cardigans, sweaters and accessories are produced in Italy<\/strong> and her adopted home in Austria<\/strong>, locally from Fair Trade merino wools, recycled cashmere, organic cotton<\/a> and soysilk.<\/p>\n

Knitted Love – Handmade knitted cuddle artworks <\/div><\/div><\/span><\/h4>\n

Does it sound like a maximum cuddling factor<\/strong> AND a really good concept<\/strong>? Correct! And that is why, from the first moment on, it was clear to me, that this is going to be an intimate and long-lasting relationship. And so I met Orsola in Salzburg and talked to her about XL stitches, cuddly cashmere and the passion for needles. Oh, her prototypes<\/strong> Orsola still knit before the knitters start.<\/p>\n

In conversation with Orsola Bertini Curri of Knitted Love<\/h2>\n

my-GREENstyle:<\/strong> You are running a fashion agency and founded a knitwear label last year. When did you discover your enthusiasm for fashion<\/strong>?
\nOrsola Bertini Curri:<\/strong> After my art studies, I had the opportunity to work in the area of \u200b\u200bMembership & Special Events at the Peggy Guggenheim Museum<\/strong> in Venice. When Tom Ford<\/strong> (then creative director at Gucci) gave a dinner party in honor of Richard Serra, one of his favorite artists, on the roof terrace in 2001, I knew where my paths lead …<\/p>\n

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Knitted with large needles – the cuddly favorite pieces of Knitted Love<\/p><\/div>\n

my-GREENstyle:<\/strong> How did you come up with the idea of \u200b\u200bstarting a knitwear label<\/strong>?
\nOrsola Bertini Curri:<\/strong> When I moved to Austria, I discovered a red wooden box with all sorts of useful tools, an old Singer sewing machine and the knitting kit of my grandmother – a green bag with various knitting and crochet needles. And that is exactly what I just took back when I started my new life in Klagenfurt. In a foreign country, with a foreign language and without friends. I just knitted for myself – to relax, get down. In the meantime, I had already founded my consulting company Milktonic and my fashion agency Lifestyle Circus. But at a business meeting<\/strong> in an Italian showroom<\/strong>, my needles and a few “works” were discovered in my pocket and found to be good. I should knit a whole collection<\/strong>. And already the idea was born to found a knitwear label.<\/p>\n

Orsola’s motto: “Do what you love and love what you do!” <\/div><\/div><\/span><\/h4>\n

my-GREENstyle:<\/strong> And what was the first part<\/strong> you knitted in your life?
\nOrsola Bertini Curri:<\/strong> My grandmother was an enthusiastic knitter and could also crochet fantastic. My first knit set<\/strong> I got as I said of her. A small frinette with a whole series of short needles and pink yarn. I do not remember what I knitted from it. But I remember very well the first sweater<\/strong> I knitted 20 years ago. He was to accompany my friend at that time on his travels to Russia. I wanted to give him one of those typical Irish Aran sweaters<\/strong> for Christmas. A pretty big project for a beginner! And in the end, of course, he was too big and had such a monstrous collar that one had to think of the white hare from “Alice in Wonderland”<\/strong> immediately.<\/p>\n

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Gorgeous retro – the crochet bikinis<\/p><\/div>\n

my-GREENstyle:<\/strong> When has the issue of sustainability<\/strong> become so important to you that you have decided to operate a fair fashion label?
\nOrsola Bertini Curri: <\/strong>I have worked for fashion labels<\/strong> for many years, which often left the quality on the line. It was just about more, more, more. With my own label, I do not have to compromise<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

At Knitted Love I do not have to compromise <\/div><\/div><\/span><\/h4>\n

I can remain faithful to my moral principles. And I have exactly one goal: to produce beautiful things – with respect<\/strong> for the people, the environment and the animals. Even at home, my husband and I try to live as consciously as possible: We are both vegetarians<\/strong>, buy our food locally, heat with wood, recycle water … Some little, uncomplicated things with which we contribute to the world a bit better.<\/p>\n

my-GREENstyle:<\/strong> Your collections are knitted wonderfully slow by hand. In Austria<\/strong> and Italy<\/strong>. Do you betray us more to where, who and how?
\nOrsola Bertini Curri:<\/strong> In my adopted home Klagenfurt<\/strong> I work a lot with pensioners and women who need an additional income. Also with a knitting group, the Organic Knitters. They meets every Friday night to knit with cakes and beverages. Petra, a single mother with two children, is my seamstress. And “Grandma Christina” crochets the patches for Knitted Love. From Padua<\/strong>, my hometown, comes the recycled cashmere and here lives Deana, my master knitter, who helped me with the spring \/ summer collection. She can just so incredibly great crochet!<\/p>\n

At Knitted Love each part is a unique one-of-a-kind <\/div><\/div><\/span><\/h4>\n

In Puglia <\/strong>I have a summer house. Here, together with a group of women, I do all the handmade embroidery. Valeria, a young woman who is doing a sewing apprenticeship, makes the crochet hats. And from Tuscany<\/strong> there are large parts of the yarn that we use at Knitted Love. Here, I work with a cooperative that supports women in job search and \/ or integration. Antonella, my second master knitter, was a great help in the development of the drawings for my fall \/ winter collection.<\/p>\n

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my-GREENstyle:<\/strong> In your current lookbook you are talking about recycled cashmere …<\/strong>
\nOrsola Bertini Curri:<\/strong> As I said – my label is about 100 percent fair<\/strong> for people and the environment. And of course for animals. That’s why I try to use as little cashmere as possible. Instead, I prefer other luxurious materials such as alpaca wool<\/strong>. But many consumers are not aware of the circumstances in the cashmere industry.<\/strong> Demand<\/strong> is still correspondingly high. To make my customers happy, I now designed a small Capsule Collection<\/strong> of recycled cashmere. This is made from leftovers<\/strong> 100 percent climate-neutral.<\/strong> A really fantastic alternative.<\/p>\n

Recycled Cashmere from leftovers is a fantastic alternative! <\/div><\/div><\/span><\/h4>\n

my-GREENstyle:<\/strong> From Italy to Klagenfurt<\/strong>. And what made you move to the other side of the Alps?
\nOrsola Bertini Curri:<\/strong> LOVE \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

my-GREENstyle:<\/strong> You lived in Milan, Venice, Brussels, LA and Amsterdam before you moved to the quiet Klagenfurt. What does home<\/strong> mean to you and where do you feel at home?
\nOrsola Bertini Curri:<\/strong> Home is where my heart is.<\/p>\n

my-GREENstyle:<\/strong> Your favorite place<\/strong> in this world?
\nOrsola Bertini Curri:<\/strong> The panoramic coastal road<\/strong> between Torre S. Andrea and Torre dell’Orso in Puglia, Salento.<\/p>\n

my-GREENstyle:<\/strong> Townie<\/strong> or country folk<\/strong>?
\nOrsola Bertini Curri:<\/strong> Definitely country. Close to the beach. That would be my absolute dream!<\/p>\n

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Timeless and chic – the statement shirts of Knitted Love<\/p><\/div>\n

my-GREENstyle:<\/strong> And in which language<\/strong> do you dream?
\nOrsola Bertini Curri:<\/strong> In an adventurous mix of Italian, English … and German!<\/p>\n

\u201eStay in Bed\u201c, \u201eSerial Chiller\u201c,\u201eAbracadabra\u201c and \u201eblablabla\u201c \u2013 Statements for Slow-Fashion-Kntwear<\/div><\/div><\/span><\/h4>\n

my-GREENstyle:<\/strong> What role does art<\/strong> play in your life?
\nOrsola Bertini Curri:<\/strong> I love everything that has to do with art – from painting<\/strong> to photography<\/strong> to film<\/strong> and music.<\/strong> I can not imagine living without creativity.<\/p>\n

my-GREENstyle:<\/strong> Is there an artwork<\/strong> or an artist that really impresses you?
\nOrsola Bertini Curri:<\/strong> My favorite picture is “The Kingdom of Lights”<\/strong> by Ren\u00e9 Magritte. But I also love Rothko<\/strong> and Andy Warhol<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

my-GREENstyle:<\/strong> I love every single piece in your collection! But what do you wear when you wear nothing from Knitted Love?
\nOrsola Bertini Curri:<\/strong> Oh, thank you very much! Of course, I often wear parts of the brands that I represent in my fashion agency Lifestyle Circus<\/strong>. For example, the black tulle skirt from Love Stories,<\/strong> which I am currently wearing. And when I buy something? I love the stuff of Humanoid<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

my-GREENstyle:<\/strong> Which fair fashion labels<\/strong> do you particularly like?
\nOrsola Bertini Curri:<\/strong> I think the stuff of Stella McCartney<\/a> is great. And the shoes of Veja<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Thanks for the conversation, Orsola! Her dream-loving favorite parts are by the way here <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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