LUCIANO BARBERA PAYS TRIBUTE TO WILKES BASHFORD AT TRUNK SHOW

[metaslider id=119142] Last Friday and Saturday, September 16 and 17, San Francisco specialty retailer Wilkes Bashford hosted a trunk show for Italian luxury brand Luciano Barbera. The theme of the event was “Wilkes, Whiskey, and Whiskers.” Guests were encouraged to participate in a shave from a professional shaver within the shop, to enjoy whiskey, and to explore the new fall 2016 Luciano Barbera collection.

A special moment of the collaboration between Wilkes Bashford and Luciano Barbera revolved around a photograph of Mr. Bashford and Mr. Barbera. The gentlemen were great friends, and so the Luciano Barbera team worked with illustrator Matthew Miller (@sunflowerman) to sketch a photograph taken a few years ago within the store. The sketch, and the process photos behind its making, was displayed in a special window at Wilkes Bashford for the week preceding the event — alongside a few elegant highlights from the Luciano Barbera collection.

Inspired by the Alps surrounding Biella and the juxtaposition of color in nature, the new Luciano Barbera collection explores tonal color and layered texture with uses of black and moody layers of grey serving as neutrals for modern dressing.