Bottega Veneta's New It Bag - Andiamo
Matthieu Blazy’s trompe-l’œil leather jeans and shirts weren’t the only talking-points from his sophomore show for Bottega Veneta – ditto the Kate Moss cameo. Amidst the elevated basics on offer, Blazy’s confident new bag shape, the Andiamo, made its debut, immediately becoming a hot topic in the days and weeks that followed. Fans made a mental note to “add to wish list”.
Nothing is linear in Matthieu Blazy’s subsequent collection for Bottega
Veneta. Instead, the creative director indulges in the use of conflicts —
what looks like a wool flannel shirt emerges as one made of soft
leather calfskin, pieces of tailoring feature found their way onto
little black dresses while vivid prints are sprawled on what should be
effortless linen ensembles. Notwithstanding the collection, these
description might sound like they came straight from the school of
detached seduction — the kind used on collections that are intentionally
visually displeasing or in other words are avant- garde in nature.
Meaning “let’s go” in Italian, the Andiamo taps into Blazy’s founding
principle “craft in motion”, a mantra that influences his designs each
season, and the brand says the bag’s dynamic design is “a vision for
elevated everyday living”. Meticulously crafted from paper-thin calf
leather in the Bottega Veneta atelier, the silhouette proposes a fresh
take on the house’s signature woven intrecciato technique, realised in a
range of sizes.
The Bottega Veneta Andiamo Sizes
When it comes to ultra-luxury, size always matters, but in a good way. Thanks to Bottega Veneta, there’s a size for every need. The Bottega Veneta Andiamo bag comes in Small, Medium, and Large.
Bottega Veneta Andiamo Styles
The Andiamo isn’t just about size variety – it’s also about style and clearly, this bag has style. Bottega Veneta offers a range of variations of the Andiamo bag. If you prefer a longer more horizontally-shaped silhouette (i.e. an East West bag), the Andiamo East West might be the perfect choice for you.
For someone looking for something a bit more understated, consider the Long Andiamo clutch. This bag is famous for its unique metal knot fastener. Practical and stylish, of course. The Andiamo clutch is a great transitional piece for those busier-than-usual days.
The Bottega Veneta Spring/Summer 2023 collection is no fashion dismay,
as it appears rightfully flattering from start to finish. At a time when
even the most modest brands are expected to present materials worthy of
online sensation, the still-restrained Bottega Veneta continues to
interlink both sophistication with ideation in a palatable way.
Spring/Summer 2023 sees an assembly of deconstructed fashion drawn from
reinventing the archives, where the creative director entirely immersed
himself with prompts of curiosity. It also offered differing variables
on what it means to push the limit, ensuring a sense of effortlessness
remained its key focus. The collection transpires as an ambient mix of
effortless juxtapositions; where the past and the present, the real and
the fake dissolve together.
These creative possibilities then trickle down to the bags, which
include a new addition by Blazy for the Italian luxury House — the
Andiamo. The bag — which appeared on the runway on its opening look —
sees a long line of the same beautiful contradictions explored
throughout the collection. Drawing on a love of the minimal, the Andiamo
is made of soft paper calf leather — with its reinforcement by the
Intrecciato weave technique — yet forms a boxy, briefcase-like shape.
A metal knot fastens its sliding braided straps and keeps the
sculptural effect, but allows for adjustments to stretch out the ways
one could carry it. Even the bag’s name — the Italian expression for
“let’s go” — is an ode to the duality of fashion. There will be no
lingering discrepancy between material quality and monetary value,
considering such exceptional techniques
