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-SHOPPING INCENTIVE:3 DECADES OF COMMISSIONED SHOPPING BAGS FROM FOGAL |
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For almost thirty years, Fogal, Switzerland's premier hosiery and lingerie luxury brand, has been in the habit of commissioning custom shopping bags from rising and established art world denizens, like Alan Jones of the UK, Tobias Gerber from Germany or Russian design star, Erté, making the bags themselves something of a collectors item.
From pastoral to the haute urbane; light and "frou frou" to dark roving wit— we've assembled a slideshow of the naughty and the nice for your viewing pleasure...
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THE NEW STONE AGE |
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"Monks have been studying the meaning of life for 1300 years in Disentis. They aspire to the choreography of a higher stage. To reach that goal demands infinite care and dedication, but then comes the ineffable moment when eternity becomes one with our timeframe. Zen students practice with their bow until it shoots on its own. Similar to them are monks and ballerinas and sometimes a special kind of skier."
—The Abbot of Disentis Monastery
Disentis, a small village nestled in the Surselva mountain ranges of Switzerland, is home to a Benedictine monastery, the luxury ski brand, Zai, and its inventor Simon Jacomet. A great deal of philosophy goes into the manufacture of Zai, which means "tough" in Sursilvan—a Rhaeto-Romanish variant spoken in Disentis. Jacomet's Zen approach to design and engineering aims for unparalleled skiing experience: the unity of thought, mountain and man—in one unwavering agile line...
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