Cricki O
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Cricki O, or small collections born around a single detail.
Cristina is curious about nature, in her the taste for the "particular" is innate.
Passionate about Fashion, Art and Design, she was born in a family that has generations of Made in Italy in her DNA and that has given her the passion for her work.
Attention to what surrounds it, the pleasure of doing, the taste and joy of playing with colors that results in new combinations that satisfy the eye of the observer combined with the knowledge of fabrics and later the leather has carried in the last 30 years to explore various fields such as: the Art, becoming an appreciated consultant in the choice of works and sculptures that were also design objects, designing furnishing accessories and giving life to lofts with great games of color. fashion; from the collaboration to the creation of shirt lines, to a line of clothes for children, to dress her 3 children.
So it came to the bags, a passion born for play, on an ordinary day when with her sister, turning to stalls, she began to look and look at the colorful silver and pink scourges to wash the dishes.
Back in Italy she bought a whole bag and arrived in her studio, emptied them, hand-lined with vintage fabrics, fixed the closure with chain and voila; his first collection of cheerful and irreverent little clutches was born!
Then it was the turn of the shopping, he wanted to have the shoe inside, you want to put the comfort of bringing along a pair of comfortable dancers? This time he enjoyed his children painting Pollock skin, also creating interchangeable handles, colors and different heights, in short, a game of poussoir.
She always liked the smell of leather, who knows, maybe because one of the grandmothers had a tannery. So, almost for fun, Cricki O was born, a small Milanese brand that has decided to focus on details and originality. Elements found by chance that give life to collections, often numbered. A few pieces of quality where the focus is not on the fashions of the moment but on the "femininity of the bag and the timeless quality of the materials".
"As soon as I run into something that catches my attention and inspires me, I start thinking and playing around. I can not explain it, but slowly I add detail, change, turn and when I least expect it, a new form comes out ".
Pure fun for her and great satisfaction !!
It is aimed at an audience that shares its idea of distinguishing itself for the uniqueness of its products and of giving value to quality, originality and typically Italian craftsmanship, of which it is a proud supporter.