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Stella Jean's Milan Runway Features Artisans From Bhutan and an Appeal to Preserve Craftsmanship
Stella Jean highlighted the decline of Italian craftsmanship and urged lawmakers to grant fiscal breaks to artisans to preserve luxury fashion traditions.
- Italian-Haitian designer Stella Jean made her return to Milan Fashion Week following a three-year break, unveiling a collection created in collaboration with Bhutanese artisans and advocating for greater political backing of traditional craftsmanship.
- Her comeback followed recent legislation in Italy that lowered VAT on fine art sales, inspiring her to call on lawmakers to introduce comparable tax incentives for fashion artisans to help preserve endangered traditional crafts.
- Jean's spring collection blended Italian tailoring with handmade crafts produced at 3,000 meters altitude, featuring traditional Bhutanese kira skirts redesigned into A-line frocks adorned with detailed embroidery, which she characterized as a "map of métissage."
- Backstage, Jean said, "I would be back when I had something to say," adding the runway show was "not just a fashion show" but "almost like a legislative proposal," highlighting her push for recognizing fashion crafts as fine art.
- Her advocacy and collection spotlight suggest that without fiscal reforms, Italian artisanal craftsmanship risks extinction, as younger generations decline to continue these trades despite artisans already being poorly paid.
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Stella Jean's Milan runway features artisans from Bhutan and an appeal to preserve craftsmanship
Italian-Haitian designer Stella Jean returns to the Milan runway after a three-year break with a collection crafted with Bhutanese artisans.
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