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A STORY OF CLOTHES, PLACES AND TIME.
EGR ARCHIVIO DIDN’T BEGIN WITH A COLLECTION. IT BEGAN WITH A JOURNEY. TORINO, ISTANBUL AND MANY PLACES IN BETWEEN.
THE STORY STARTS IN 2011, WHEN EDOARDO G. RISTORI FOUNDED EGR SARTORIA AND OPENED ITS FIRST SHOWROOM IN ISTANBUL.
THE IDEA WAS SIMPLE: TO CREATE PERSONAL CLOTHES FOR PEOPLE WITH A PERSONAL SENSE OF STYLE, ROOTED IN EFFORTLESS, TIMELESS ELEGANCE.
MADE TO MEASURE.
MADE IN ITALY.
MADE TO BE LIVED IN.
BUT THE STORY BEHIND EGR HAD BEGUN LONG BEFORE. IT WAS ABOUT AN ARCHIVE BUILT OVER SEVENTY YEARS STARTED BY HIS FATHER, THEN CONTINUED BY EDOARDO.
CLOTHES, FABRICS, OBJECTS AND STORIES COLLECTED ACROSS GENERATIONS, COUNTRIES AND TIME. WHAT BEGAN AS A PERSONAL COLLECTION WOULD EVENTUALLY BECOME EGR ARCHIVIO.
FROM EGR SARTORIA TO EGR ARCHIVIO.
TEN YEARS LATER, THE JOURNEY EVOLVED. YEARS OF CLOTHES, FABRICS, OBJECTS, REFERENCES AND MEMORIES HAD BECOME AN ARCHIVE.
EGR ARCHIVIO WAS BORN FROM IT.
NOT AS A LOOK BACK.
AS A WAY FORWARD. A WARDROBE INSPIRED BY PIECES COLLECTED, WORN AND REMEMBERED REWORKED FOR TODAY AND MADE IN ITALY.
OLD IDEAS.
NEW PROPORTIONS.
THE SAME INSTINCT.
Edoardo G. Ristori
THE STORY BEHIND EGR ARCHIVIO IS A PERSONAL ONE.
EDOARDO BEGAN HIS PROFESSIONAL LIFE AS A LAWYER BEFORE LEAVING LAW TO FOLLOW HIS PASSION FOR MENSWEAR.
HE WENT ON TO WORK WITH NAMES INCLUDING RALPH LAUREN, BURBERRY, VALENTINO, BOGLIOLI, HARVEY NICHOLS AND BEYMEN.
BUT HIS EDUCATION IN STYLE HAD STARTED MUCH EARLIER.
AT EIGHT YEARS OLD, HE BEGAN TRAVELLING WITH HIS FATHER , AN ARCHITECT, INTERIOR DESIGNER AND PASSIONATE COLLECTOR.
TEXTILE FACTORIES.
ART GALLERIES.
MUSEUMS.
ANTIQUE SHOPS.
AUCTIONS.
FURNITURE. CLOTHING. PAINTINGS. JEWELLERY.
THEY LOOKED FOR THINGS WITH A STORY.
THINGS THAT HAD ALREADY LIVED.
SURROUNDED BY FABRICS, PATTERNS, OBJECTS AND VINTAGE CLOTHES, EDOARDO GRADUALLY DEVELOPED HIS OWN IDEA OF STYLE.
NOT SOMETHING PERFECT.
SOMETHING PERSONAL.
YEARS LATER, AFTER MOVING TO ISTANBUL, THAT INSTINCT BECAME SOMETHING REAL.
HE TOOK A FEW CUTS OF VINTAGE SOLARO WOOL, A WEATHERED MESH COTTON AND A PIECE OF CHAMBRAY TO A TAILOR AND A SHIRTMAKER IN TORINO.
HE ASKED THEM TO MAKE A JACKET AND A SHIRT TO HIS DESIGN.
THAT WAS THE BEGINNING.
