BorntoRunway | Marilove Diary | Italian Designer Caterina Gatta, Whose Passion Becomes Worn

Art that becomes worn is: searched-tested-created-worn by Caterina Gatta!

Caterina finds pieces of fabric in the past, recombines them, and then they become key to her own creativity.

There were signs of the starting point of her creative path, but then became significantly more personal. No more art pieces worn, the path now continues with fabrics she designed for true collections signed by herself.

The treasure to discover the talent of the great designers from the past through the fabrics were forgotten in drawers, cupboards or deposits, and then becomes something special to take pride in.

Caterina has an eye that sees the future of the past.

Caterina Gatta’s Story

My path was born from a small piece of fabric formed on selvedge of the princess designer Irene Modern Facilities. For those who studied fashion (five-year degree in Fashion and Costume at La Sapienza University of Rome and various courses at Saint Martins in Fashion Styling), as in my case, it was like finding a 5 carat diamond. I still remember how it was wrapped in tissue paper browned from time, but the fabric already lost its beauty and luster. I decided that perhaps, looking for better, I would find something better in my vintage hunt. Gradually, I was able to get around Italy, but also London and Paris, and more than 20 famous designers (Gianni Versace, Mila Schon, Yves Saint Laurent, Ungaro, Valentino, Ken Scott and many more), it was in inventories of old pieces of fabrics (almost all thirsty). In the beginning I would pick up small pieces of only 20 cm for an archive. But even that was not enough after a while and I decided to try to do some design for myself to wear during fashion week. At the time I was an assistant to a fashion journalist and from there all parties…

My internship as a shop assistant while making vintage clothing definitely helped me become familiar with the old original and beautiful.

My first real opportunity was through participating in The Vogue Talents Corner organized by Vogue Italia in Milan…

It was only after the event that my personal passion became serious work.

激情如何化为穿着艺术：由卡特丽娜·盖特搜索、测试、创作和穿着过的，即为着装艺术。

很久以前，卡特丽娜找到了一些碎布，将它们重新拼接，然后就变成了她的创意的重要组成部分。

从创作生涯的起始，她曾经和数家品牌签约，然而不久她的风格就变得愈发的个性化。如今她已不再做碎片化的着装艺术，而是继续为她自己的品牌，设计真正的时装系列。

通过布料使过去年代的伟大设计师的设计天赋得以彰显的珍品，而今已被我们遗忘在了抽屉、橱柜和角角落落，也正是这样一个被遗忘的过程，成为了事物值得引以为傲的经历。卡特丽娜有着一双从过去中预见未来的眼睛。

卡特丽娜·盖特的故事

我的设计生涯是从找到了时尚公主设计师Irene Galitzine的一小块布边开始的。对于像我们这些学时尚的人来说（罗马智德大学时尚与服装专业5年制学位，以及圣马丁时尚风格专业的诸多课程），这就像找到了一颗5克拉的钻石一样。我依然记得一片因年代久远而发黄的纸巾包裹着的那块布。虽然它已失去了美丽与光泽，但是我决定，也许我要找到更好的，我可以淘到更好的古董面料。渐渐地，我可以从意大利，还有伦敦巴黎找到20多个著名设计师的布头（詹尼·范思哲, 米拉·舍恩, 伊夫·圣·洛朗，恩加罗, 华伦天奴等等），这些布料都藏在陈旧布料仓库里渴望着重见天日。刚开始的时候，我会每种布样捡起20厘米作为存档，但是后来这些布还是供不应求，所以我准备为自己设计在时装周要穿的衣物。当时我还是一名时尚记者的助理。

我在做商店助理实习时，制作古董衣物绝对帮助了我去认知原始的美丽。

我的第一次崭露头角的机会就是参加Vogue意大利在米兰举办的时尚天才角（The Vogue Talents Corner）。

也就是在这次活动之后，我的个人激情才真正变成了一份工作。