Press
PRESS
Burberry Reborn | W Magazine | 1999
“Roberto scrutinized the Burberry archives and read Open Spaces, a history of the company that includes a collection of letters of Thomas Burberry praising his indestructible gabardine trenchcoat. The cover of Open Spaces bears the original Burberry logo: a knight with a flag that says “Prorsum” -“forward” in Latin – which is now the name of the company’s hand tailored women’s collection which Roberto launched. “Burberry was it like a knight on a mission to make life easier for people. I wanted to do that too,” he says. Roberto Menichetti has also revitalized such Burberry classics as kilts and plaid-lined raincoats giving them a more modern trendy feeling.”
Alessandra Ilari | WWD 27 01 2004
“The designer’s approach to his projects reveals the two strongest traits of his personality. On one hand, his spiritual sides – he has traveled India and Tibet, high and low; has studied the meaning of signs and has a degree in anthropology – made him move forward one small step at a time. On the other, his adventurous genes – he windsurfs and races in the Paris-Dakar motocross rally – made him decide to launch his own label Menichetti and plow through a year of roadshows in the U.S.”
Weekend Le Vif | Special Homme | L’Express 30 09 2005
“Roberto Menichetti se concentre désormais sur sa propre marque qui surfe entre sportswear et minimalisme chic: sportivement sobre.”
Roberto Menichetti | WWD | Milan 23 02 2005
“For fall, Menichetti opted to work textured fabrics into simple shapes fashioning washed and wrinkled cotton into slim suits with crisscrossed back straps, a detail that eluded to the motocross obsession the designer has been prone to overuse. Not so this time he rounded out this ultra wearable assortment with cozy yet lean cable knits in cream or cotton-candy pink and geometric-patterned, mohair wrap pencil skirt. Menichetti was at his best, however, when indulging in a little bit of romance. For example silk shirts and shirt-dresses in chocolate, navy or baby blue benefited from small sections of smocking or bib fronts. As they say, it’s all in the details”
Marie Claire Espana 2005
“Celine renace. Se terminò el stilo Palm Beach de Michael Kors: con Menicheti el chic parisién vuelve con fuerza”
Guy Trebay New York Times 23 01 2005
“Roberto Menichetti, portrait of a youth emerging a snug striped techno-fabric jacket.”
Vogue July 2000
“Roberto Menichetti’s nonretro, rethought Burberry will waterproof our wintry days. For Fall 2000, he hand-paints leather jeans, maxicoats and knee-high, high-heel boots with vegetable dyes (the color of cognac and poppy) for natural waterproofing;”
Silvia Paoli Vanity Fair 20 05 2004
“Roberto Menichetti è l’uomo che ravviva I marchi, colui che in soli tre anni fece lievitare gli utili del marchio Burberry da 11 a 110 milioni di dollari.”
Katherine Betts, Vogue, 1998
“Menichetti’s real obsession, though, is with fabrics- especially performance fabrics. He helped Jil Sander develop some of fashion’s most innovative weaves in the five-and-a-half years he worked as her assistant designer. For Burberry, he is using his family’s factory in Umbria (Menichetti Confezioni is based in Gubbio, Italy), to manufacture clothing with materials like “explosion” cotton -a weave that includes a high-performance fiber that melts during manufacturing and causes the cotton to look beat-up and broken-in. Perfect for a Burberry coat.”
Daniela Fedi | IL GIORNALE 08 10 2004
“Nel lavoro di Menichetti per la storica griffe nata nel 1945 e da anni controllata dal gruppo LVMH, si riconoscono le stimmate di un pensiero contemporaneo: il futuro è delle donne, l’eleganza è un equilibrio molto preciso tra forza e femminilità.”
WWD 26 06 2013
“Newly appointed creative director Roberto Menichetti imbued his debut Men’s collection with an urban vibe. A fitted knit blazer, lined with a high-tech fabric, was worn over a zipped V-neck cotton jacquard cardigan with an updated version of Ballantyne’s signature diamond pattern.”
Alessandro Berga, ModeDiplomatique.com 20 09 2013
“In a sense, his recto-verso Women’s SS2014 interpretation of the Ballantyne’s dna is of a Futurist. Roberto Menichetti’s couture, in color nuances, fabric innuendos and retro rottura, reminded me in her essence of what Marinetti wrote ..in 1909, February 20 in the rightist french newspaper Le Figaro: “Bisogna che il poeta si prodighi, con ardore, sfarzo e magnificenza, per aumentare l’entusiastico fervore degli elementi primordiali.” Menichetti is a Marinetti-in-motion: breaking from both tyrannies of past and future.”
La Repubblica 20 09 2013
“La nuova vita di Ballantyne tra rombi e super tessuti. Nuovo stile per Ballantyne, disegnato da Roberto Menichetti. La maglia a rombi, che da sempre rappresenta il tratto distintivo dello storico marchio originario della Scozia, è accoppiata a tessuti raffinati per dare nuova vita a tailleur e giacche, dall’aria sportiva.”
On Roberto Menichetti:
“Roberto’s passions for fabrics coupled with his love of, and sensibility for, sports is just brilliant. His aesthetic is modern and full of life, colorful and fun. I think he’s a real innovator.”
Judy Collinson, Barneys
“Roberto Menichetti a une connaissance et une maîtrise rares de l’univers de la mode et du luxe international. Avec son imaginaire créatif et sa connaissance du produit, nous renforçons notre ambition de faire de Céline une référence créative, une marque performante dédiée à une Parisienne qui parcourt le monde.”
Jean-Marc Loubier CEO of Céline’s LVMH introducing Roberto Menichetti for his first Céline SS 2005 collection succeeding to the seven years tenure of Michael Kors.
“Roberto Menichetti had the right intellectual capability to grasp what Burberry could represent.”
Victor Barnett, chairman of Burberry Worldwide.
“Aside from his ideal background and success stories, Roberto understands complicated financial matters. He has a good business mind for fashion designer.”
Richard Fischer, chairman emeritus of Morgan Stanley.
“He rejuvenated Burberry. But what I like about Roberto is that he has a healthy attitude toward life. He works in fashion but still knows how to live.”
PupiSolari [of famous fashion boutique PupiSolari, Piazza Tommaseo , 2 Milano | www.pupisolari.com]