Lost&Found, By Ria Dunn
>> Monday, March 22, 2010 –
Interviews,
Lost and Found,
Men's,
Women's
Interview by Kevin Y.
H.Lorenzo had the pleasure to interview Ria Dunn, creator of the artisanal Tuscan label Lost&Found, to hear her meditations on design. Lost&Found produces phenomenal menswear and womenswear, and we read a complex interplay of nonchalance, experimentation, and luxurious elegance in this season's offerings. Like many things we esteem, Lost&Found is a label whose details are its most salient features, and so it should be experienced firsthand to be appreciated in full.
How did the label “Lost&Found” originate?
Lost & Found originated from my desire to create something that could communicate to a customer more deeply and could represent something meaningful. I had worked in the clothing industry for many years and I was stuck in this cycle of disposable fashion. I was tired of it and decided that I wanted to do something opposite of that world. I wanted to create clothing that would remain with time, clothing that was intriguing in a deeper sense. I wanted to create a way of dressing that was more introspective and private. So I began to think about discovery and loss...and it's cycle...and this was the creation of Lost & Found.Using labor-intensive techniques, Lost&Found seems to reclaim romantic traditions with regards to how clothing is made. What compelled you to choose this path?
It was not really a choice I made, but it was really the instinctive and natural way I've always wanted to make clothes. I am compelled to go extremely deep in all of the research and development of a piece/a collection. I am an emotional person, and I need that you can pick up a garment and find something personally revealed in it. I can only do that by starting the creation process right from the first material.
