CESARE CASADEI PIN UP GIRLS OF THE NEW CENTURY TALES OF SEDUCTION, GLAMOUR AND AUDACITY RIGOROUSLY MADE IN ITALY A Forties innuendo that traces the sensuality of Pin Up girls, symbolized by the legendary Betty Page, counterpointed by Lady Gaga as the latter day seductress — that’s the mood that pervades the Fall/Winter 2012-13 Casadei collection. “The entire collection is built around a new pump called the Pin Up, which I designed in different versions to be feminine, romantic, ambiguous and seductive but always wearable,” says Cesare Casadei, the creative director of Casadei. “A modern collection, filled with Technicolor and exclusive new materials, that is the fruit of our heritage, passion and research.” One pump, three different constructions. A precise attention to detail, customized materials and colorations, an artisanal production rigorously made in house, and engineered constructions, as the common denominator. The simple Pin-Up, the perfect everyday pump, renewed with a high-cut throat. Exquisitely crafted in rich suede or calfskin, at times in a mixture of colors to form a gentle rainbow. A more intricate version in bright red crafted from a leather netting with a ruched ornament fanning out on the back. The Betty, a high hidden platform available in different variations. Cesare Casadei, who taps into his longstanding and ongoing expertise in the making of platform shoes, celebrates the Queen of Pin Ups with this teetering pump that is seductive, feminine and …
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