OTTOBRE design® autumn 4/2022

I started my career as a clothes designer well over thirty years ago. Recently, when I was tidying up my files, I found a bundle of brochures that had been made at the early stages of my career. As a young idealist, I had described my first collection of children’s clothes as follows: “The Vattumato® collection comprises colorful children’s clothes that are made from natural fibers and combine quality with beauty and beauty with functionality. Since play is the work of children, it requires appropriate workwear. Clothes must not be too tight or clingy, and the wearers should be able to crawl and climb in them. The clothes of this collection will not get spoilt through washing and wearing – quite the contrary.” Even though that impassioned manifesto of mine makes me smile now, I must admit that my ideology has not really changed. Over the years, our family grew to four children and today we are also the happy grandparents of four grandchildren. Based on the experience of over 38 years I’m convinced that