... when a rustle of clothes makes us shudder It is her peplum that crawls on the arena, it is she who writhes with passion, languishes and fades the city with love. Parthenope, the virgin, the woman, does not die, does not die, has no grave, is immortal ... it is love ". Matilde Serao Naples also known as Parthenope according to the myth of the Siren, vainly in love with the hero Ulysses, who committed suicide by jumping into the sea from a cliff and whose body, carried by the waves, generated the city. My new collection is entirely dedicated to my city to which I am deeply linked not only by birth but also by that feeling of "Neapolitanness" deriving from the rich and historical popular tradition and its thousand-year-old culture. One of the oldest cities in Europe, whose contemporary urban fabric preserves the elements of its rich history of events. The traces of its streets, the richness of its historical buildings, the popular tradition that is breathed in its alleys, the myths, legends and beliefs that populate it, the icons that have represented it in the world through cinema, music , the theater, have given it a universal value without equal. And it is just walking in this city that is in effect an open-air museum, breathing the air that smells of history and tradition, analyzing the iconic personalities of my Naples, it is from here that my inspiration and the ideation of my new fashion collection. And it will seem paradoxical how much expressly lacking the Vesuvius theme in my collection, despite being perhaps one of the strongest symbols of Naples. But wanting to exorcise it figuratively as a good Neapolitan, the volcanic reference is everywhere expressed in the collection, more in the spirit and imposing than the pieces that compose it, the result of passion, creative fervor and careful study. "The strength of the Neapolitans lies in this, in their character, in their tractions, in their roots" (Marcello Mastroianni). Through my art, my tribute to my beloved homeland, reliving for a moment those places and traditions that I was strongly inspired during the creative work because "from what is said, narrated or painted, Naples overcomes everything: the shore, the bay, the gulf, the Vesuvius, the city, the nearby countryside, castles, walks ... I excuse all those to whom the sight of Naples makes you lose your senses "(JW Von Goethe) ...