Cosimo Vinci started working in the jewelry industry in 1996. Since then, he has designed jewels for famous brands such as Versace, Balmain, Laura Biagiotti, Valentino, Etro. In 2000 he founded Cosimo Vinci Design,  specialized in consultancy in concept, branding, and project design for jewels, bijoux, watches, sunglasses, and fashion accessories.

His new project is Style Story that was born from the collaboration with Mark Up Zero, a company that promotes and produces creative young people, new realities focused on technological innovation and raw materials. Mark Up Zero created a new business model that invests in creativity, material quality, and innovative operations, aiming at a digital-only sale system.

The new collection is cruelty-free and completely eco-friendly. All bags are produced with passion and care in Appleskin, a new material that stems from the waste of the processing industry of biological apples from Trentino Alto Adige. The resistance of the vegetable leather used in the collection is 90 kilos per square millimeters. It passed 12,800 test cycles.

Eccentric and irreverent, but also carefree and fun, "Style Story" is an ironic homage to the most famous protagonists of the fashion system. Each piece of the collection has a story to tell.

Lady Rock tells the story of a platinum blonde cheetah born in ancient Greece but living in Miami. Rock, a star by profession, is the undisputed Queen of vanity. Lady Rock looks self-confident underneath that shell of femininity, but she hides a natural fragility that makes her even more charismatic. She is the Icon of icons, loves avant-garde art and theater. Her world seems designed by Keith Haring.

Mr. Liar tells the story of a cat, a sailor of the French Republic, a free-spirit traveler, a real "Toy Boy". Inseparable from its rayé bleu tricot, it has two traditional Japanese Koi carps tattooed on its chest, a symbol of courage and virility. Mr. Liar's obsession is the female body of the Folies-Bergères dancers.

Sirs Bella Vita tells the story of a couple of Italian Labradors: one of them is black as pitch, and the other one golden as honey. They are actors and protagonists of a beautiful Italy, love spaghetti, Sicilian culture, and the magical neorealism of Fellini. Their enchanted garden is breathtaking, rich in sacred hearts, crosses, and citrus fruit that gives off Mediterranean scents, unifying sacred and profane.

The characters are portrayed in decorated frames and tell the world of haute couture with elegant irony. With precious artisanal fittings, the collection develops on three bag models: the Tote, the Bucket, and the Little Love.

 

The latest evolution of the project in limited edition: bags customized with your name. Like any other Cosimo Vinci brand product, they are made by Italian craftsmen through working methods that are ecologically sustainable and suitable for any season. Yet another jewel Made in Italy jewel, signed Cosimo Vinci.

 

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