Massimo Casagrande

Grey Sheep

@mcgmassimo

Location

london / United Kingdom

University

istituto marangoni (milano)

Graduation year

1999

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Inspired by the minimalism, utilitarianism and functionality of the 1930s and 1960s, Massimo Casagrande is a label focused entirely on shirting.

Launched in June 2012, Massimo Casagrande is revisiting the classic silhouette bringing new energy in shirting and working to create future classics by subtly combining fabric blocking, layering, attention to detail and by developing it further with the addition of innovative materials and use of fabrics delivering a bold and graphic collective of garments mixing classical lines with a contemporary elegance.

Massimo Casagrande has shown his collections in Paris and London as part of Fashion East Menswear: Installations.

Massimo Casagrande grew up between Venice and Johannesburg and is
currently based in London. He pursued his studies in fashion design at
Istituto Marangoni in Milan, after which he joined Versace, where he designed
for Versus menswear, followed by Versace Sport and Versace Jeans. Massimo divides his time between designing and lecturing; he is the Senior Tutor of Fashion Design at the UK campus of Istituto Marangoni and part time lecturer at London College of Fashion.
Massimo collaborates with a number of international clients. As a
stylist and designer, Massimo is contributor to fashion magazines such as
Surface, Rodeo and Independent style.

Latest Collection

MCG SS15

The SS15 collection draws inspiration from the designer's multi-cultural heritage, a personal retrospective into his background.

Photography by South African Santu Mofokeng, and 'Written Photos' by François-Marie Banier form the basis of this spring-summer collection, as does the Nobel Prize winner Jose Saramago’s novel, 'Blindness'. 90s Italian tailoring and monochromatic, minimal grunge are core influences in this collection, which have led him to develop the theme of texture and surfaces, as seen throughout the collection.

A deliberate do-it-yourself attitude is explored throughout -- on the hand woven Kente fabrics which have been decoratively defaced, and with hand-drawn and screen printed graphics -- leading Massimo to develop a graphically tactile theme which sees details and evokes an anarchic sentiment.

Maintaining the trademarks of his previous collections: fabric blocking, layering and attention to detail, and by developing it further with the addition of the Dalmatian print tee and the hand painted Kente fabric, Massimo’s SS15 collection presents an innovative use of fabrics, and delivers a bold and graphic collective of garments, mixing classical lines with contemporary elegance.

Previous collections

MCG AW 14

MCG A/W 13

MCG S/S 13

Latest Collection

MCG SS15

Previous collections

MCG AW 14

MCG A/W 13

MCG S/S 13

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