Leggings fixation: All the time, all the day, everyday…

Skullbag in Ostrich keeps in surfing the wave!!! :)

The ostrich skull bag in black with jeans and brass Correale shield keeps on rockin it big time.

Its the best seller ever ever ever. Close to it only the skull wallets!!

This is another proof that when I design for Myself I really really do a good job and at the end make everyone happy!

Its the most sold bag Made by Romana Correale. Bought by man & woman Indifferently!!! Unisex awsomness!!!

I am Proud!

Fur designed by Romana Correale photos by Carla Mantilla in Stockholm

When ever I design something with the only pourpouse of making Myself happy I usually reach the climax.

Maybe its because i don’t think “Price”, “Sales”, “market”. I only think beauty. What I would love to see and how.

Like allways and in everything I do the must important part of the game is played by proportions.

I keep in Loving more and more this fur and many woman tell me they love but just can’t really say why…

Its a game of lenghts, of shades, of colors.

I’ll share some photos of my creation. Hope you all Will enjoy!

Destroy One of my bags. Artist: Arman Sultani

Not every artist that was asked for a collaboration in this project “destroy my bag” has accepted to partceipate.

The reazons may allways be different and deeper or more superficial amongst Each individual.

Beign an anarchic lover of freedom the acceptance of the “no thanks” which ever the reazon used was as happy as the “yes of course”.

Each one of us… As artists and adults… Are livig in different moments in our path towards the future.

This was and is a mission. A statement. Something to partecipate in only if deeply felt. Thats why the negative responded were received as positively as the “yes, I want to”

Many artists were incredibly enthudiast and actually brought up the topic that this consumistic and superficial era is not only damaging fashion but truly is going deeply in all levels of social relating. Its the era of the “use and throw in the been”. Since the conscience is clean cause there is allways a recycling bin out there somewere.

It really, honestly, disgustes me.

Arman is another if the artists that with great passion and with a long series of conversations has been lively part of this project and has actually demostrated his serious concern on this “trend” on every stratification of life. From feelings to friendship to work to objects of common use.

This is his “opera d’arte” for our project.

Arman runs three different restaurants his main interests and passions are art, Wine and food.

He says about himself:

Tattoo Mania on the Rocks…

Are you guys into tattoos as much ad I am?

Cause it feels like a never ending story to me.

Adding a chapter per day….

Graffiti Apartment in Stockholm

It has allways been one of my dreams to own an apartment in Stockholm with a beautiful view, amazing balcony and with my identity and “Will of freedom” as the strongest form of expression. It sounded like an unreachable goal for many years…

I rebuild two little flats one close to the other making them become one. In an area of Birkastan which is my favorite area in Stockholm.

At the beginning they felt like two little jails. Even the amazing balcony was not enough to help the disturbing sequence of walls and unpleasent feeling of “closed” in.

The project was designed amongst the collaboration of Architect Ulrika Gynnerstedt, artist Bleckan and me, Myself and I. Ulrika proposed six different options for my needs and dreams. I had refused the options I loved the most because of its complications and was scared of it not possible.

My main goal was air, freedom, space, happyness, light. An inspiring home were to work and feel the world around alive. White… Yet full of colors… Playfull… An at same time elegant. This words put toghether seem all in contrast yet they are not. It is the BASIC definition of the way I live, dress, eat, love.

It was not easy and the first designs were quite challenging. I remember Loving imidiately the option of the round walls but was truly scared of it. Bleckan thought instead it was the best option and I followed his suggestion.

Now I am happy I did.

The project had as main goal to abolish the presence of walls and to let the 5 Windows (putting both apartments toghether) give the most light possible to the flat. Making it almoust “float” on the clouds.

Another very important matter for me was the graffiti in the apartment. It was one of my dreams to have one at home. Made for me. Graffiti signifies pure oxygen. In years and years of study, reading and watching graffiti artists I had grown the desire and need of actually having one in my own home. I believe its the only form of art that has still in itself some kind of honesty. It represents the climax of freedom.

Choosing the right artist for it thought wasn’t an easy task. I don’t like all the work of all the graffiti artists. Even if some are very very talented I would have never wanted to have one of their works in my apartment. It is mostly a matter of wanting to see something over and over again or in the contrary distrubed by it. The communication, on an artistic level and aesthetic level was fondamental. To conceive beauty with the same eyes was the main issue.

The choice of Bleckan as an artist for this project was Well thought and incredibly aculate. I had seen some of his work at the artofthestreets festival in stockholm and had seen some of his sketches. His way of conceiving graffiti and mastering it totally drove me crazy. I think his work is genious.

In fact still today I believe it was the right choice and the best one I could make for that wall. The graffiti is clean, pure, lively, strong. It is an explosion of life and colors in complete order of beauty and impeccable sence of aesthetics. Like mathematics perfect in its slight imperfection.

Bleckans graffiti totally Makes the apartment. Not only. It represents me and my brand and my way of seeing things. Its tecnique is mesmerizing. its colors reflect on all the Windows and it is never never disturbing or boring. Its just too beautiful to be true. While walking past it you keep on discovering little details. At Times it seemes as it is moving and the letters one moment or the other may bounce out of the wall and start talking.

I had some friends over some nights ago which were against the graffiti at the beginning… plus I must add… Many in the project itself… Were against the graffiti in the center of the apartment…. Funny enough… Even them were shocked at the end and fell in love with this beauty. I reached the highest level of happyness when one of my friends (the one at first against the graff) said “if this graff were mine I would protect it with glass walls around it. I Wouldn’t let anyone touch it. Its a masterpiece”.

It made me very very happy. Especially because his sentence came out of the voice of someone Who at the beginnig didnt quite agree with this idea. It was awsome to see how he would walk around the graff and keep on saying “it must be protected”. Very very sweet. I agree… Yet I don’t know how to do it since he walls are round.

Most of the persons that come in and out of the apartment want or take a photo of the graff. They smile all the time and they imidiately share it via sms or socialmedia. It is nice to see that the graff “communicates” by itself. I show the kitchen all Made in Corian and the other flat. The balcony. The bathroom…. But believe me… my guests… turn over and over again to look at the graff… :)

The apartment sits in one of the most beautiful areas in Stockholm. It is on a quite road and has stunning view. Yet its Sun is this masterpiece and all my neighbors are enjoying its vision lots. Surely enough untill I get my shades ready for the windows.

It is, at the end and after a lot of suffering for errors and misunderstandings with the builders, an amazing spot of light. The apartment has a positive karma and it feels good, new, home. One of the builders entering one day said “it feels like you walk in and you enter the future that everywere else has not yet happened”.

Its incredible that this could be achieved and that my vision could actually be materialized with the help of Architect & Artist.

The walls were Bleckan painted changed continuosly. They went from round to tear drop to whistle looking. When Bleckan Saw the final walls he was a little nervous about it and told me “this was not were I was supposed to work”. Then I told him, almoust in tears, all the complications and reazons why it couldn’t be done differently and added that if he couldn’t make of it anything it was okay. Fortunate enough he Made it happen. Sketched Ex-Novo his painting right on site that same night and called me saying “its going to work. It Will be good”

I felt so relieved I went to sleep with a smile on my lips.

I was almoust in tears when left him in the apartment because i thought that actually we had compromised the possibility of the graffiti. The air ventilation pipes couldn’t be moved… This little flats had no bathrooms once upon a time…

I thank Ulrika and Bleckan with all my heart for having been close to me with their talents right from the beginning till the end of the project. Both of them have decided lots in this flat. Bleckan had helped us in many other things other than the painting itself and one of them was to “Carry on” the graffiti theme&colors in other parts of the flat without ever “over doing it”. He has decided for the curved walls and for the materials in the bathroom. Plus the divisions and rooms in the second flat.
He would be an awsome Architect.

It surely has been a difficult rebuilding with lots of pause moments which almoust Made it seem impossible to finish. In fact one key person for this project has been Aprill Spendrup. Under her guidance as project leader finally things seemed to be accomplishing their goals and arriving to a final point. Without her this all seems endless…

I Will share some photos of the apartment and how it finally looks with you guys.

Can’t Show all of it because it Will be shown first in some fashion, Decor, Architecture and Interior design Magazines.

Hope you all Will enjoy it! I love it. It feels like the center of the city. The center of earth. A spaceshuttle! :)

Destruction of Bag by Pierre Sénard

The request was “destroy one of my bags”.

This was the homework given to ten awsome artists, photographers and film directors alla round the world. The destruction of the bag Will Made even through a poem. All the works of art Will be enclosed in a beautiful book in which all the story of this project Will be fully explained and told.

The main pourpouse of this project is the need of protest of all the artists partecipating among them me as the designer of the bag against the fashion world lies and the consumistic education of unrealstic, unreliable advertismen daily brain wash.

We leave in a society were the excess of of buying and throwing away has become a serious problem for our planet and for our families.

We need to re-educate our young ones to beauty and tradition. To value of objects and life.

The first artists is Pierre Sénard. He days about himself “after I got my first camera at the age of 8 I realized I loved photography and for me it was a passion. I’ve worked in marketing and communication but it appeared clear to me that I wanted to make of my passion my life”

I find Pierre incredibly authentic and caring. He has an eye for Sensuality and strong images. I like his work and find him incredibly honest in his way of communicating.

This is his work for our little art book. I loved all his photos. This are his favorites.

He says about himself:

Beautiful Evening at Aprill with her sons Sebastian & Oscar Spendrup playing for friends

Yesterday evening little Flower and I were invited to be part of a beautiful and happy evening.

Aprill, her sons and friends. Almoust all musicians. Playes music for us all evening. To enjoy with food and love.

Stockholm is a cold country as far as weather goes but not as far as human love. Iris and I from this family have been welcomed as only the closest ones are.

Oscar and Sebastian are special boys and little Iris loves them as brothers as they love her. They are amazing musicians and have the biggest hearts ever. They gave me the longest hughs ever and Made me feel like allways at home.

It was special and the music was outstanding. I am thankfull. Iris said “mommy next time I join with the violin the concert!”

I hope she Will. I am sure she Will.

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