As a movie lover, Walter Chiapponi trusts Italian heartbreaker Lorenzo Zurzolo of Netflix’s Baby fame to play in Tod’s Fall collection video, presented digitally today. The young actor was also looked at in the watchbook shot at Villa Ronchi, designed in the 1930s by Italian architect Giuseppe De Finetti, located in the misty, quiet countryside of the Lombardy region of northern Italy.
In the short film, titled #sevenT (“Seven as the days of the week, T for Tod’s but also for Time,” Chiapponi explains), the actor mourns the loneliness of the villa to prepare for a role. “Movies are one of my biggest passions,” Chiapponi said. “I wanted a strong, confident personality to express what I wanted to say. And it was at that moment that we were fit to circumvent the idea of loneliness, but intended as an opportunity for introspection and self-discovery. ‘
The designer believes in the restorative beauty of nature and in a cultivated lifestyle that embraces its healing power – concepts that served as a kind of backbone for the collection. With classic exteriors, it is equipped with a country gentleman’s flair for practicality and convenience. Sensuality and a touch of romance were also introduced; Chiapponi played on tangible, supple, smooth fabrications – cashmere, tweed, corduroy, velvet, knitted textures. Slightly padded hunting and field jackets were kept slim and yet relaxed. Tailoring retained a dignified appeal while being treated comfortably. It was all subtly spurred on by a youthful atmosphere from the 70s.
What Chiapponi brings to Tod’s is a compelling refreshment of Italian casual herds, seen through a cultured, slightly emotional modern filter: ‘I do not like something that is too design or too cold or too sharp,’ he said. ‘I want something soulful, an eccentric little, and free. ”