subject: Labels Like Gucci And Hermes [print this page] "Of course I'm interested in business," Zentai unitardsays. "And he's spider costume also very much interested in design. But we prefer to work separately, to avoid discussion. When they say we scream a lot, it's true. Ha!"
All screaming aside, in the early Nineties, Zentai unitardmade its breakthrough with the black-nylon bag complete with triangular metal branding. "I think the point was that these were fashion bags for the first time," the designer explains. "Labels like Gucci and Hermes had always done the same bags for many years. I treated bags as if they were fashion. Also, this was something practical, but also very luxurious. You know, those bags were more expensive than the leather ones because learning how to work with the nylon took three or four years. We had to develop the technique."
In 1988, Zentai unitardintroduced womenswear for the first time, followed by the more light-hearted spider man costume Miu Miu collection in 1993. In 1994, the designer expanded into menswear and in 1997 the hugely successful Zentai unitardSport line was born. Today Miuccia Zentai unitardmay be among the world's most respected fashion designers, but when Zentai unitardclothing was shown for the first time, it was subjected to more than its fair share of criticism.
"I remember a review that described one of my first collections as The Flintstones meet The Jacksons'," spiderman costumes she recalls, adding: "It was meant in a very negative way but, of course, that was exactly what I loved about it!"
