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Tomas Maier

Synopsis:

'Less Is Maier'


Bottega Veneta was hovering on the brink of bankruptcy when Tomas Maier took the helm as creative director. In six years he has pulled off a stunning $575 million turnaround at the venerable Italian luxury-goods firm, without sacrificing its no-logo, anti-bling aesthetic, his own eponymous label, or the Florida lifestyle he craved. In Milan and Palm Beach, the author discovers the interplay of passion and understatement, precision and freedom, that has made Maier a new kind of design star.

Publish date:
8 August 2008
Author:
Matt Tyrnauer
Source:
Vanity Fair
Country:
United States
Media:
text

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