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Costume National: Ennio Capasa Mixes The Influence of East & West
By: Boyd Davis
Photo below: Ennio Capasa on the runway Spring 2005 Menswear show
Photo by: Giovanni Pucci

Ennio Capasa Ennio Capasa is the designer behind the label Costume National. Founded in 1986 with his brother Carlo, Costume National is turning out to be one of Italian fashion powerhouses.

A graduate of the Milan Academy of Fine Arts, Ennio Capasa worked for Yohji Yamamoto in Tokyo.

When he returned to Italy, the Capasa brothers launched Costume National, a fashion house about "French uniform" The company presented their first collection in 1987.

Mixing the influences of the east and the west, Ennio Capasa's designs are innovative and challenged the status quo of the fashion design industry.

Contemporary styles balanced by sartorial elegance with emphasis on lifestyle defined Ennio Capasa's creations.

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Costume National
Spring 2008

Photo by Giovanni Pucci

Costume National
Menswear Fall 2006

Photo by Giovanni Pucci

See the Costume National Runway Shows:
  • Spring 2008
  • Spring 2008 Menswear
  • Fall 2007
  • Fall 2007 Menswear
  • Spring 2007
  • Spring 2007 Menswear
  • Fall 2006
  • Fall 2006 Menswear
  • Spring 2006
  • Spring 2006 Menswear
  • Fall 2005
  • Fall 2005 Menswear
  • Spring 2005
  • Spring 2005 Menswear
  • Fall 2004
  • Fall 2004 Menswear
  • Spring 2004 Menswear
  • Fall 2003
  • Fall 2003 Menswear
  • Spring 2003
  • Spring 2003 Menswear
  • Fall 2002
  • Fall 2002 Menswear
  • Spring 2002
  • Spring 2002 Menswear
  • Fall 2001
  • To view C'N'C Costume National runway shows, please click here.

    Website: www.costumenational.com

    Email: press@costumenational.com

    COSTUME NATIONAL:
    Via Fussetti 12
    20143 Milan MI
    ITALY

    Press Contact Milan:
    Emanuela GALLI
    Tel: +39 02 83 84 41
    Fax: +39 02 89 42 36 46

    Articles about Costume National:

  • In Cannes: C’N’C Costume National Holds Exclusive Party of ‘Last Days’
  • Ennio Capasa: One Of The Most Creative Minds In Fashion
  • Interview with Ennio Capasa
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