Saturday, March 31, 2018

Art Basel Hong Kong 2018: Loro Piana's Cloud-Like "The Gift of Kings" Exhibition

In conjunction with Art Basel Hong Kong, Loro Piana -- one of the world’s most prestigious cashmere and luxury fabric manufacturers -- pays homage to its most renowned material known as The Gift of Kings. It's quite a bold name but it represents an incredibly fine, feather-light and rare wool sourced by Loro Piana through a 30-year-long collaboration with a selection of Merino sheep breeders in Australia and New Zealand. This material, measuring only 12 microns (one thousandth of a millimeter), is far finer than cashmere and only available in very limited quantities, meaning it's quite extraordinary that it was used as the principal source material for this installation. READ MORE.

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