MIAMI — All the celebrities have been out in full drive for this 12 months’s Method 1 weekend — and Brunello Cucinelli‘s occasions have been no exception.
The Italian designer celebrated each the Miami Grand Prix weekend alongside his eponymous model’s first anniversary of the Miami Design District boutique. Visitors have been handled to an Italian feast on the Lido Surf Membership in Miami, as homage to the model’s deep Italian roots.
Attendees included Victor Cruz and Orange Calderón, Kate and Kevin Love, Scottish mannequin and Method 1 driver Carlos Sainz’s girlfriend Rebecca Donaldson, Method 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali and extra — all prepared for this weekend’s race day.
“I’ve liked Brunello Cucinelli from the very starting,” Cruz informed WWD. “Their fashion, tailoring, their materials. They’re recognized for his or her cashmere however I like what they do in suiting typically. The breathability issue of it — I really feel like I might be off the coast of Italy with it or I may stroll the New York streets as properly. It meshes so properly with my journey and issues I do every day.”
Cruz added that he and Calderón respect how a lot the Brunello Cucinelli model offers again by way of their basis and general philanthropy efforts.
“Anyplace the place that I can have just a little swag. If I’m getting I’m on a ship and I’m in Miami, I at all times attempt to add [Brunello Cucinelli] to my look,” he mentioned. “I’m at all times attempting to be in one thing cool and breathable. As I’ve gotten older, any probability I get to place a idler on with an excellent pair of pants and a polo and be snug, I’m going to benefit from it.”
Victor Cruz and Orange Calderón
Courtesy of Brunello Cucinelli
Kate Love equally mentioned that as a mother of two now, her garments need to be “easy and straightforward,” however being put collectively is paramount in making her really feel like herself — “once you get up and placed on a glance, it actually adjustments my temper and my power.”
“Brunello Cucinelli is timeless,” she continued. “Any piece of clothes you purchase is nice high quality and you realize it’s going to final ceaselessly. The whole lot they make is so considerate and particular.”
Love shared that she and Kevin Love went to Solomeo, Italy, as a part of their honeymoon and toured the model’s manufacturing unit. “It gave us a brand new understanding of the model and the way they actually care about each single piece,” she mentioned.
In the meantime, Donaldson mentioned she tends to veer towards trend that has a “masculine contact, however nonetheless in a female means.” Her favourite silhouettes are oversize or boxy appears and he or she likes to put on trousers.
Francesco Tomassini, Luca Lisandroni, Brunello Cucinelli, Ramin Arani, Massimo Caronna and Pietro Arnaboldi.
Courtesy of Brunello Cucinelli
Whereas race weekend was the key draw, many flew into city to benefit from the Miami sunshine and spend time with all their fellow Grand Prix attendees. “I like Miami, and I like visiting right here,” mentioned Donaldson. “There’s at all times such an excellent power and being on the seaside. There’s nice meals, at all times nice vibes.”
Lewis Hamilton and Scuderia Ferrari proceed to be the 2 names on everybody’s thoughts — each Love and Cruz famous their affinity for Hamilton and his new crew. Cruz mentioned he’s an enormous Method 1 fan general and just lately began following it within the final two years.
“I’m a Leclerc and Hamilton fan — so I’m a Ferrari fan now, as a result of they’ve each!” Love mentioned.
Even Mercedes crew principal and CEO Toto Wolff and F1 Academy managing director Susie Wolff confirmed up on the final minute to attend the model dinner — a testomony to simply how a lot trend and Method 1 have continued to be intertwined.
Cucinelli can also be attending the Miami Grand Prix for the primary time this 12 months — after attending different Grands Prix on the calendar and the F1 75 occasion with Domenicali earlier this 12 months.
The previous NFL participant mentioned that all through his profession, Cruz was on the “precipice” of sport’s intersection with trend — again since 2011 — and now sees simply how a lot it has exponentially grown with the rise of soccer gamers being photographed strolling into stadiums, the NBA tunnel suits and that athletes are collaborating with manufacturers greater than ever.
“I at all times knew that the cutting-edge of what younger youngsters wanna put on and what trend appears like is what garments seem like on athletes and I’m excited to see that model and ethos is rising. And to say that I noticed it from the start is fairly cool, too.”