C Diem Long-loved leather.
Introduction.
I loved C Diem about 20 years ago and became so obsessed with it that there was a time when I would go on holiday wearing it, but I have also passed C Diem on to a junior colleague who I talked about in the Berluti article. I would like to talk about C Diem this time.
About C Diem.
In the early 2000s, when asked what kind of clothes I wore the most, I would answer C-Diem. , I wore this leather shirt, a linen shirt, a long-sleeved T-shirt with cut-outs, zip-up boots and laced boots in rotation, with a single horse leather rider at the top. The bottom was also the West Coast denim that was popular at that time, and the most comfortable was the Stitches heavy-ounce bootcut with damage, which I wore with a thick, antiqued HTC studded belt, which was my casual style.
Fashion-wise, the closest thing to this C Diem was Carol Christian Poel and Paul Harden, and although I didn’t end up buying Paul Harden, I had a Carol Christian Poel cotton tailored jacket with a top and bottom cut, which I wore occasionally.
C Diem and Carol Christian Poel are popular with people in the beauty industry, and I would give my C Diem single rider, Carol Christian Poel tailored jacket, long-sleeved T-shirt and laced boots to junior people in the beauty industry. The junior colleague to whom I gave them is overjoyed, loves them very much and wears them with great care.
At that time, I hesitated to give it away and left the leather shirt, the linen shirt and the zip-up boots.
Later, I gave this leather shirt, zip-up boots, linen shirt and long-sleeved T-shirt to a junior colleague to whom I had given the Berluti, and he likes them as much as the Berluti and wears them with great care.
Like Berluti, I have given this C Diem to someone who wants an item I bought almost 20 years ago, and when I give it to him, he wears it with care. However, unlike Berluti, the manufacturer has retired and the brand itself has disappeared, so there is no longer a system in place to take care of it. However, the two people I gave them to found a skilled tailor and repairer, who takes care of them and fixes their sizes, and they wear them with care.
I am writing this article because I think it is a wonderful thing that the two people to whom I have given the clothes I have bought and worn with love and affection are wearing them with the same love and affection as if they were treasures, which, like Berluti, is connected to the word sustainability.
I am looking forward to the future, thinking that the clothes and shoes I am currently obsessed with will also become so in the future.
C Diem is a brand created by Maurizio Artioli, and was active from the mid-1990s until the mid-2000s, with leather and linen clothes characterised by a decadent world expressed not by superficial processing such as damage, but by processing such as wrinkles and corrosion, as if things were decaying. It is a brand that gave birth to a core ardent fan rather than general popularity by a peculiar view of the world. Although it was not mentioned at the time, it has recently been called artisanal, and creators influenced by it have inherited a kind of philosophy and are making unique clothes.
Conclusion.
Like Berluti last time, C Diem is something that I have worn and cherished with love, and my juniors have taken over and wear and cherish it with love. At the root of it all, there is the beauty of craftsmanship, and although not many people may recognise that beauty, I feel the beauty of wearing and cherishing things with love whenever I get the chance to hold them, and I hope that the things I am currently obsessed with will become so too.
The things I introduce on Hooked on are things I write about here that I love, wear and cherish. There is the wisdom and skill of the makers, the universality and beauty of their work, and my satisfaction in wearing them, but I also feel that they are accompanied by the commitment and social nature of the makers and sellers, and I hope you will be interested in them.
Shop.
C Diem and other products introduced here were purchased at the time (early 2000s) at Barneys New York Yokohama shop. Recently, I’m not interested in trendy items, so I visit the shop less often, but all the products in the shop are great, and every once in a while I visit the shop and look at the products, and there are many items I want to buy.
Recently, a few years ago, I bought a cashmere knit from Aranui and a stadium jacket from Slogan.
When I go to the shop, I make new discoveries, and the staff pick out interesting items for me, so I like to visit when I have time.
Last season, when I looked in the Ginza shop, they were selling Paul Harden, so if I have the chance, I would like to buy some.
