Find Out More About How We Work

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How to order our niche selection


To order the items we post on Instagram or here, please send us a private message:

1• WhatsApp: tap here to connect directly
2• email: info@suite123.it
3• DM via Instagram

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Then, first: check your DM, chat or inbox: we will notify availability and provide all the information you may need.
Second: once you confirm your shipping address, we will send a payment request via PayPal and our terms and conditions. As soon as we receive the payment notification, your order will be delivered shortly.
Same day delivery for Milano. But we ship everywhere!

Also, you can request a personal shopping service, which is available remotely too. It means we pick out the garments that would suit you best, offering a personalised service. This is our advice: sometimes, an item you don’t consider at first is the one that works best for you. Give it a try!

Plantation1982 tote bag made of recycled PET felt
Plantation1982 tote bag
Felt made of recycled PET


We believe in private shopping and deep connections.

One last note: our selection is limited – on purpose. Because it’s a niche choice #formodernhumans.
Drop us a message! We’d love to help!

Thank you,
Cri and Ro

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Prada/Simons: What Went Wrong?

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FW 22-23 men’s fashion show: consistency was nowhere to be found


Consistency is a fundamental value in designing a product. And also in contributing to keeping it alive over time, shaping a recognisable aesthetic. Which evolves, but its DNA is always perceivable.

Some brands become a one-hit-wonder, a flash in the pan. But it takes hard work to remain on the market (and a lot of money too).

For this purpose, as a strategy, brands follow what’s popular, doing what other designers already did. In this way, they hope to sell more and thrive. But, doing so, they lose their core image, their identity. They lose their face. Therefore, the message sent will lack that fundamental value – consistency.

We saw the Prada Fall-Winter 22/23 men’s fashion show. And we were very, very surprised. Though not in a good way.
The silhouette recalled Balenciaga so much that the point of the direction wasn’t clear. Also, underlining – “we do luxury, they do Slavic thrift shop” sounds like an excuse.

What went wrong?


There’s no evolution in terms of style. The runway was just a reproduction of things already seen. And not that we don’t appreciate oversize clothing. On the contrary, baggy was part of our selection long before it became popular. We just gave up trying to understand Balenciaga’s nonsensical extremisation. But we cannot see why the lady who has launched the ‘aesthetics of the ugly’ – now carried over by everyone, undoubtedly not with the same refinement – could ever take the decision to follow the mainstream. That is a true surprise – the biggest news! Rather than setting a trend, Prada is following the trend.

Where’s the Pradaness?


If the presence of Raf Simons was supposed to bring fresh air in co-designing the brand, it was better when she was doing by-herself-herself-alone-her-own-brand.

With hindsight, Mrs Prada searching for support in co-designing sounds like ‘Hey, I cannot cope with the new trends.’
Yet, did she have to cope with the new trends? No. She simply had to be herself. Be consistent by giving her own vision of ‘the new.’

But this is the love for fashion that speaks. What really counts are numbers. So, let’s finance rule the game, and say goodbye to consistency.

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The Pebble In The Pond

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Starting the ripple effect


Shifting the route towards a new path is complicated and exciting at the same time.

It’s complicated because starting something different makes people stare at you as if you are mad. It’s an experience we had in our first boutique, too. New ideas or independent viewpoints are not well accepted right away. Many do not understand the reasons or, even if they do, they don’t consider going out of their comfort zone. Yes, even for clothing.
Also, you place the seeds, but it takes time for them to grow. Instead, people want things they already are familiar with.

It’s exciting because starting something new gives that extra vibe, a mix of the joy of possibility in navigating the unknown and the risk of failure. Of course, the more you do something new, the higher the risk of failing.

Given that, when the system doesn’t suit you anymore, you either accept it as it is, contributing to the exploiting game or try to change it, committing to something better.

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The ripple effect


By offering a worthwhile selection built around deep meaning, we’ve changed our way of operating in the fashion business.

Less, much less. Good design and quality – only the essential. No overconsumption. That’s why we offer a capsule selection made of meaningful garments.

We aren’t here for convenience. We are here for worth.


Fashion is what we do. We like it to the point that we do not sell clothing we wouldn’t wear, or products we do not believe in.
Besides, we feel compelled to change because it’s time to do it.

Perhaps our alternative approach won’t change the world. But we can start by changing our habits—and then influence those around us.

Starting a new flow is possible. We’ve thrown the pebble in the pond, and hopefully, the ripples will follow.

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Fashion In The Metaverse

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The final frontier of business


While billionaires are busy conquering Mars and developing Space tourism, fashion moves the first steps into the metaverse.

Life on Mars?

We are boiling planet earth. Issues at hand are appalling: climate change, modern-day slavery, poverty. An impressive number of people have no access to water and food – which are basic needs. Plus, a pandemic. And what do they do? They plan to go to Mars!

Well, those billionaires could bring their contribution to solve problems here, in order to ensure a better life on planet earth. But instead of helping humans, they plan to move somewhere else. Develop space tourism and more pollution, consequently. Though, they are the same who advertise sustainable practices of their terrestrial businesses.

Mars doesn’t even seem a nice place to be. So it’s not understood what kind of alternative they are envisioning. These expeditions produce zero scientific value, just 100% business. To use Eckhart Tolle words: “I call it intelligence in service of madness.”

In parallel to Space colonization, what happens in the fashion field?

Fashion brands are launching clothing, handbags and accessories for the metaverse. What may seem unmissable for the early adopters, who would even jump off a cliff to parade their coolness, in truth, sends alarming messages. If capitalism enters into the metaverse, it’s hard not to imagine any social and environmental cost related to that.

The illusion of consumption


At least a couple of thoughts jump to our minds. This is what brands tell us: if you cannot afford our stuff in real life, you can buy them in a fake environment. An easy way to pretend to be rich! Also, there is a manipulation towards overconsumption. Since we don’t consume enough in real life, brands urge us to do so in an imaginary world, reinforcing the physical model.
The need to show off one’s status isn’t elegant and scarcely appreciable in real life. Doing it in a fake environment only doubles the illusion of status and consumption.

Is it the world we want?


Prof. Emilio Gentile, an Italian historian, said on tv at Passato e Presente:

“that is modernity, the horrendous can coexist with the marvellous.”

We believe that a conscious lifestyle on our marvellous planet earth is worth more than any Mars or fake universe.

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About Genderless Style

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Our viewpoint vs the mainstream


Why genderless style is portrayed as ridiculous?

The point with the genderless fashion trend is that the trespass into a clownesque style seems to be the only possible imagery. That is the clear general trend in fashion: excessive, absurd, and deliberately caricatural. So, in the same way, it has to be depicted in the case of genderless clothing. That goes hand in hand with the “please, look at me” social media-induced manner.

Although we embrace and promote the freedom of expression, we can’t see the link between this crucial prerogative and how they force it towards the excess.

About genderless style


Boundaries between sexes are becoming more blurred. Is that new?

David Bowie is one of the best examples of the gender-fluid style of all time. His elegant posture is unforgettable. An innate gift that many try to imitate just with a sad result. By the way, Bowie has never been ridiculous. We cannot say the same thing about the “characters in search of an author” who dominate the fashion and music scenes.

Of course, our viewpoint on genderless clothing has nothing to do with the mainstream trend.
We believe many items have no gender and can be worn by whoever wants to pick them up. Indeed, we have always selected clothing from men’s collections without feeling the need to specify it. We adore that oversized style or even the more rigorous mannish tailoring. Likewise, we have never had problems selling a woman’s coat or blouse to a man, for instance.

Clothing and accessories contribute to expressing your personality.
To that end, gendered labels do not represent a limit for us. In fact, we like to mix and play with them. But something is missing today. Good taste and elegance are the factors that provide the perfect balance. Where are they now?

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