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pradaFrom February 24 and until January 2016, in Milan in the fashion district, you will walk on the jaws on manholes that 24 big names have designed for charity at the third edition of the “Above the below: Manhole Art tells the wired city“curated by Monica Nascimbeni, promoted by the Milanese Metroweb, owner of the network of optical fibers town, in collaboration with the National Chamber of Fashion.

The 24 sophisticated manhole covers are designed by the great names of Italian fashion; Giorgio Armani, Just Cavalli, Etro, Missoni, Larusmiani, Laura Biagiotti, Costume National, Moschino, 10 Corso Como, Prada, Trussardi, DSquared2, Versace, Iceberg, Brunello Cucinelli, Hogan , Alberta Ferretti, Valentino, Salvatore Ferragamo, Emilio Pucci, Giuseppe Zanotti Design and Ermenegildo Zegna. They make the most trendy fashion streets that will become a true open-air art exhibition during the months of the Expo.

Stuck in the asphalt, made of cast iron chiseled in relief and hand-painted, these manholes are genuine works of art that reflect the philosophy of various maisons .. “Walking on Paisley” Etro, for example, reads the reason Paisley ( the pattern known plant of Persian origin) in key urban, through the symmetries of a colorless arabesque, Laura Biagiotti, in his manhole “Futurballa” he made in a sea fish colorful geometric futurists, inspired by a model of sun sea designed in 1930 by Giacomo Balla, Brunello Cuccinelli intertwined and pigeonhole his precious plots Prada recalls the conceptual geometric elegance.

In January 2016, at the end of the exhibition, the manhole covers, will be restored and auctioned at Christie’s and the proceeds will be donated to non-profit organization Oxfam Italy.