Ennio Capasa

Ennio Capasa was born in Lecce, South of Italy. After having studied at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan, he moved to Tokyo where he becomes the collaborator of Yohji Yamamoto for two years. On his return to Italy, in 1986, he found with his brother Carlo CoSTUME NATIONAL and, in the same year, he presented the first woman collection. Designer and Creative Director of Costume National, Costume National Homme and C'N'C Costume National – the brand's street-wear line, Ennio Capasa is known to have created an original and iconographic style that the international press defines essential, edgy-chic. Also recognized as a costume designer and passionate about architecture, his work includes "Lo Specchio di Frida", a play based on Frida Kahlo's life (1998) and "The rules of attraction", a mise en espace of Bret Easton Ellis's novel (2002). In 1999 he directed "Bright red: blood, transformation and transfiguration in contemporary art", an exhibition for the Milan pavilion of Contemporary Art. In 2000 the city of Otranto commissioned him "Progetto Otranto" an urban design project. Awarded several times during his career, Ennio Capasa in 2003 and 2005 received the La Kore award, the Academy Awards of Italian Fashion, for designer of the year for the excellence of his creations.