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"""Denim was freedom,"" says Renzo Rosso of Diesel, launched in 1978. Today Rosso helms OTB, a group of alternative luxury fashion brands including Diesel, Maison Margiela, Marni, and Viktor&Rolf. OTB 60: Radical Renaissance traces the evolution of this forward-thinking group of companies that bring humanity and philanthropy to the workplace and marry craftsmanship with industrial production. Featuring provocative photography from groundbreaking collections and campaigns, this volume explores the worlds of design visionaries including Rosso, Martin Margiela, Nicola Formichetti, John Galliano, Consuelo Castiglioni, and Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren. AUTHOR: In the early 1970s, a young Renzo Rosso commandeered his mother's sewing machine to create a pair of extravagantly flared pants. He wore them, his friends wanted them too, and a clothing pioneer was born. He co-founded Diesel in 1978 and made it an iconic brand thanks to its unique products and the innovative, provocative tone of voice of its marketing. Today he is the father of six, the president of OTB, and a Millennium Development Goals Global Leader to the United Nations, thanks to his philanthropic work with his Only The Brave Foundation. Dan Thawley is an Australian-born journalist and editor based in Paris. He is editor in chief of A Magazine Curated By, features editor of Arena Homme Plus and the biannual Finnish fashion title SSAW, and has contributed to numerous international fashion and culture magazines including American Vogue, Vogue Italia, Interview, i-D, and The Wall Street Journal. 150 illustrations"

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"In the early 1970s, a young Renzo Rosso commandeered his mother s sewing machine to create a pair of extravagantly flared pants. He wore them, his friends wanted them too, and a clothing pioneer was born. He co-founded Diesel in 1978 and made it an iconic brand thanks to its unique products and the innovative, provocative tone of voice of its marketing. Today he is the father of six, the president of OTB, and a Millennium Development Goals Global Leader to the United Nations, thanks to his philanthropic work with his Only The Brave Foundation. Dan Thawley is an Australian-born journalist and editor based in Paris. He is editor in chief ofA Magazine Curated By, features editor of Arena Homme Plus and the biannual Finnish fashion title SSAW, and has contributed to numerous international fashion and culture magazines including American Vogue, Vogue Italia, Interview, i-D, and The Wall Street Journal."""

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