Napa Valley, the seat of California's wine industry, is not exactly a fashion mecca. The pastoral towns dotted around the vineyards are more Buddh-ist than Burberry, more caps-'n'-culottes than Chanel. So slightly tipsy heads turned from cellars to catwalks when it was recently announced that Basso & Brooke, British designers known for their use of fabric decorated with pornographic prints, had been appointed “designers in residence” to Turning Leaf, E&J Gallo's traditional wine brand.
加利福尼亞葡萄酒行業的坐標地納帕山谷(Napa Valley)算不上是真正的時尚圣地。遍布于葡萄園區的田園小鎮較之以鄉村風格著稱的時尚品牌巴寶莉(Burberry),多了一份佛教氣息;球帽加裙褲的裝束多過香奈兒的身影。隨著E&J嘉露酒莊(E&J Gallo)近期宣布任命英國設計師組合巴索與布魯克(Basso & Brooke)為其傳統紅酒品牌特寧?里弗(Turning Leaf)的“常駐設計師”,這里略帶醉意的人們將注意力從酒窖轉向了時尚T臺。巴索與布魯克以采用情色圖案的裝飾面料而聞名。