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© Mariano Vivanco 28 EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: MARIANO VIVANCO PINAIDER: THE ART OF HANDWRITING BALENCIAGA GUCCI ALPS RESORTS BABY SUMO SUPERWATCHES SHOPPING OFF-PLANFROM €190,000STARTING PORTO MONTENEGRO’S NEWEST NEIGHBOURHOOD CONTEMPORARY URBAN-INSPIRED RESIDENCES SIRO - A FITNESS-INFUSED HOTEL AND WELLNESS HUB MONTENEGRIN CITIZENSHIP BY INVESTMENT AVAILABLE [email protected] www.bokaplace.com OFF-PLANFROM €190,000STARTING PORTO MONTENEGRO’S NEWEST NEIGHBOURHOOD CONTEMPORARY URBAN-INSPIRED RESIDENCES SIRO - A FITNESS-INFUSED HOTEL AND WELLNESS HUB MONTENEGRIN CITIZENSHIP BY INVESTMENT AVAILABLE [email protected] www.bokaplace.com CULLINAN DIAMONDS The storm is passing, and the ship is starting to sail again in the magnificent sea that has always welcomed us with love and beauty. And at Force One we are happy to confirm our EDITO role as skipper of exclusivity, luxury and joie de vivre. This is also a somewhat special edition, with a slightly FORCE ONE reduced number of pages, but with the quality of content that has always been our North Star. The journey begins on the most iconic yacht of the past thirty years: Lady Moura who welcomes us for the last cocktail before #28 the lockdown, an incredible Force One Night. It then continues by stopping by two giants of style: Balenciaga and Gucci. The correspondence with our loved ones is made with the elegant paper (and not only) creations of Pinaider. With a lot of imagination ;-)) we take our boat to the French Alps for the usual partnership with the best hotels and private chalets in Megève and Couchevel. And since this period is so special, and has made us understand even more the importance of time and how we use it, then a stop on our cruise is dedicated to the discovery of the most amazing watches of these months. And if you want a photographic souvenir of this magnificent trip, we may ask our personal photographer Mariano Vivanco... ;-) Have a good trip... Luca Marotta Publisher and Creative Director CULLINAN DIAMONDS Publisher and Creative Director 6 Luca Marotta Editorial Director Andrea Dini Art Director INDEX Florent Sammut Cover photo © Mariano Vivanco Red Rose 001 (detail) Fashion Editor Alberto Corrado Jewelry and Watches Editor 08 Laura Canepa Senior Contributor 12 Alice Gardner Editorial Contributors - A special moment with the Lady of Monaco 16 Keith Francis Event Vicky Morris Manuela Schinaia Yachting - OceanoScientific Expedition 2020 Photographers 22 Interview - Mariano Vivanco/ Taschen Andrea Cabiale 24 Karin Creuzet Book - Baby Newton Bruno De Marquis Valentina de Gaspari Art - Pave Contemporary 26 Fresh Influence Francis Hammond Photography - International Monaco Mothers Mesi 28 Daniele Oberrauch Fashion - Balenciaga Jean-François Romero 32 Luca Rotondo Fashion - Gucci: Culture of the time Jean-Michel Sordello Alex Stephen Teuscher Luxury - Pineider, the art of handwriting 36 Pierre Thiaville Anne-Emmanuelle Thion Venues - L'Apogée Robert Yager / Courchevel 40 Venues - Flocons de Sel Translations / Megève Marsglobus Venues - Zannier Hotels Le Chalet 42 open to translation Ltd. Venues - M de Megève / Megève Video 44 Lukasz Cholewiak Venues - Mademoiselle Gray Web Watches - The watch amateurs digital fanzine 45 Force One / Cannes 46 Watches - It's time to enjoy time! Advertising & Development [email protected] Special - Shopping +33 (0)6 40 61 02 05 47 Colour Separation Thomas Bourgoin 48 ISSN 2271-4111 52 www.force-one.net Life in Blue...! sapphire Cachemire 10.817 cts SOLD 660 000 € necklace sapphire Cachemire Monte-Carlo SOLD 1 850 000 € Auction house upcoming auctions free appraisals sapphire Cachemire 18.42 cts Contact Expert : Cabinet Arnaud Beauvois - Paris SOLD 1 110 000 € Tél : 00 33(0)1 53 04 90 74 [email protected] 10-12 QUAI ANTOINE 1ER - 98000 MONACO - Tél : 00 377 93 25 88 89 - email : [email protected] 8 A SPECIAL MOMENT WITH THE LADY OF MONACO By Manuela Schinaia On the 22nd of September 2020, “Force One Night” private cocktail took place on yachting icon M/Y Lady Moura, in the harbour of Monaco. It’s been a very special occasion: for the first time in her 30 years’ history, the prestigious boat has been the site of an event not organized by the owner. During all these years in fact, the yacht has always had the reputation to be somehow “inaccessible”: only those invited by the family have had the chance to visit her. Launched in 1990 by Blohm & Voss, Lady Moura was, at the time, the most expensive and innovative yacht in the world. The 104.85-metre yacht comprises of a hefty beam of 19 metres with a total gross tonnage of 6,359 GT, 20 cabins for 17 guests and 72 crews. 9 © Bruno De Marquis De Bruno © But today a new story is going to be written in her diary: she’s now for sale. That’s why it was time to mark this change with a proper celebration. The prestigious Monegasque agency Force One had the privilege to be the co-host of this historical moment, in close partnership with business related B2C event specialist Investor Media Monaco, organizer of an exceptional three-days event, “Private Rendez-vous”, which included a B2C business lunch at Hermitage Hotel, and a business networking dinner at Club39 Montecarlo. About one hundred selected guests have participated to the opening night onboard Lady Moura, of course respecting social distancing and current coronavirus regulation. 10 Luca Marotta - CEO of Force One said: “dream big” and to prove that, by respecting all the sanitary “A cocktail is not just an occasion to drink champagne and to measures, it is possible to organize a cocktail and to create show our latest outfit. During a cocktail people gather, share memories, business deals and to live even more than before.” thoughts, ideas and experiences; different individuals with different paths exchange their visions. Investor Media Monaco CEO Andrea Dini and Luca Marotta In these difficult times, life can’t be frozen, and ambitions welcomed, among others, Formula 1 driver Valtteri Bottas, can’t be thrown away. as well as the former prime minister of Spain José Maria Force One and Investor Media Monaco decided to continue to Aznar, and other VIP coming from Monaco and abroad: live, to socialize, and to develop business. It is a choice to still London, Madrid and even the United States. This event 11 © Andrea Cabiale was so worth it, and once in a lifetime moment, that some potential client. Every element played a role in this success: guests planned uncomfortable trips in order to make it. whether is the hosts, the sponsors, the guests, the crew, the food, the music, and the photographs. The soirée has been made possible thanks to the amazing support of prestigious yacht broker Camper & Nicholsons But more than everything, the real star of the night has International, and the sponsorship of green energy been Lady Moura herself, with her beautiful silhouette, investment platform Assetly Investment Partners. They stylish interiors, decks and of course her timeless and had the occasion to share their values and to deliver their elegant vibes. message to an audience representing exactly their target 12 OCEANOSCIENTIFIC MEDITERRANEAN CONTAMINANTS EXPEDITION 2020 By Andrea Dini The OceanoScientific Mediterranean Contaminants Expedition 2020 ended on Thursday 29 October at the honorary pontoon of the Yacht Club de Monaco, from which the AMAALA EXPLORER maxi-catamaran set sail on Thursday 15 October thanks to partnerships with AMAALA and Biologique Recherche, as well as to the sponsors of the OceanoScientific France and Monaco associations. That same evening, Yvan Griboval, the initiator and director of the CO2-free oceanographic campaign by sail under the scientific direction of the Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (Ifremer), took stock of this sailing expedition from Monaco to Porto Cervo (Sardinia), Barcelona (Spain) and La Seyne-sur-Mer (France), during a dinner conference at the Yacht Club de Monaco. At this occasion, the naviator - explorer specified his future objectives as president of the OceanoScientific associations and the OceanoScientific Expeditions director. "When I returned from the OceanoScientific Expedition of the Ocean which became LOVE THE OCEAN® written, 2016-2017, I was convinced of the need to adopt a composed and performed by the young Monegasque common denominator of Humankind as a means of artist Olivia Dorato," Yvan Griboval explained during the raising the awareness of the public at large about the dinner conference. LOVE THE OCEAN® was broadcast for imperative need to better understand the Ocean in order the first time and presented to the Sovereign Prince at to better preserve it. I thought music would be the perfect the arrival of the AMAALA EXPLORER maxi-catamaran in medium. That was how we first thought of an Anthem Monaco on 28 October. 13 © Mesi © "However, since last spring's lockdown and even more at "It is too personal an act, even selfish considering the time the end of these two weeks of sailing, I am now convinced required for the preparation (over two years), and then thatthe best way to make the world population aware of sailing (four to six months). Three years and a lot of money the importance of the Ocean is to help oceanographic and to attempt a personal "feat", seems somewhat pointless. It scientific research focusing on the well-being of human beings would be three years lost for our oceanographic activities and their health. We shall continue to collect physico-chemical for the benefit of Health, also lost for our thirteen-year-old data at the Ocean - Atmosphere interface, in particular triplets. They need their father's presence too much at this thanks to the new version of the OSC System. But we shall time of life when their adolescent dreams form the future..." now go much further in the scientific approach during our next OceanoScientific Expeditions by sail without any CO2 Drawing from the lessons learnt during the emissions or waste.