When it comes to fashion, design, and luxury yachts, it’s simply impossible to compete with Italy—the home of Ferrari, Ferragamo, Fendi, Ferretti, and countless boutique Italian boat builders that launch waterborne works of art on a regular basis. But when it comes to yachts that integrate Italian fashion, function, and distinctive design, it’s pretty hard to compete with Invictus Yachts’ new 370 GT Special Edition that bears the distinctive design style of fashion and interior design icon Anna Fendi.
According to published reports, the project started during a chance meeting between Anna Fendi and Christian Grande, the principle designer of the Invictus range. They agreed the powerful Invictus 370 GT ultra deluxe powerboat was the perfect model to enhance in ways that would appeal to clients with even more discerning tastes.
“The Special Edition emerged from an exchange of creative ideas between myself and Anna Fendi,” says Christian Grande. “The resulting alchemy combined both our styles in perfect harmony and the end product is a truly beautiful yacht that responds to a specific niche in the market.”
Among the four layout options available, the arrangement with a forward dinette and a full-beam owner’s cabin was selected as the most suitable for the 370 GT Special Edition. But the already distinctive style of the series has been transformed by Anna Fendi’s subtle color palette of contrasting black and white tones for the furnishings and fabrics.
A wide variety of opaque and polished finishes add warmth and texture to the monochrome tones. The black surfaces, for example, are metallic chromed using a special Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) process that deposits a nickel film onto the substrate.
A velvety ivory finish, on the other hand, has been applied to the furniture pieces of pale Tanganyika White frisé that highlights the softness of the wood. This black and white theme continues in the soft furnishings and fabrics, from the day sofa in warm, ivory white chenille, to the linen drapes bordered in dark leather.
Other Anna Fendi hallmarks include the design motifs borrowed from leather goods and travel cases. The wardrobe in the owner’s cabin is styled to resemble a classic travel case and finished in a combination of nappa and glossy black leather with metallic detailing.
The dinette furniture is styled in similar fashion with storage for wine bottles, glassware and bespoke tableware, typical of the Anna Fendi Collection, under its lifting top. Another distinctive touch is the mirrored forward bulkhead with a metal framework of black nickel that pays tribute to the Villa Laetitia boutique hotel refurbished by Anna Fendi.
The same style and attention to detail extends to the exterior cockpit where the teak decking with ivory caulking is laid out in a herring-bone pattern, and the sofas are decorated with black leather belts and buckles embossed with the Anna Fendi signature.
“This delicate marriage of tones and textures, materials and finishes, exudes the Anna Fendi style,” says Christian Grande. “It really is a Special Edition.”
It’s important to state that this project is the result of a collaboration between Invictus Yacht and Anna Fendi (not the FENDI brand that’s part of the LVMH Group), but that hardly diminishes the stunning boat that results from their partnership.
“In decorating this yacht I started thinking of travel as a concept, and I was inspired by old steamer trunks in parchment and Bulgarian leather”, said Anna Fendi. “Following a precise color scheme and using materials not usually found in the yachting world, I tried to decorate this little sea-borne jewel in a very special way and with a strong personality. I’ve always adored yachts of this size, they have an intrinsic sense of proportion, with an intimate and adventurous feel. With Christian we tried to study every single detail and create something beautiful and very functional.”
I just can’t wait for my next “tuxedo test drive.” I wore my Armani tux during my test of the Aston Martin 37 by Quintessence Yachts last year because that’s what James Bond would do. I’ll need my Italian formal wear on the Invictus 370 GT to pay homage to fashion royalty.
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When it comes to fashion, design, and luxury yachts, it’s simply impossible to compete with Italy—the home of Ferrari, Ferragamo, Fendi, Ferretti, and countless boutique Italian boat builders that launch waterborne works of art on a regular basis. But when it comes to yachts that integrate Italian fashion, function, and distinctive design, it’s pretty hard to compete with Invictus Yachts’ new 370 GT Special Edition that bears the distinctive design style of fashion and interior design icon Anna Fendi.
According to published reports, the project started during a chance meeting between Anna Fendi and Christian Grande, the principle designer of the Invictus range. They agreed the powerful Invictus 370 GT ultra deluxe powerboat was the perfect model to enhance in ways that would appeal to clients with even more discerning tastes.
“The Special Edition emerged from an exchange of creative ideas between myself and Anna Fendi,” says Christian Grande. “The resulting alchemy combined both our styles in perfect harmony and the end product is a truly beautiful yacht that responds to a specific niche in the market.”
Among the four layout options available, the arrangement with a forward dinette and a full-beam owner’s cabin was selected as the most suitable for the 370 GT Special Edition. But the already distinctive style of the series has been transformed by Anna Fendi’s subtle color palette of contrasting black and white tones for the furnishings and fabrics.
A wide variety of opaque and polished finishes add warmth and texture to the monochrome tones. The black surfaces, for example, are metallic chromed using a special Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) process that deposits a nickel film onto the substrate.
A velvety ivory finish, on the other hand, has been applied to the furniture pieces of pale Tanganyika White frisé that highlights the softness of the wood. This black and white theme continues in the soft furnishings and fabrics, from the day sofa in warm, ivory white chenille, to the linen drapes bordered in dark leather.
Other Anna Fendi hallmarks include the design motifs borrowed from leather goods and travel cases. The wardrobe in the owner’s cabin is styled to resemble a classic travel case and finished in a combination of nappa and glossy black leather with metallic detailing.
The dinette furniture is styled in similar fashion with storage for wine bottles, glassware and bespoke tableware, typical of the Anna Fendi Collection, under its lifting top. Another distinctive touch is the mirrored forward bulkhead with a metal framework of black nickel that pays tribute to the Villa Laetitia boutique hotel refurbished by Anna Fendi.
The same style and attention to detail extends to the exterior cockpit where the teak decking with ivory caulking is laid out in a herring-bone pattern, and the sofas are decorated with black leather belts and buckles embossed with the Anna Fendi signature.
“This delicate marriage of tones and textures, materials and finishes, exudes the Anna Fendi style,” says Christian Grande. “It really is a Special Edition.”
It’s important to state that this project is the result of a collaboration between Invictus Yacht and Anna Fendi (not the FENDI brand that’s part of the LVMH Group), but that hardly diminishes the stunning boat that results from their partnership.
“In decorating this yacht I started thinking of travel as a concept, and I was inspired by old steamer trunks in parchment and Bulgarian leather”, said Anna Fendi. “Following a precise color scheme and using materials not usually found in the yachting world, I tried to decorate this little sea-borne jewel in a very special way and with a strong personality. I’ve always adored yachts of this size, they have an intrinsic sense of proportion, with an intimate and adventurous feel. With Christian we tried to study every single detail and create something beautiful and very functional.”
I just can’t wait for my next “tuxedo test drive.” I wore my Armani tux during my test of the Aston Martin 37 by Quintessence Yachts last year because that’s what James Bond would do. I’ll need my Italian formal wear on the Invictus 370 GT to pay homage to fashion royalty.
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