RIMOWA Celebrates Miami Store with Unveiling of Neville Wakefield Project
Eva Longoria
Miami, FL – December 3, 2014 – Dieter Morszeck, CEO of RIMOWA, Eva Longoria and Solange Knowles celebrated RIMOWA’s first Miami store last night. This is the brand’s eighth free standing store in North America. To celebrate the occasion, RIMOWA commissioned artist and curator, Neville Wakefield, to create a limited edition installation of the iconic suitcase styles bearing his creative mark. Following the initial unveiling of the cases at the brand’s New York store, the cases journeyed to Brazil, where selected Brazilian artists built upon the artistic foundations set by Wakefield. The final project, with the added works of Tiago Tebet, Carlos Bevilacqua, Marcos Chaves, Paulo Nazareth, Vik Muniz, Erika Verzutti, Erika Verzutti and Jac Leirner, was displayed for guests to view throughout the evening. Other famous faces who came out to commemorate the occasion included Karolina Kurkova, Leigh Lezark, Diego Boneta, Waris Ahluwalia, Virgil Abloh, and Robert Verdi. All proceeds from the edition will go to educational charities throughout Miami, New York, and Brazil.
Eva Longoria
Karolina Kurkova
Solange Knowles
Leigh Lezark & Solange Knowles
Neville Wakefield, Eva Longoria, & Dieter Morszeck
Neville Wakefield, Eva Longoria, Dieter Morszeck, & Karolina Kurkova
Marco Chaves, Eva Longoria, & Dieter Morszeck
Eva Longoria & Dieter Morszeck
Eva Longoria & Neville Wakefield
Robert Verdi, Solange Knowles, & Leigh Lezark
Dieter Morszeck & Solange Knowles
Solange Knowles & Neville Wakefield
Vanessa von Bismarck & Neville Wakefield
Diego Boneta & Leigh Lezark
Dieter Morszeck, Solange Knowles, & Neville Wakefield
Solange Knowles & Diego Boneta
Diego Boneta & Cori Mizrahi
Karolina Kurkova, Dieter Morszeck, & Vanessa von Bismarck
Dieter Morszeck & Eva Longoria
Waris Ahluwalia & Neville Wakefield
Waris Ahluwalia & Sophie Oakley
Leigh Lezark
Geordon Nicol
Geordon Nicol & Leigh Lezark
Dieter Morszeck & Karolina Kurkova
Dieter Morszeck & Solange Knowles
Eva Longoria & Dieter Morszeck
Fantine
Diego Boneta
Diego Boneta & Tom Peralta
Virgil Abloh & Neville Wakefield
Virgil Abloh & Rob Cochrane
Leigh Lezark