'Viaggio Notturno for Bottega Veneta | Patricia van der Vliet & Terron Wood | Christian Weber |

Having traveled internationally over 50 percent of my time for 10 years, I understand the point of Bottega Veneta’s ‘Viaggio Notturno, creative director Tomas Maier’s first film for the brand. Produced with Christian Weber and starring models Patricia van der Vliet and Terron Wood, the film noir mini highlights signature designs from Bottega Veneta’s permanent collection, including its Marco Polo hard-case luggage, woven leather Cabat bag and sleeping mask. (The mask is so Italian!) The product showcasing is very well executed.

‘I spend ten days a month alone in a hotel, seeing people pass in the hallways, glimpsing them through windows or as they step out of the elevator,” he says. “You see these people, but you have no idea what their stories are, you can only guess. It’s about evoking that surreal state of mind you enter when you’re in an unfamiliar place.’ says Maier.

Shot at New York’s Setai Hotel with an original score by Austin-based chamber-pop band Balmorhea, ‘Viaggio Notturno’ (Night Journey), this is a gem. Anne

Bottega Veneta: Viaggio Notturno on Nowness.com.