Agnona
Agnona
June 1, 1915. It is a late spring day when Francesco Ilorini Mo comes into the world in Arola, a village on the banks of Lake Orta. His father works at the local power plant while his mother comes from a farming family. With a talent for drawing and an innate aesthetic sense, Francesco grows up at the foothills of the rugged Italian Alps in a farmhouse surrounded by flourishing forests and simple gestures. He is an astute observer, a sensitive and imaginative child who immediately establishes a deep connection with nature and its creatures. To those who inquire about his emotional relationship with fabrics throughout his entire career, he enjoys telling the story from his childhood about his famous hens and their “diapers:” to prevent their eggs from rolling down the slopes of the farmyard, Francesco crafted soft pouches for them to wear, and, of course, the bags perfectly matched their feathers.
