THE SWEATSHIRT THAT EMBRACES THE SEA

Bringing nature into a garment: the gesture that tells the story of Homi Too

In a world that often draws inspiration from nature only on the surface — as decoration, trend, or aesthetic reference — Homi Too has chosen something different. They have chosen to literally bring nature into a garment, embedding it in the very material of their work.

A small gesture, yet full of meaning.

A gesture that truly tells who Homi Too is.

A sweatshirt as a symbol, not as a product

Homi Too was founded by three designers united by a common vision: the land speaks, nature guides, and they listen.

Milazzo, their homeland, is their first source of inspiration: the sea, the coastline, the shifting light, the spontaneous vegetation. All of this finds its way, in more or less visible ways, into what they create.

With this spirit, a unique sweatshirt was conceived.Not a garment to be sold, not a collection to be produced, but a work of art. A one-of-a-kind piece born from the collaboration with artist Demetrio Giuffrè, who developed a highly material and experimental technique. Giuffrè designed and patented an exclusive method based on pigmented silicone, modeled and layered by hand to create surfaces with a strong visual and tactile impact.

For this project, the technique was further personalized through the manual insertion of fragments of oceanic Posidonia collected already dry on the Levante beach in Milazzo. It was like transferring a fragment of the sea directly into the fabric.

Not merely as ornament, but as part of the story and the identity of the brand.

Fashion as material narration

Homi Too’s vision of fashion goes beyond clothing.

For the brand, a garment can be a page to write on, a surface that tells a story. And what could tell their story better than the nature they come from?

The sweatshirt thus becomes a bridge between landscape and body, between art and everyday life.

The juxtaposition of silicone, an artificial material, and Posidonia , an organic element, generates a contrast rich with meaning: a reflection on the relationship between what is natural and what is constructed, on what is preserved and what risks being forgotten.

A silent manifesto

This sweatshirt has not been put up for sale. Not because it lacks value — but because its value is symbolic. It is an object that exists to say something. It speaks of Homi Too’s homeland, their vision, their way of making fashion: intimate, respectful, attentive.

To further strengthen this message, the work was gifted to Carmelo Isgrò, marine biologist and founder of the MuMa – Museum of the Sea in Milazzo.A gesture of giving back to the community and the territory, a recognition for those, like Isgrò, who have dedicated years to protecting and sharing the story of the sea with the same passion and depth.

For Homi Too, nature is not just an aesthetic reference.

It is the foundation from which everything begins, raw matter of meanings, a constant bond that defines the brand as both reality and creative identity. Because fashion, for Homi Too, can also be this: a way to feel, and to make others feel, the presence of the world that surrounds us.