Casablanca Hits It Down The Line For Tennis-Chic Bulgari Collaboration

Snakes on the court.

The latest iteration of the ongoing Bulgari ‘Serpentini Through The Eyes Of’ series initially established in 2017 sees Parisian label Casablanca reinterpret the Italian luxury fashion house’s signature Serpentini motif. Taking shape in two distinct collaborations, Casablanca imbues Bulgari’s statement Italian opulence with their own off-duty après-sport elegance. 

The seven bag collection is dived into two launches, an ‘Après Tennis Story’ and a ‘Mosaic Story’. The first collection melds the sporty aesthetic of Casablanca with a Mediterranean feel, drawing upon the white-and-green colour palette of tennis to inform the handbag offering. The Bulgari Serpentini Forever silhouette takes shape in white perforated leather with green touches and wooden detailing, the bags utilise design cues from tennis racquets and grates, albeit in a much more elevated fashion. The iconic snakehead clasp is similarly bathed in green and white enamel, marking the collection as definitively Bulgari. 

The Mosaic Story drop leans into the stylistic cues found in the Eternal City, drawing from the spellbinding mosaics found in the villas and landmarks around Rome. The neoclassic collection merges Casablanca’s relaxed vibe with the patterns of the past, with intricate prints in jewel and pastel hues woven onto the Serpentini Forever and new Serpentini Crossbody bag silhouettes, and secured with a multicoloured snakehead clasp.

“With Bulgari we share the same love and respect for timeless codes and the ambition to interpret them in new ways: this is the prism we have played with on this collaboration,” explained Charaf Tajer, Casablanca founder and creative director. “The collection is both modern and classic at the same time. Serpenti has a thousand-year-old iconography behind it and we wanted to bring it back once more but in a modern way, playing with its aesthetic features.” 

The collaboration is divided into two instalments, with the Après Tennis Story dropping April 20th and Mosaic Story on May 20th.


Words by Esmé Duggan