Matt Dick
Uniforms and Shop Design
When Bardessono tastemaker and source specialist Cristina Salas-Porras called to invite Matt Dick to coordinate and style the uniforms for service and housekeeping staff at the hotel, he put together a presentation for Cristina and developer Phil Sherburne that quickly got him on the team. Matt has worked building brands and consulting on design identities, splitting his time between the U.S and Japan, for the last 10 years.
Most hotel uniforms go unnoticed, but not so at Bardessono, where superior fabrics, coordinated palate’s, and conceptualizing a modern look for the savvy nomad go hand in hand. Take the housekeeper’s tunic for example, described by Matt as “a cross between a kimono and a lab coat of organic cotton.” This is just one example of uniforms and robes made custom under his design.
In addition, Matt’s vision for staff uniforms has broken new ground. Through the creation of the Recycled Collection Project, a collaboration with top designer Tim Hamilton, known for turning heads with his high-end New York fashion collections, Bardessono is co-branding an ongoing line of recycled uniforms from Hamilton’s excess seasonal designs and unused fabric stock. This kind of effort is a benchmark for both the hotel and the fashion industries. The Recycled Collection Project is a model for company integrity and forward minded thinking. Of course, it also says something about Matt, who shares his uncompromising tastes and conscientious talents with the long list of artisans making the Bardessono what it is today.
Matt also designed the Bardessono retail shop. He did it with a sleek objective that will come as no surprise: commit to offering items made mostly by artisan hands. As a reminder of the wonders of travel, and all the places we come from, the shop is a Bardessono blend of creativity, tradition, and integrity.
The approach, to source without compromise, is just part-in-parcel of the practiced principles at Bardessono. Finding alternatives to mass production, has meant paying tribute to things made exceptionally well, many by hand, slowly and in small amounts. The items in the shop are truly artisanal. They are not disposable and they have never been over produced. Matt’s shop celebrates artisans from around the world as the bellwethers of their craft.
Matt sought globally and locally for products that represent the beauty and quality of contemporary green luxury. Cire Trudon candles, centuries old, are hand poured, individually, into blown glass in France; baby alpaca throws have been hand loomed in Peru; and the bamboo market baskets for Tsukiji in Tokyo are made as they have been for generations. From paper goods to bags, bed linens to jewelry, the shop is extremely special and it represents a space beyond trends.
