A keyword for this fashion week is undoubtedly hybridization: the forms of fashion have always constantly changed but today, more than ever, concepts and gender intertwine.
The main objective for the new N21 collection is to support Italian men’s fashion: it is for this reason that Alessandro Dell’Acqua, founder and creative mind of the brand, has decided to return to the catwalk. He says “these are important but difficult times for Italian fashion, we must support it by staying united“.
After a professional life made up of falls and challenges from which he rose stronger than ever, the designer decides to give his support by creating a new collection that is based on the classic codes of men’s fashion. Without programs, without itself and without but, what are the fundamental concepts of a wardrobe are distorted by him, because what is important is the attitude rather than the garment itself: this is also because nowadays everything gets old very quickly.
The catwalk took place in the Milan headquarter in via Archimede with a password, or rather two: gender fluid. The challenge of many stylists today is to reinvent formal men’s clothing and this happens by softening the male attitude, making the shapes of sweaters, accessories, jackets and overcoats more delicate, often unisex. So does Dell’Acqua: it embellishes the most classic garments – such as suits, parkas and bomber jackets – with modest and almost imperceptible details. Minimal is also the color palette that plays with nude colors, camel, military green, black and white.
His idea is that of “a natural eroticism, not voyeuristic or openly seductive”, to push menswear towards unusual eyes. Lace and transparencies, softly formal outfits, delicate details such as bows, cashmere sweaters and shirts with tears that reveal the breast or the back.
Provocative but expertly managed proposals with elegance and “informal humor”, which can be worn by men as much as by women. Striking are the details that amaze without too many frills and vain special effects, associated with the designer’s creative and stylistic essence.
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