ALBERTO ZAMBELLI (Italy) fashion show

SPRING SUMMER 2016 COLLECTION

    OBSERVING IS NOT JUST ABOUT LOOKING: IT’S ABOUT LITERALLY LET YOURSELF GETTING CARRIED AWAY BY THE IMAGE ITSELF. THE PHOTOGRAPHS BY SEYDOU KEÏTA, SHOT IN MALI BETWEEN 1948 AND 1963, INSPIRED ALBERTO ZAMBELLI THROUGH THE EXPRESSIVITY OF BLACK AND WHITE, IN THOSE PLACES FILTERED THROUGH THE EYES OF THE VIEWER, TRANSFORMING THE IMAGES THROUGH THE MIND, IN THE CONCRETE THREE DIMENSIONALITY OF THE DRESS TO WEAR. THE FUNCTIONAL AND PROTECTIVE RIGOUR, NORMALLY BELONGING TO THE MAN’S DICTIONARY, IS SHAPED ON THE WOMAN’S BODY IN A CHARMING AND ALMOST REAL DRESS, IN WHICH THE MOVEMENT ATTENUATES THE SEVERITY OF NATURE FROM WHICH THE SAME DRESS WAS BORN.
   TRENCH COATS TO THE ANKLE, WITH WIDE REVERS, ARE PUT ON EMBROIDERED TULLE THAT REPRODUCES THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF A SKELETON. MACRAME FRINGES POSE NATURAL ON TOPS, SHIRTS, OVERSIZE SWEATSHIRTS AND TUNIC DRESSES, CREATING THREE DIMENSIONS IN ALL SHADES OF WHITE. THE FIGURES EVOKE TRIBAL DANCES AND THEY BECOME FLUID ON THE SILKY PRINTS, MACRO EMBROIDERIES ON RAPHIA DRAW ARCHITECTURAL STRUCTURES. FLUID LINES CHARACTERIZE PAYAMA-LIKE PANTS, T-SHIRTS WITH A FOCUS ON THE SLEEVES AND EGG SHAPED DRESSES, WHILE JACQUARD AND LIGHT TRICOTS REPRODUCE ANCIENT MACRO JEWELS DISMANTLED IN ORNAMENTAL LINES. CRÊPE COTTON NETS MATCH WITH LIGHT GAUZE CHALK EFFECT WITH ELEGANT INDIGENOUS ENGRAVINGS. THE LIGHTNESS OF SILK BRUSHES THE BODY WITH DELICACY ALONG WITH BELTS MADE OF VELVET RIBBONS.

COLOURS
OPTICAL – CHALK – MILK – INOX – CREME – HYDRANGEA – EBONY
FABRICS
STRUCTURED COTTON – RAMIE' – CELLOPHANE ORGANZA – COTTON-SILK – COUNTRY LINEN – CREPONNE – NEOPRENE – DECORATED SILK – LIGHT WOOL
YARNS
MERINOS – LINEN – CRÊPE COTTON
LINES
A-SHAPED TRENCH COATS – KNITWEAR – MICROPULL – TUNIC TOPS – DOUBLE BREASTED PAYAMA BLAZER – SLEEVELESS – ROUNDED EDGE TUNIC – A-SHAPED
SHORT DRESS – PENCIL SKIRTS – LONG PETTICOAT DRESSES – DOUBLE PINCE SHORTS – SLIM TROUSERS – PALAZZO TROUSERS