Albino S/S 2012 Milan

Albino, a brand born from the synergy between the stylist Albino D’Amato and the designer and architect Gianfranco Fenizia, with this collection continues to communicate loud and clear the desire to mix ‘made in Italy’ manufacturing with a very Parisian allure, with strong couture reminiscences. The collection manages to be rich and minimal at the same time, with its rigid lines that cut through models’ shoulders often leaving one naked, and its variety of colors from black, tobacco and ocher to indigo, white and gold to switch to graphic designs that recall butterflies or black and white flowers. Other pieces come to life thanks to wrinkled fabrics to draw a flower, everything conveys to an idea of surrealism and “architecturiocity”.

Even the seams and the cuts are minimized in the name of purity and elegance. The perfect fit is the three quarters that plays with the neck, sometimes covering it with a preppy collar, sometimes leaving it free with a strapless corsage. The silhouette and the volumes proposed are modern, contemporary; they don’t recall any past and identifiable period but leave anyway a sense of cohesion and continuity in the viewer.

From these games of shapes, colors and volumes a different woman comes to life, a woman that claims to be from another planet.

The most striking things in this collection are the weird round glasses, which remind us of those used by opticians for the eye tests and the patchwork platform-soled sandals.

Even if you did not know Albino before reading this article or seeing his creations, you will remember him for his succession of suggestions that live together with researched eclecticism without being excessive.