Testimonials

“Walter Albini is still for me today the essence of Italian High Fashion… I will never forget the show at Caffè Florian in Venice. Walter has always been extremely modern. When I think of Italian fashion, I think of Albini and no one else.”

“There were many things about Albini that I loved: his frenetic creativity, the way he wanted more than anything else, to make women elegant and timeless.”

“Albini - the best!”

“Walter Albini was the father of Italian ready-to-wear and was incredibly innovative.”

“He was a branding pioneer, the first creator of Italian fashion to leave the atelier for the factory.”

“His way of mining fashion history for themes to reinterpret in his collections positioned him as an Italian counterpoint to Paris-based contemporaries like Karl Lagerfeld and Yves Saint Laurent, and a precursor to titans of Italian ready-to-wear like Giorgio Armani and Gianni Versace.”

“Walter Albini: a man who is elegant, sophisticated, intelligent as one of the Scott Fitzgerald’s characters.”

“Walter Albini, the father of prêt-à-porter, changed the pace of fashion and invented ‘Made in Italy.’ Armani’s unstructured jacket, the jersey by Versace, as well as Krizia’s prints are Albini’s inventions. He also created a new way of communicating to the masses while freeing the industry from boring repetition.”

“Before Giorgio Armani and Gianni Versace became the monolithic cornerstones of late twentieth-century Italian fashion, there was another figure: Walter Albini.”

“Walter Albini is the genius who invented Italian ready-to-wear.”

“Albini was one of the ‘it’ fashion designers in Italy that was truly on the level of Karl Lagerfeld, Yves Saint Laurent, and truly defined post-war Italian fashion and ready-to-wear.”

“Unsung hero.”