Walter Albini and His Times: All Power to the Imagination

"'Twenty-seven years old, sign of Pisces': these are the first things Walter Albini tells you about himself, with a smile." This is how Vogue Italia presented Walter Albini in October 1967. It was the beginning: the course of Albini's life was soon to come to an end, in 1983, but in the designer's personal and creative story we can find all the traits that have come to define the phenomenon of Made in Italy. Walter Albini and His Time. All Power to the Imagination looks back to a period that saw the definitive eclipse of the haute couture atelier and the progressive emergence of fashion as a fundamental element in the representation of society. Walter Albini played a leading role in the Italian revolution of ready-to-wear and through extracts from magazines of the period, photographs and original drawings the book captures the central elements of his style: the Gatsby look and the revival of the twenties and thirties proposed with a postmodern attitude; the attention paid to the imagery and settings in which his clothing was presented and which became elements of a lifestyle; the definition of the brand.