N21 by ALESSANDRO DELL'ACQUA WOMEN'S SPRING SUMMER 2023 | #fashionshow

Re-live the catwalk experience on numeroventuno.com #N21SS23 "Alessandro Dell’Acqua called his spring collection The Lovers. Is he in the mood for love perhaps? Backstage, he kept mum on the subject. But he offered an explanation as to why he was keen on exploring such a thorny, elusive and exhilarating theme. And even if he played discreet, not giving much away, he seemed to be quite the connoisseur on the matter. “A lover’s moodswings are always extreme,” he said. “Male, female, whatever, it makes no difference. You go from joy to despair, from desire to rejection, from ecstasy to unbearable pain. Hate, rage, eroticism. Tragedy. Elation. Heartbreak. Moods are fleeting and can change in an instant, depending on a phone call or a text message,” he continued. “I’ve always loved the word ‘lover’ and I’ve been wanting for a long time to turn a collection into a cinematic rendition around this often ambivalent, ambiguous term, that can have such tortuous meanings.” How can you translate a lover’s moodswings into an actual fashion piece? Dell’Acqua narration was allusive more than predictably descriptive, and the show’s flow was not divided into obvious clusters of too-easily identifiable themes. Yet there were hints and accents which helped connect the dots. A series of red outfits indicated the stages of passion and erotic entanglement, like a midi slim-fitted skirtsuit drenched in lipstick red sequins, or a flimsy vermillion number in see-through chiffon with a sexy peek-a-b