N21 by ALESSANDRO DELL'ACQUA WOMEN'S FALL WINTER 2022 | #fashionshow

Re-live the catwalk experience on numeroventuno.com #N21FW22 "Alessandro Dell’Acqua didn’t go for any obvious reference or inspiration for his fall collection. “I just wanted to go back to tailoring, working on the mannequin the good old way,” he said backstage. Dell’Acqua hails from Naples, where menswear tailoring is a sacred tradition. Deconstructing an oversized masculine blazer was a no-brainer for him. “But I wanted to give it a sexy, überfeminine twist, morphing its shape almost into a corset,” he said. Corsetry is a recurring theme in his repertoire, and he often uses corsetry techniques to give a sensual, louche twist to otherwise deceptively bourgeois propositions . His new corsetry-inflected take on tailoring entailed keeping the shoulders strong and dropped, while tightening the waist into an hourglass-y, shapely silhouette. The use of thick, consistent fabrications, such as felted wool, Harris tweed, or leather, made the message impactful, as contours were neat and the figure-hugging, masculine-turned-into feminine coats and blazers looked new and covetable. The same approach was also applied to knitwear, which was bonded in neoprene, jacquarded with Hawaiian motifs of palms and beaches, close-fitted and cropped. Snug little jumpers were worn over an extra-long pleated skirt in Harris tweed for both girls and guys, or over low-slung traditional men’s pants sewn into a skirt and then slashed open in the middle. Even if furs are now sent to live on a forbidden