Alessandro Dell' Acqua

Alessandro Dell’Acqua is an Italian fashion designer born in 1962 in Naples, Italy. He graduated from the Art Institute of Naples. Some of his first employments were the Marzotto Group as well as Maska, Byblos, Genny and Gilmar. He also collaborated on designs for Les Copains and Iceberg. His specialty was knitwear and he started working for Pietro Pianforini, the famous knitwear designer. The designer worked with a small group of artisans in Bologna, Italy. This group now works for him. In 1995, Alessandro Dell'Acqua founded his own brand and he presents his collections of womenswear and menswear on fashion weeks in Milan. His great breakthrough was his 1996 collection "Punk on a Mediterranean Woman". Alessandro has added various other products and accessories to his offer with time - men's and women's ready-to-wear, footwear, eyewear, fragrances and bags. He designs for the Swiss house of Bally, as well as for lingerie company La Perla. The brand expanded overseas, to the U.S. by opening a showroom and a store on Madison Avenue. Dell’Acqua’s creations are very feminine, curve-hugging and sensual, inspried by the women of classic Italian cinema. The designer is very sought-after byAmerican screen stars and models such as Winona Ryder, Gwyneth Paltrow, Padma Lakshmi, Sophie Dahl, or Iman. The brand is well-known for their touch of eccentricity in each collection, using contrasting fabrics to reveal and emphasize the female silhouette. The collections show sheer transparent chiffon and cashmere, mixing luxurious clothes with simple items, to create a sensual, feminine, and modern look. There is also an unusual combination of knitwear and jersey with more formal elements. Both women’s and men’s collection depict freedom to express oneself through modern, sophisticated and truly exceptional clothing. The collections are characteristic by colour palette of black, white and skin color. Alessandro Dell'Acqua views women as the great Italian leading ladies – with raw sexiness and strong femininity of. These women are powerful, beautiful and desired. Alessandro Dell'Acqua believes that man should be elegant, but not confining, luxurious but not formal. They are to balance tradition and innovation in a style that is entirely modern and personal. Dell'Acqua always strives for contemporary fashion design with the essence of ‘made in Italy’. Designer Alessandro Dell' Acqua has 3 perfumes in our fragrance base. The earliest edition was created in 2001 and the newest is from 2005. The nose who worked on the fragrances is Olivier Cresp.