Alberto Marani. Design, Women's Fashion
By SARAH LEON June 16, 2010, 1:32 pm. Courtesy of Alberto Marani, Fall 2010.
Alberto Marani, an architect who has consulted for several brands, including Christian Dior, counts Le Corbusier and Catholicism among his fashion inspirations. In fact, his latest knitwear collection, M/Marani, is decorated with deconstructed images taken inside the Vatican. But Marani assures us he was not trying to make a political statement. It’s just his Italian background, he says. And the fact that pope happens to have great taste in tables. Q.Q. This collection is quite architectural in its silhouette and additionally features photographs of rooms on the clothes themselves. How has your training as an architect affected your work as a fashion designer?
A. My studies were originally in architecture, and my father was an architect, too. He worked with Le Corbusier, so I’m always into the architecture thing. I’m interested in everything — not just the house … but the furniture, the texture, the shapes and volumes.
Q. What inspired your transition from architecture to clothing design?
A. It was something from my family. My grandmother used to make hats, and my grandfather used to do tailoring. When I was really young, every time my mother was going to buy something — to buy a piece of fabric, a shirt, a dress — I was always there. My mother and grandmother would say look at the color, the shape, look how beautiful it is. They showed me how to make clothes, and I was fascinated by the technical thing.
Q. How is it different to work on your own collection, as opposed to someone else’s, like Christian Dior’s?
A. For me, Dior was like my real school — more than the school I went to in Paris. I like using my hands and not just sitting and watching. At Dior, I had a chance to be in the middle of what was going on, and it was very helpful and you really understand what the work is. It’s not just images; it’s clothing. You get to learn everything: how real clothes are different from ideas; the fabrics, silk, lace and wool. They show you how to organize a collection. Mine is less organized, it’s a matter of money and everything, but I consider myself very lucky about my past and what that brings to my collection.
Q. Your clothes feature images of the interior of the pope’s home. Why did you choose this location?
A. I think the new minimalism is a balance between something simple and something rich. In these spaces, the shapes are simple. And I loved the colors, how they matched the carpet with the table, the details of the tables. Some tables are more simple, more pure than others. It’s always very interesting to see how, even in the church, people have their different and distinct tastes in their offices and you can see their own style.
A. My studies were originally in architecture, and my father was an architect, too. He worked with Le Corbusier, so I’m always into the architecture thing. I’m interested in everything — not just the house … but the furniture, the texture, the shapes and volumes.
Q. What inspired your transition from architecture to clothing design?
A. It was something from my family. My grandmother used to make hats, and my grandfather used to do tailoring. When I was really young, every time my mother was going to buy something — to buy a piece of fabric, a shirt, a dress — I was always there. My mother and grandmother would say look at the color, the shape, look how beautiful it is. They showed me how to make clothes, and I was fascinated by the technical thing.
Q. How is it different to work on your own collection, as opposed to someone else’s, like Christian Dior’s?
A. For me, Dior was like my real school — more than the school I went to in Paris. I like using my hands and not just sitting and watching. At Dior, I had a chance to be in the middle of what was going on, and it was very helpful and you really understand what the work is. It’s not just images; it’s clothing. You get to learn everything: how real clothes are different from ideas; the fabrics, silk, lace and wool. They show you how to organize a collection. Mine is less organized, it’s a matter of money and everything, but I consider myself very lucky about my past and what that brings to my collection.
Q. Your clothes feature images of the interior of the pope’s home. Why did you choose this location?
A. I think the new minimalism is a balance between something simple and something rich. In these spaces, the shapes are simple. And I loved the colors, how they matched the carpet with the table, the details of the tables. Some tables are more simple, more pure than others. It’s always very interesting to see how, even in the church, people have their different and distinct tastes in their offices and you can see their own style.
Alberto Marani’s web site and online store can be found at main.marani.info.
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