Bringing Basic Back
Singapore Tatler|April 2017

Haider Ackermann’s first collection for Berluti is elegant in form, luxurious in material and desirable in every way. But don’t mistake it as art. He tells Jane Ngiam right after stepping off the runway that true luxury ‘has to be comfort’

Jane Ngiam
Bringing Basic Back

There was more than the usual air of excitement and tension as guests streamed into the Grand Palais in Paris. From serious-faced, conservatively dressed journalists crammed into the front-row seats to the gaggle of flamboyantly coloured, bejewelled celebrities piled into the centre of the runway, everyone was gathered to witness Haider Ackermann’s first collection for Berluti. His debut collection, after he was named the brand’s new creative director last September following the departure of Alessandro Sartori, was hotly anticipated not only because of the short time frame he had to put it together, but because his appointment was in itself lauded by fashion observers as a shrewd move by Antoine Arnault, chief executive of Berluti and scion of LVMH, which owns the brand.

Just days before, Ackermann had presented his own autumn/winter 2017 collection to an approving audience at Paris Men’s Fashion Week. The stress of producing two shows nearly back-to-back notwithstanding, the designer, known for his textured application and expert use of materials, managed to deliver on both fronts with aplomb.

هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة April 2017 من Singapore Tatler.

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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة April 2017 من Singapore Tatler.

ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.

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