Armani unveils an exhibition dedicated to the collaboration with one of his companions
An exhibition at Milan’s Armani/Silos fashion museum highlights the relationship between designer Giorgio Armani and photographer Aldo Fallai, both of whom call Italy home, Armani said Monday.
Under the title ‘Aldo Fallai per Giorgio Armani, 1977-2021’, the collaboration between the two men is honored, whose artistic connection went far beyond the professional. Giorgio and his sister Rosanna Armani as well as head of the Men’s Style Office at Armani, Leo Dell’Orco, curated the exhibition, which recounts the vastness of a dialogue that has spanned almost thirty years.
The duo’s origins date back to the mid-1970s, when Armani was already striving to rewrite the rules of fashion and consequently empower women. Originally a trained graphic designer, Fallai from Florence had a passion for photography. With the aim of translating Armani’s vision into a visual language, the two created countless black and white photos that presented fashion collections, but focused on the person, the model, in an abstract way.
Around 250 exhibits, which extend over two floors of the Armani/Silos Museum and are deliberately arranged in an unsystematic manner, give visitors insights into the results and take them through an almost thirty-year journey through time. These include well-known works, such as the photo of a tiger cub from a circus taken in Palermo, or that of the former Italian top model Antonia Dell’Atte, who embodies a career woman near the Armani office.
“From the beginning, working with Aldo allowed me to transform the vision I had in my head into real images: to convey that my clothes were not only made in a certain way with certain colors and materials, but that it represents a lifestyle,” Armani said. “Today, when I look back at everything we did, I am impressed by the power that these recordings still have and by Aldo’s great ability to capture the nuances of personality.”
“The production was always quick and efficient: we achieved the results with few resources and without special effects. I think this was well received by the audience,” Fallai added.
The exhibition at the Armani/Silos Museum will be open until August 11th on Via Bergognone in Milan.