From Ferré to Abloh, architects become stylists

Impossible not to notice the strong link between architecture and the realm of visual arts, tailoring e graphic: these are branches that derive from a common basis and that originate from centuries of history, theorems and insights.

As he claimed Pierre Balmain, in fact, the art of tailoring is "movement architecture", A reflection that he had developed after his year of studies at the École des Beaux-Arts, where he had, in fact, attended architecture courses in 1933. He had a similar training Romeo gigli, who however abandoned his studies following the death of both parents, a terrible event that convinced him to travel the world and explore the world of haute couture.

We have to wait for a new conception of fashion, however, for architecture to become an integral part of the most refined fashion design: just think of the shapes of the 80s, important shoulders and aggressive structures that needed a conscious architectural thought.

In this scenario, the great figure of Gianfranco ferré, who finished his architectural studies and who, in 1983, was one of the founders of Domus Academy, an institution able to give solid foundations to the study of design in Italy and Milan.

According to Ferré's creative process, creating a dress, a piece of furniture, a house or a city requires the same steps and the same reflections and always according to this mantra, two other great designers who blossomed from architecture, such as Tom Ford e Virgil Abloh.

Ford, a graduate of architecture from the Parsons School of Design in New York, he managed to find in fashion the creative freedom that the seriousness of architecture could not offer him: during his period Gucci, Ford released numerous high fashion collections as well as a line of home furnishings; once he founded his brand, he was able to translate his artistic experience into the world of cinema as well.

Virgil Abloh, on the other hand, has established himself as the absolute master of this dichotomy of architecture and high fashion. According to Abloh's vision, there are no borders between these disciplines, a point of view completely in line with his approach halfway between the post-modernism e streetwear; besides, during the last years of his life Abloh also achieved numerous collaborations with companies such as Ikea, Vitra, Cassina and Alessi, as well as projects of immense structural nature, from Nike Lab to a Concept Car by Mercedes, to get to the exhibition dedicated to Enzo Mari held in Three-year in Milan.