- Alessandro De Benedetti
Alessandro De Benedetti is an Italian fashion designer, born in
Genoa onDecember 12 ,1973 .Activity
During the Nineties Alessandro De Benedetti studied graphics and comic art in
Milan , inspired by authors such asGuido Crepax and Frank Miller [Official home page] , and fashion atMarangoni Institute [Dizionario della Moda, Baldini Castoldi Dalai Editore] .After collaborating with designerSaverio Palatella , in 1992 De Benedetti moved toAustralia to create theGeorge Cross Sportswear line.In 1994 he moved to
Paris to work for French designerThierry Mugler , and participated in the organization of the maison's twentieth anniversary.In 1998 he moved back to Italy to start his own clothing line, with creations which combine his artistic sensitivity to his attention to cut and details.
In September 2004 he was appointed creative director of the women's collections of the
Exté brand by It Holding.In 2005 he won the Fashion Award Oscar 'La Kore' as best New Generation designer.
Artistic collaborations
De Benedetti often collaborates with young multimedia artists
Lux Aeterna (Samantha Stella and Sergio Frazzingaro) within the project LUX AETERNA, a hybrid of contemporary arts, music and style:
*"LUX AETERNA SPRING/SUMMER 2008", Milan, September 2007;
*"LUX AETERNA LIGHTBOX INSTALLATION", Milan, September-October 2007;
*"CORPICRUDI VS ALESSANDRO DE BENEDETTI", Turin, October-November 2007;
*"ALTA ROMA MODA", Rome, January 31st 2008 (with original music by Austrian contemporary composerChristian Rainer ).Trivia
*De Benedetti is also frontman of Italian electro-pop band
Madame X .
*Siouxsie fromSiouxsie and the Banshees andThe Creatures has modeled for him in 2001.
* He "owns" the term COUTURE on marketing Web site www.thebigwordproject.comExternal links
* [http://alessandrodebenedetti.it Alessandro De Benedetti official Web site]
* [http://www.milanfashionshows.com/spring2005/alessandrodebenedetti/photos.htm Spring/Summer 2005 Collection]
* [http://www.logos.info/sfilate/startime.php?Stagione=ss06&Stilista=888&Passerella=woman Spring/Summer 2006 Collection]
* [http://www.lerage.com/viewshow/fashion-show-050320--Milan--A-W--200506--designer--Alessandro--De--Benedetti#bigpicture Fall/Winter 2006 Collection]
* [http://www.logos.info/sfilate/startime.php?Stagione=ss07&Stilista=1282&Passerella=woman Spring/Summer 2007 Collection]
* [http://www.donnamoderna.com/sfilate/sfilate_ai2007/mediapop/idA040001012379_5.art Fall/Winter 2007 Collection]
* [http://www.internetrends.com/alessandro-de-benedetti-s08.htm Spring/Summer 2008 Collection]
* [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/main.jhtml?xml=/fashion/2005/09/26/efmfw26.xml Feature on The Telegraph UK, 2006]
* [http://www.lakore.it/AwardedLastYear.php La Kore Fashion Award 2005 (in Italian)]Notes
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