Posted November 12, 20195 yr Quote In Milan in the early-1970s, a young graphic designer called Aldo Fallai met an equally young fashion designer called Giorgio Armani. They both shared dreams of creating a new and fiercely precise menswear aesthetic, one that would combine stylistic perfection with sculptural poses and brooding sensuality. It took Fallai to pick up a camera in order to adopt the role of Armani’s visual interpreter; and in doing so he was able to transform their utopian Armani man into a visual reality. In the ensuing years, this reality was never better expressed than when Fallai’s bold photographs were blown up onto vast billboards. In 1984, one such huge mural, located on Milan’s Via Broletto, was prompting Italian men – and therefore all men – to reconsider what they thought about fashion, about their style, about their lives. Depicting four immaculately dressed men – real men, not simply beautiful models –, their identical suits and ties the proof that the bedraggled 1970s had been replaced by a new era of mature mass democracy. While fashion (including that of Armani) may have since moved on, the aesthetic codes as defined in Fallai’s imagery remain as relevant today as they ever have. Indeed, a cursory glance at any men’s fashion magazine or seasonal menswear campaign will highlight the extent to which contemporary imagery is informed by Fallai’s sense of poise, composition and precision. Talking to Aldo Fallai is a challenge. He’s not one to naturally want to theorise over the work he created with Armani. Even during the recent press conference for his retrospective book, Aldo Fallai: From Giorgio Armani to Renaissance: Photos 1975-2013, he remained shy and almost reticent to comment. We asked his friend, the veteran Italian fashion journalist Giusi Ferré, to help him recall the period when he and Armani defined the codes that would change men’s fashion forever. system-magazine.com
November 12, 20195 yr Author Giorgio Armani Fall/Winter 85.86 (Advertisements) Models: Unknowns Photographer: Aldo Fallai archivio.vogue.it (Vogue Italia November 1985)
November 12, 20195 yr Author Giorgio Armani Fall/Winter 86.87 (Advertisements) Model: Unknown Photographer: Aldo Fallai archivio.vogue.it (Vogue Italia September 1986 Speciale)
November 12, 20195 yr Author Giorgio Armani Spring/Summer 1988 (Advertisement) Model: Unknown Photographer: Aldo Fallai archivio.vogue.it (Vogue Italia January 1988)
November 12, 20195 yr Author Giorgio Armani Fall/Winter 88.89 (Advertisements) Models: Unknowns Photographer: Aldo Fallai archivio.vogue.it (Vogue Italia October 1988)
November 12, 20195 yr Author Giorgio Armani Fall/Winter 89.90 (Advertisements) Model: Unknown Photographer: Aldo Fallai archivio.vogue.it (Vogue Italia October 1989)
November 12, 20195 yr Author Giorgio Armani Spring/Summer 1985 (Advertisements) Model: Unknown Photographer: Aldo Fallai archivio.vogue.it (Vogue Italia March 1985)
November 12, 20195 yr Author Giorgio Armani Fall/Winter 88.89 (Advertisement) Models: Unknowns Photographer: Aldo Fallai archivio.vogue.it (Vogue Italia July/August 1988)
November 12, 20195 yr Author Giorgio Armani Spring/Summer 1991 (Advertisements) Models: Donna Bunte, Famke Janssen, Paige Hall, Jens Peter Johnston & Unknown Photographer: Aldo Fallai archivio.vogue.it (Vogue Italia February 1991)
April 1, 20205 yr Author Ruffo Fall/Winter 87.88 (Advertisements) Models: Monika Schnarre? & Unknown Photographer: Aldo Fallai archivio.vogue.it (Vogue Italia July/August 1987)
April 1, 20205 yr Author Giorgio Armani Underwear 1987 (Advertisement) Model: Unknown Photographer: Aldo Fallai archivio.vogue.it (Vogue Italia July/August 1987)
April 3, 20205 yr Author Bagutta Fall/Winter 91.92 (Advertisements) Models:: Unknowns Photographer: Aldo Fallai archivio.vogue.it (Vogue Italia September 1991)
April 3, 20205 yr Author Giorgio Armani Fall/Winter 91.92 (Advertisements) Models: Unknowns Photographer: Aldo Fallai archivio.vogue.it (Vogue Italia September 1991)
April 3, 20205 yr Author Giorgio Armani Spring/Summer 1992 (Advertisement) Model: Unknown Photographer: Aldo Fallai archivio.vogue.it (Vogue Italia June 1992)
April 3, 20205 yr Author Pratorade Expo 1991 (Advertisement) Model: Eva Herzigova Photographer: Aldo Fallai archivio.vogue.it (Vogue Italia September 1991)
April 5, 20205 yr Author UK Vogue September 1988 An English Heritage Photographer: Aldo Fallai Model: Marie-Sophie Wilson Hair & Makeup: Roberto Pagnini Scanned by kelles @ tfs
April 5, 20205 yr Author UK Elle February 1989 Emporio's New Clothes Photographer: Aldo Fallai Stylist: Harriett Jagger Models: Debbie Chin, Aya Thorgen, Eric Padilla & Francesco Hair: Mauro Zorba Makeup: Melody Scanned by kelles @ tfs
April 5, 20205 yr Author On 11/12/2019 at 3:55 PM, Vogue Girl said: Giorgio Armani Fall/Winter 89.90 (Advertisements) Model: Unknown Photographer: Aldo Fallai Model: Gina di Bernando
July 23, 20204 yr Author Bagutta Spring/Summer 1994 (Advertisement) Models: Unknowns Photographer: Aldo Fallai archivio.vogue.it (Vogue Italia February 1994)
July 30, 20204 yr Giorgio Armani Ph.by Aldo Fallai Model Anna Juvander Scanned by me (Harper's Bazaar US № 3345 September 1990)
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