Japan and China featured quite prominently as inspiration on Albino Teodoro’s mood board for his Spring collection, which looked all but literal. His style has a grown-up, chic, modern bent, which keeps every exoticism well at bay. “It was just a starting point, a suggestion,” he explained backstage. “I didn’t want the collection to be pinned down by too many references. I hate categorizing.” He was more interested in exploring the beauty of imperfection—quite a philosophical topic, no less.
Thank goodness a collection is just a collection—at the end of the day, the clothes do the talking. In this case, they looked polished. Teodoro, leaving references aside, focused on his customary good tailoring, adding an interesting play on volumes and refining his folding techniques. His style clearly revolves around occasion dressing. If you want to look well put together for a cocktail party while wearing an interesting conversation piece your girlfriends will be jealous of, Albino is your guy.
Fabrics had a luxe vibe and were substantial enough to hold in place the folding and draping play that formed the core of the collection. Teodoro tried to give it a natural, graceful twist, making shapes softly sculptural and keeping volumes in balance. Colors had a bright vibe. Fabrics were dyed with natural pigments: Cadmium, ochre, and lapis gave textured silk jacquards with floral motifs a subtle, seductive shine.
