Massimo Alba

A lot of what you see at the menswear shows is the byproduct of mathematical calculation. How much did that house pay for its celebrities, its casting, its campaign, its PR team? Can the collection make enough to earn that back? Not every…

“Being independent today is very important to me. It allows people to discover you in a natural way, because you are not so evident in the market.” So said Massimo Alba in his showroom just as an impromptu and angry anarchist demonstration…

“Don’t criticize/ What you can’t understand/ Your sons and your daughters/ Are beyond your command/ Your old road is rapidly aging…”. Quoting that great ancient text as an intro betrays my vintage as a Gen Xer with parentally-inherited…

“We don’t have any raw materials, any commodities, here in Italy. But what we do have is this heritage of processing, making, and taste with which we fashion the raw materials. People in the US, UK, and France appreciate this and they…