Arthur Arbesser RTW Fall 2023

"I'm not an edgy or cool designer, I know that and I'm all for it. okay with that," Arthur Arbesser said at his Milan studio, which he opened for the first time on Sunday to unveil his fall collection.

The designer is as outspoken and practical about his professional life as he is about the clothes, having carved out an aesthetic that sits somewhere between wise bourgeois and artily quirky.

His fall collection revolved around the paintings of his great-great-grandfather Hermann von Koenigsbrunn, who would follow botanists and biologists on expeditions through Egypt, Sri Lanka and Greece in the 1850s. light knitwear layered under spaghetti dresses with sheer organza pleated skirts that evoked a certain sensuality.

They were juxtaposed with the childlike prints of cracked tissue paper and the marks left by sponge stamps, like if they were the result of a toddler creativity workshop, Arbesser said. He displayed a similar playful inventiveness in the manipulation of constructions, for metallic draped tops and midi dresses.

The Lookbook images styled and photographed by the ICTM collective were collages of model figures pasted on details home environments. They accentuated the naive side of the collection.

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"I'm not an edgy or cool designer, I know that and I'm all for it. okay with that," Arthur Arbesser said at his Milan studio, which he opened for the first time on Sunday to unveil his fall collection.

The designer is as outspoken and practical about his professional life as he is about the clothes, having carved out an aesthetic that sits somewhere between wise bourgeois and artily quirky.

His fall collection revolved around the paintings of his great-great-grandfather Hermann von Koenigsbrunn, who would follow botanists and biologists on expeditions through Egypt, Sri Lanka and Greece in the 1850s. light knitwear layered under spaghetti dresses with sheer organza pleated skirts that evoked a certain sensuality.

They were juxtaposed with the childlike prints of cracked tissue paper and the marks left by sponge stamps, like if they were the result of a toddler creativity workshop, Arbesser said. He displayed a similar playful inventiveness in the manipulation of constructions, for metallic draped tops and midi dresses.

The Lookbook images styled and photographed by the ICTM collective were collages of model figures pasted on details home environments. They accentuated the naive side of the collection.