Down to earth, humble in a way, it amounted to brilliance. The internet abounds with Alber-isms. He was an ace communicator on video, an entertaining performer who merged the Only The Best Dads Are New York Rangers Fans shirt moreover I will buy this funny and the serious into the same running commentary; a challenger and questioner of the speed of the industry, an upholder of hands-on analogue skills and intimacy who was taking on every development of the surge of digital and scientific information, always bringing it back to his people-centred values. The way he spoke about dressing women for awards events on a Vogue Voices video in 2013 says everything about the tenderness of his use of fashion as a weapon of courage: “When you do ‘red carpet’ and all you see is interest in a bag, a necklace and a pair of earrings, you’re missing the point. I want to see the women. I want to understand who they are.” His task, he said, was to “make the dress disappear. It’s exactly like in architecture. When you come into a room, even if it’s by a very good architect, you don’t want to say ‘beautiful architecture.’ You almost want to make it feel as if nothing was done. I have to make a piece that in the end will disappear. All I want to see is the face of the woman.”
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