Pitti Uomo invites Aldo Maria Camillo to present the first collection for his brand: ALDOMARIACAMILLO.
After a professional pathway through a number of prestigious partnerships – from Ermenegildo Zegna to Valentino and Cerruti to Berluti – the Italian designer presents his first collection with a special event.

“Aldo Maria Camillo works exclusively and with great focus on men’s fashion studying the masculine silhouette with the aim of giving a new imprint and different freshness to menswear,” says Lapo Cianchi, Pitti Immagine Director of Communications and Events. “His cultural references belong to an intimately classical background, supported by solid stylistic training and an acute sensitivity to current worldwide events – which goes beyond fashion. He has talent, imagination, and a sense of material. The new project of Aldo Maria is very personal and immediately interested us because we believe that in menswear it is essential to return to the standards of elegance and nonetheless reread and renew in a modern key. We want to join him in this adventure of launching his self-named brand, which now more than ever before requires courage and determination.”

“ALDOMARIACAMILLO represents the beginning of a new story,” says Designer Aldo Maria Camillo, “a showcase where I can both express my ideal of fashion and speak of myself; I believe clothing is a tool for communicating who we are without saying a word, because it lives and grows together with us. With my brand, I would like to create a collection that evolves and completes itself over time, in which garments possess the quality needed to last as long as possible.”
"RADICI" is the chapter zero of this project, the place of my memory. Representing the 90s, the military vintage looks, the years of Martin Margiela and Helmut Lang, the sartorial jackets "stolen" from my father's closet that made me feel like the artistes of the bands I was listening to. At the center of my universe, there are always people: I like to observe them, try to pick up on the feeling connecting them to their clothes, imagine their stories, and bring them into my world.”

“Having the possibility to present this project in a premiere showing at Pitti Uomo is an honor and a dream come true,” concludes Aldo Maria Camillo. “I have always wanted to make my debut in Italy at Pitti Uomo, where the culture of tailoring and research on fashion have always come together as one, representing the ideal stage to express with this collection an idea that has matured over the years, originating from a passion for the Italian sartorial tradition with contaminations arriving from the universe of fashion I was brought up with.”

Pitti Immagine Uomo 95°
from January 8 to 11 2019
all venues open 9.00am to 6.00pm
Fortezza da Basso
v.le F. Strozzi 1
50129 Florence