Alberto Aspesi
Nationality
Italy
Born
1944
Brands
2
Born in Gallarate, Lombardy in 1944, Alberto Aspesi founded A&D – Camiceria Aspesi in 1969 as a shirt manufacturer, with a leopard-print men's shirt as the very first piece. Through the 1970s he built Aspesi into a reference point for Italian ready-to-wear by championing fabric research and a quietly utilitarian elegance, collaborating with designers including Franco Moschino, Walter Albini and Marco Zanini. He is most associated with introducing the quilted nylon down jacket as everyday outerwear rather than performance gear — the puffy Michelin-style silhouette that became Italian fashion shorthand. Aspesi re-acquired the brand in 2013 before its sale to private equity Armònia in 2017.
