Author: Adolfo

Small capitals are used to identify designers with articles of their own — for example, balenciaga in the first article. Image makers, described in a separate collection of articles between pages 2 75 and 2 92, are also identified by small capitals but an asterisk is added (thus. fairchild*) to dis­tinguish image-makers from designers. Colour… Continue reading THE DIRECTORY/ADOLFLO

WERE THESE ROOMS SITUATED in an hotel particulier in Paris, or in some Vene­tian palazzo, they would come as no surprise: damask-covered walls al­ternating with seventeenth-century tapestries; pillow-strewn Empire beds; floors covered with silky Ori­ental rugs; commodes massed with books, porcelain, odd bits of ivory. These might be the sophisticated spaces of a well-traveled nineteenth-century… Continue reading DESIGN DIALOGUE – The World of Adolfo by Franceses Stanfill

With the opening of a new showroom and the launch of a new contemporary “Adolfo Jeune” collection for spring ’09 (check out the fabulous unstructured sportcoat with stitched lapels and working buttonholes at $195 retail), Paul and Lee Wattenberg couldn’t be happier. Nor could I, when I recently had the occasion to meet the designer… Continue reading Charm and Talent Were there only more fashion designers like Adolfo! By Karen Alberg Grossman – MR Magazine

Most baby boomers recall the elegant red Adolfo dress Nancy Reagan wore to her husband’s first inauguration. Four years later at Reagan’s second inauguration, Nancy wore a blue Adolfo creation.  Today, the red dress is displayed at the Reagan Library in California and blue dress, at the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C.  Having these dresses forever… Continue reading Designer Profile Master Class: Adolfo taps into his couture roots to offer affordable fashion. By Lauren Parker – Editor: ACCESSORIES MAGAZINE

Michael Paltrowitz at Carino Inc., the licensee for men’s and women’s fragrances, says, “I bought the 25-year-old Adolfo Fragrance formula last year; I sell the classic 3.4 ounce Adolfo bottle to department stores and chains across the country and I’m constantly getting requests from new customers. Requests like these are the reason I took the… Continue reading ADOLFO: Cultivated Couturier by Michele Gerber – Editor: LICENCE MAGAZINE