Alessandro Dell’Acqua shaped the N°21 Spring Summer 2026 collection around transparency, layering, and reinterpretation. His focus turned to a woman defined by personality rather than surface beauty, expressed through fabrics that revealed and concealed. Airy chiffon, embroidered lace, and unexpected combinations created looks that carried both delicacy and strength. Photographer Sohom Das captured the backstage energy of N°21 Spring Summer 2026 exclusively for DSCENE Magazine.
The designer drew from twentieth-century archetypes, treating them without nostalgia. Classical shapes reappeared with a modern sensibility, reshaped into a collective narrative of experience. Men’s references appeared alongside women’s designs, placing slip dresses, pleats, and chiffon next to tailoring and masculine details.
One key ensemble layered a sheer chiffon dress slit from underarm to knee over a black chiffon skirt, brocade shorts, and an embroidered lace bra. Floral pins, in chiffon or metal, added tactile accents, while a sweater draped across the shoulders reinforced casual styling. Material exploration extended further: a red duchesse skirt softened with chiffon petals, gold lamé pleats created luminous motion, and bomber jackets balanced delicate slip dresses. Linen outerwear appeared in cape-like and polka-dot versions, while crochet lace, pony-skin suits, and sequined T-shirts expanded the vocabulary of texture.
Accessories echoed the collection’s layered ethos. The Cabiria Bag came with studs, charms, and versions in pony skin and canvas. Footwear centered on two models: a double-buckle derby in several colors and a round-toe sling-back, both accented with studs.
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Through this season, Dell’Acqua presented his fascination with layering as both a design method and a narrative device. N°21 Spring Summer 2026 distilled classical codes into contemporary forms, shaping a vision of femininity rooted in transparency, texture, and invention.
