Altuzarra
Designer: Joseph Altuzarra

• “A combination of the very casual–navy-and white striped cotton jackets and overcoats, for example, evoking kids’ overalls–and the glamorous.” {The Associated Press}
• “It’s just too sad that you have no occasion to wear the crystal-embedded frocks that close Joseph Altuzarra’s wonderful show, but surely you can find a role for one of his denim jackets?” {The Cut}
• “The CFDA Swarovski Award-winning designer … showed off his expertise in all things that sparkle with draped and bejeweled silk trousers and glinting dresses embellished with Swarovski beads, draped elegantly with silk scarves or gold fringe.” {Daily Front Row}
• “There was a sense of both the opulent sophisticate and the world-traveled gypsy: rich fabrications and gold accents–and did we mention the shoes?–all added up to Altuzarra’s fantasy-inducing Spring.” {FabSugar}
• “A smart way of breaking out of the constraint of tailoring and giving uptown clothes a youthful vibe.” {International Herald Tribune}
• “Joseph Altuzarra was completely in command, offering an imaginative take on the striped cotton fabric you associate with OshKosh overalls or Casey Jones’s cap.” {The New York Times}
• “Perfected the art of over-the-top embellishment while continuing to look classy, elegant, and timeless.” {Refinery29}
• “The audience was expecting big things from the CFDA’s Swarovski Award winner for womenswear. And big things is what he gave us. Actually, make that many small things that produced a big impact.” {Style.com}
• “Sally Potter’s magical 1992 movie adaptation of the Virginia Woolf classic Orlando … led Joseph Altuzarra on a design odyssey to explore masculine and feminine sartorial codes and marry them in intriguing and uncliched ways.” {Vogue.com}
• “Altuzarra presented a collection for spring which had two distinct halves– both rife with enterprising ideas and, more importantly, excellent clothing.” {Vogue.com UK}