Armarium Fall 2023 Ready-to-Wear

Giorgia Gabriele is 37 and used to be a buyer for a concept store in Bologna. She started thinking about Armarium as an answer to her own need: to build a wardrobe that was solid, complete, made of everlasting pieces. “It has coincided with the pandemic and lockdown; they made me move away from the desire for seasonal fashion, made of trends, and get closer to the concept of a capsule wardrobe,” she said. The brand was launched at the beginning of 2022 with a Latin name that means wardrobe and an approach removed from the traditional seasons of the fashion business. The first collection was meant to represent the foundation of the wardrobe, with trench coats and jeans. The new series of pieces, all thought of as year-round, will expand season after season, in order to achieve the perfect wardrobe, according to Gabriele. If such a thing exists, the designer thinks it includes men’s-cut coats and blazers, petticoat dresses, and