Alessandro Dell'Acqua (born 21 December 1962 in

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) is a fashion designer. He presented his first

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collection at

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Moda Donna in 1996 and his first men's line at Pitti in

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in January 1998. Dell'Acqua took over as creative director at

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, the Italian luxury knit company, and showed at

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for the Spring 2009 season in September. At June 2009, Dell'Acqua sent out a press release informing the press that the men's Spring-Summer 2010 and women's Pre-spring 2010 collections will be produced without his approval, and departed ways with his eponymous label. Currently, Dell'Acqua is back on the fashion scene with a new collection, named N°21. The name comes from the designer's birthday, and it is also his lucky number. The 80-piece collection, which spans dresses to knitwear to outerwear, will debut at the upcoming Fall 2010 Milan Fashion Week with a small runway show on February.

External links

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