Adam Lippes channels decorative grandeur with Scalamandré collaboration

The collaboration between Adam Lippes and Scalamandré arrives as a natural convergence of two design philosophies that prize ornamental richness and historical reverence. Lippes, whose work has long drawn from architectural vocabulary and classical proportion, finds in Scalamandré’s archive of damasks and jacquards a perfect textural partner, one that allows him to construct garments with the depth and dimensional quality that define his aesthetic.

In the November issue of Vogue Adria, the collection emerges through a studied black and white photograph that speaks to elegance through restraint. A short sleeved black silk shirt, cut with Lippes’s signature precision, pairs with a skirt rendered in Scalamandré’s ornamental weave, a pattern of baroque flourishes rendered in cream and charcoal that catches light with subtle movement. The composition is deliberately monochromatic, allowing the textile’s inherent architecture to command attention without the distraction of colour. This is fabric as structure, pattern as form.

Scalamandré’s fabrics, rooted in centuries of European textile craftsmanship, carry within them the memory of palatial interiors and tailoring rooms where luxury was measured in thread count and pigment permanence. By introducing these materials into ready to wear silhouettes, Lippes democratises a certain grandeur whilst maintaining the discipline that has become his signature. The result speaks not to novelty but to authenticity, to garments that feel considered and purposeful rather than merely fashionable.

Imagery courtesy of Adam Lippes (@adamlippes).