LOEWE x Albers: Understanding the simplicity of craft before its complexity

As part of its Fall/Winter 2025 collection, Spanish luxury fashion house LOEWE collaborates with the Josef & Anni Albers Foundation in this archive narrated footage focusing on design, teaching, and craftsmanship. LOEWE often put craftsmanship under the spotlight in its advertising, and this 3'43" brings fresh angles with the Anni and Josef Albers story, and how their lifelong dedication reshaped art and design as we understand them today. As LOEWE explains: "Renowned for her vibrant pictorial weavings, Anni Albers created each piece as a visual symphony of colour, guided by her intuition and deep fluency in the language of threads. Throughout her life, she challenged the rigid divide between art and craft, illuminating the precision, process, and innovation inherent in weaving as an art form. Known primarily as an abstract painter, Josef Albers revolutionised the way we perceive and understand colour. He demonstrated that our experience of colour is influenced by its context—just as human perception shifts depending on our surroundings. His precise and mathematically structured Homage to the Square paintings brought these theories to life. Works by the Alberses are featured throughout the Fall Winter 2025 presentation at the Hôtel de Maisons in Paris and across a new collection of ready-to-wear and bags. This collection embraces not only the textures, patterns, and colours of their oeuvres, but also their radical, boundary-pushing approach to art and design".

Keywords: LOEWE x Josef & Anni Albers Foundation, luxury clothing, craftsmanship in luxury clothes, Jonathan Anderson, LOEWE FW2025 collection, design, textiles