Akris Summer/Pre-Fall 2024 is Albert Kriemler's creative epilogue to a spring inspired by the oeuvre of Wiener Werkstätte artist Felice Lizzi Rix-Ueno. Birds, stars and tassels were Lizzi's preferred motifs – everything that is light, delicate, and floats inhabits her folkloristic, yet modern universe. Case in point, these seasonal prints, the Rooster and Kasuri Birds, illustrate the vibrant simplicity that pervade the collection.

Akris Summer/Pre-Fall 2024 is Albert Kriemler's creative epilogue to a spring inspired by the oeuvre of Wiener Werkstätte artist Felice Lizzi Rix-Ueno. Birds, stars and tassels were Lizzi's preferred motifs – everything that is light, delicate, and floats inhabits her folkloristic, yet modern universe. Case in point, these seasonal prints, the Rooster and Kasuri Birds, illustrate the vibrant simplicity that pervade the collection.

“In turn-of-the century Vienna, it was Japanese art and craft that attracted the attention of Lizzi searching for new form of art. Later working for Kyoto's Textile Research Institute, she brought the artistic esprit from Vienna to Japan and allowed herself to be inspired by Japanese tradition—a symbiosis embodying both worlds.Her blue birds are a design for Kasuri, a term for a Japanese textile that is woven with fibers specifically dyed prior to create images in the fabric. We turned them into a surprising print for this season.” Albert Kriemler

“I am intrigued by the wit and humor in her work. Lizzi's eye for life is exceptional. For her nature should not be realistic, not translated literally, but into a colorful world of its own. Her design is ruled by joy, a lust for life, and, most of all her fantasy. For a caftan dress and silk shirt suit we turned her bold, witty rooster bonbonniere upside-down—to even add more fun.” Albert Kriemler

"“The Wiener Werkstätte gave rise to a new kind of woman – independent, short-haired, smoking, an extravagantly dressed “decorative artist”. The tassel became her beloved item—the ideal adornment to enhance every move. We added these tassels to sleek shapes to create tension and a vibrating effect. A fresh approach to the season`s fringe movement. Play with it!” Albert Kriemler

"Trust Akris to give its unique touch to a major seasonal trend. With floor-skimming fringe dangling from the hip of sleek skirts and dresses, Albert and his team have reworked the fringe trend to give it a more elevated and refined feel. “It is always about an individual approach for us. What moved and fascinated my team and me? This season, it was Rix-Ueno's tassels. She used them as a whimsical accent to carry the awakening spirit of freedom and femininity for women in early 20th century Vienna.”

Albert Kriemler

“The war glass was Lizzi's very first creation (1915) for the Wiener Werkstätte assigned by her mentor Josef Hoffmann while she was still a student. The decoration for this type of glass normally had to consists of linear enamel colors.

Yet Lizzi challenged perceptions, broke away from the conventional use of straight, rigid lines, reminding people of the possibilities to find hope even in darkness through her stars design. The stars give pattern, twinkle, and surprise to jacquards and prints in this collection.”