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The Museum of Fashion and Costume (the Costume Gallery) is one of the museums housed in the Pitti Palace in Florence. [1] It is housed at the Palazzina della Meridiana, a pavilion south of the main palace; it is accessible from the Boboli Gardens. [2] It was founded in 1983.
The Palazzo Pitti (Italian: [paˈlattso ˈpitti]), in English sometimes called the Pitti Palace, is a vast, mainly Renaissance, palace in Florence, Italy. It is situated on the south side of the River Arno , a short distance from the Ponte Vecchio .
Born in Bastia Umbra, Lancetti studied at the Accademia San Bernardino di Betto in Perugia, and in 1954 he moved to Rome where he opened an atelier in Via Margutta. [1] In 1961, he launched his first ready-to-wear at Palazzo Pitti in Florence, and in 1963 he had his breakout with a military-inspired collection.
Rosita Jelmini Missoni and her husband Ottavio (Tai) were invited to show their clothes to the general fashion public for the first time in 1967. The backdrop was the Pitti Palace in Florence, and ...
Missoni's first catwalk show came in 1966, followed by a presentation at the Pitti Palace in Florence the following year. A controversy over the see-through quality of clothing, after models were ...
He used to say that he did "an archeological expeditions" every time he bought a costume. Tirelli's costume collection was used for cinema and theater. In 1986, he donated 100 authentic outfits and 100 theatrical costumes to the Galleria del Costume of Palazzo Pitti in Florence.
La Bella is a portrait of a woman by Titian in the Palazzo Pitti in Florence. The painting shows the subject with the ideal proportions for Renaissance women. [1] In parallel the stringent composition corresponds to Titian's real portraits. The work can be dated by a letter about "that portrait of that woman in a blue dress" in May 1536.
In 1970, Roberto's debut collection in Paris showcased leather patchwork designs, created with the collaboration of Mario Valentino. In 1972, he presented patchwork designs applied to jeans in the first Roberto Cavalli Women's Runway Collection Show at Palazzo Pitti in Florence, a prêt-à-porter event at the time.