(17 Jul 2025)
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Florence, Italy – 16 July 2025
1. Tilt down from frescoed ceiling of Palazzo Piti to post-war clothes of 20th century
2. Various of evening dress designed by Fernando Gattinoni in 1948, which belonged to Ingrid Bergman
3. Evening dress designed by Yves Saint Laurent for Maison Dior in 1958
4. Close of evening dress designed by Sartoria Magnani in Florence in 1958, based on model by Yves Saint Laurent
5. Tilt up of evening dress designed by Yves Saint Laurent for Maison Dior in 1958
6. Close of sandal designed in 1958 by Salvatore Ferragamo
7. Close of visitor’s smartphone photographing exhibit
8. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Vanessa Gavioli, curator, Fashion and Costume Museum:
“We started with the 1920s, which in this selection we have placed in relation to Orientalism and other cultures that were grafted onto the flapper culture, then we come to the post (First World) war years, where we look at the evolution of the silhouette of the evening dress from 1922 to 1935. Then we move on to the magnificent 1930s, of the grand evening dress, we have two magnificent pieces by Schiaparelli and two magnificent pieces by Vionnet and we arrive at the 1950s and 1970s and we close with a triumph of sequins by Enrico Coveri.”
9. Wide of dresses from 1920s with triptych by Italian painter Galileo Chini in background
10. Pull focus of 1924 shoe
11. Various of 1926 evening dress worn by the wife of painter Galileo Chini at the premiere of Turandot at La Scala Theatre in Milan on 25 April 1926
12. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Vanessa Gavioli, curator, Fashion and Costume Museum:
“In the 1900s, the interplay between painting and decorative art, including the manufacture of clothing and accessories, is very important. So, we thought together with the director to create sets where the cultural environment of the period is evoked. Specifically, behind me you can see some magnificent (paintings) by Galileo Chini, a triptych that in a way evokes the ambience of opera and theatre. One of the dresses on display, the black one with the gold decorations, belonged to Galileo Chini’s wife, and was worn at the premiere of Turandot at La Scala in 1926.”
13. Various of Italian-made evening dress that belonged to Franca Florio (Italian noblewoman, protagonist of the Belle Époque)
14. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Vanessa Gavioli, curator, Fashion and Costume Museum:
“One of the most important wardrobes we preserve is that of Franca Florio (Italian noblewoman, protagonist of the Belle Époque), the dress behind me belongs to that wardrobe and it is an extraordinary dress. It’s a Charleston dress, 1920s, but it has beaded decorations that evoke fireworks. This stylization of the decoration of the dress that makes it almost a pictorial surface also reminds us of the Orientalism that was prevalent in those years.”
15. Various of evening cape designed by Jeanne Paquin
16. Pan right of dresses from 1930s
17. Evening dress designed by Elsa Schiaparelli in 1938 with a painting by Italian painter Felice Casorati from 1930 in background
18. Tilt up of evening dress from 1934 attributed to Madeleine Vionnet
19. Wide of women’s suits from 1950s and 1960s
20. Tilt up of women’s suit from 1953 designed by Coco Chanel
21. SOUNDBITE (English) Simone Verde, director of Uffizi Galleries:
22. Various of dresses designed between 1984 and 2013 by Enrico Coveri and Oleg Cassini
23. SOUNDBITE (English) Simone Verde, director of Uffizi Galleries:
24. Wide of 1960s and 1970s clothing inspired by the Space Age Movement with Italian artist Alberto Burri’s 1969 work in background
28. Pitti Palace exterior
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