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Art and fast fashion: seduction, exploitation or contamination?

To walk through any major city today is to move through an open-air museum, but not always of paintings or sculptures. The windows of fast fashion brands display images, shapes, and colors that seem stolen from anart history catalog: Van Gogh prints ...
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Versace comes home: classic myth and pop glamour. What the Reggio Calabria exhibition looks like

"Calabria, where I was born, for me is perfume, dazzling light, shadows." There was no more congenial place than Reggio Calabria and the National Archaeological Museum (MArRC) to celebrate with an exhibition in his hometown the creative genius of Gia...
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Farewell to Valentino, the designer who imposed Italian elegance in the world

Designer Valentino, one of the most important fashion figures in the world, passed away today in Rome at the age of 94. Making the announcement was the Valentino Garavani and Giancarlo Giammetti Foundation, which writes, "He passed away in the sereni...
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In Rome, Joana Vasconcelos rereads the legacy of Valentino Garavani

On January 18, 2026, the exhibition VENUS - Valentino Garavani through the eyes of Joana Vasconcelos, the second exhibition project of PM23, the space opened last May by the Valentino Garavani and Giancarlo Giammetti Foundation in Piazza Mignanelli 2...
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Gianni Versace at the Archaeological Museum of Reggio Calabria with "Terra Mater"

From Dec. 19, 2025 to April 19, 2026, the National Archaeological Museum of Reggio Calabria is presenting Gianni Versace. Terra Mater - Magna Graecia Roots Tribute, an itinerary curated by Sabina Albano and Fabrizio Sudano dedicated to the relationsh...
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The advertising vehicles that defined the imagery of Italian fashion.

From the post-World War II period until the early 2000s, Italian fashion built its public identity through a complex bond of communicative tools and aesthetic codes that today represent the heritage of the national imagination. Of great importance, t...
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Make-up artist Alexis Stone attends the Boss fashion show in Milan disguised as...Mona Lisa!

Elliot Joseph Rentz, make-up artist and drag queen known by the stage name Alexis Stone, attended the Boss womenswear spring/summer 2026 fashion show in Milan disguised as... Mona Lisa!!! The event took place in the past few days and attracted the at...
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Milan, at Pinacoteca di Brera, art history intertwines with fashion with Armani's clothes

From Sept. 24, 2025 to Jan. 11, 2026, the Pinacoteca di Brera will host the exhibition Giorgio Armani: Milan, for Love, the first show organized by the Milanese museum dedicated to Giorgio Armani's stylistic journey, told through a selection of more ...
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