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Emilio Federico (1904-1972). Italian dressmaker born in Naples. He was one of the magnificent nine who were invited by Bista Giorgini to show on the Florence runway on 12 February 1951, the event that served to establish and legitimise Italian fashions. He owed his notoriety to an innate sense of performance, communication and dressmaking skills that he learnt from the Neapolitan school. In the early 1930s, he worked in the Montorsi studio, where he was in charge of the underwear section with its delicate combinations of silk and lace. In 1938 he opened a milliner’s shop with his young wife in Via Frattina. He received so many commissions from his customers that in 1940 he decided to set up an haute couture studio in Via Lazio, moving, a year later, to Via XX Settembre.