ANTONIO MANCINELLI

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ANTONIO MANCINELLI, FASHION JOURNALIST

Antonio Mancinelli is an Italian fashion journalist, Senior Editor of Marie Claire Italy and visiting professor at many Italian and international fashion schools.

Antonio Mancinelli is one of the most authoritative voices in the fashion world, able to tell it with a realistic, objective gaze, and with cutting irony, his trademark. He met some of the most important personalities in the fashion world, including Valentino, Gianfranco Ferré and Versace, commenting on the collections and gradually establishing himself as a leading figure in the international journalistic panorama.

ANTONIO MANCINELLI, THE BEGINNING

Talking about himself to Secondo Me, Mancinelli claimed he still remembers his first article for Corriere della Sera, and the embarrassment he felt at the entrance when the bodyguard squared him and pointed out that he was not Ms Mancinelli and therefore he could not enter. Only after the press office confirmed his identity, the young journalist managed to pass. 

For a long time Mancinelli was the only man in a job considered only for women. In the end, as recalled by the journalist, these “Ladies of fashion” welcomed him and adopted him, teaching him a lot. 

After a brilliant piece on Gianfranco Ferré’s fashion show, his own communication team contacted him on behalf of the designer, very curious to understand who was hiding behind that original article. This is how Mancinelli interviewed Ferré for the first time.

Antonio Mancinelli

MANCINELLI BETWEEN JOURNALISM AND ACADEMY

Mancinelli wrote for many international newspapers, including Corriere della Sera, which he started from, and Vogue Italia. Currently he is the Senior Editor of Marie Claire Italia. 

The journalist is also a visiting professor at the most important Italian and foreign fashion academies, including Domus Academy, IED in Milan, Alma Mater Studiorum in Bologna, IUAV in Venice, Luiss and Academy of Costume and Fashion in Rome, and at Polimoda in Florence. 

THE PUBLICATIONS

Mancinelli was the author of monographs and essays for some fashion and art exhibition catalogues. He published two monographs “Moda!” in 2016 and “Fashion Box” in 2010. 

In 2017 he curated the exhibition dedicated to Rick Owens at the Triennale di Milano.

He is the author of the essay for the exhibition “Italiana. Italy Through the Lens of Fashion 1971-2001” of 2018.

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