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Dino (1906-1972). Italian writer and journalist. In January 1962, for the Corriere della Sera, of which he was a special correspondent, he followed the high fashion runways of Paris and, in the Summer of the following year, those of Italian ready-to-wear at Palazzo Pitti. He was pushed towards this experience by his friend Maria Pezzi, who at the time wrote a column about fashion for Il Giorno. This Italian writer (Barnabo of the Mountains, The Tartar Steppe, Il crollo della Baliverna, Terror on the Staircase and A Love Affair) who was the most-translated and loved in France had no squeamishness about it, but looked at fashion with the attention, the participation, and the sharp observation which also made him a great reporter. From Florence he would write: “Forquet. If I were married, I would send my wife to his atelier to be dressed by him.” And made his personal ranking: 1) Forquet; 2) De Barentzen; 3) Veneziani; 4) Lancetti; 5) Valentino; 6) Galitzine; 7) Antonelli; 8) Enzo; 9) Marucelli. Then in a group came Guidi, De Luca and Carosa.