Rachele Enriquez (1938). Journalist. From 1989 to 1995 she was editor-in-chief at Vogue Spain. She started her career in the 1960s as an editor at Annabella. She left in order to participate, as managing editor, in the adventure of the…

Boutique in Milan. The shop-sign, a small apple with a bite taken out, appeared for the first time in 1965. The brand offers a collection of bags, belts, shoes, wallets, and travel bags. Since then, the creations have been characterized…

Spanish brand of men’s and women’s ready-to-wear. It is now more than 100 years old. The business was started in 1899 and made successful by Joaquim Beleta y Mir. The company name means “The Floating Dock” and it was called…

Term first used in the 1960s when designers were looking for and experimented with new aesthetic approaches inspired by clothing from distant and unknown cultures. The clothes could be simple and comfortable, or, on the contrary, very skillfully worked and…

A strip of lace inserted between two pieces of cloth. A classic ornament in linens for the house, it is also used in dresses and blouses.

Marcel Escoffier (1910). French costume designer for theater and cinema. The son of a very famous chef, he studied the decorative arts and made his début as an assistant to Christian Bérard. During the 1930s he was completely absorbed by…

Pseudonym of Romain de Tirtoff (1892-1990), an illustrator and costume and set designer. He was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, and naturalized as a French citizen. He was 76 years old when a retrospective exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of…

Italian factory making fabrics for clothing. Its premises are in Prato and it is directed by Mario Marcello Maselli. Creativity, flexibility, and quality have been the signposts on a journey which has made this company a leader in its field,…

Italian high-fashion atelier opened in Milan in 1957 by Enzo Sguanci. After attending the Academy of Fine Arts at the Brera, he was a cutter in the atelier of Remo Gandini and designed for Jole Veneziani. Enzo was immediately noticed…