Annick Goutal (1946-1999). Perfume creator. She was a prodigy of the pianoforte, being awarded in a contest at the Conservatory of Paris at the age of 16. In order to be economically independent from her family (her father had a…

Silvia Giacomoni (1938). Journalist and writer, she lives and works in Milan. A correspondent with La Repubblica since the newspaper’s birth in 1976, she has often followed, alternating with Natalia Aspesi, the fashion events in Milan and Paris, and the…

A shabby and anonymous way of dressing in fashion from 1967 to 1973: second-hand clothes, creased blue jeans in poor condition, oversize pullovers and shirts, and oriental-style jewellery.

Nuno Gama (1966). Portuguese designer. He is one of the most important names in Portuguese fashion which, in recent years, has reached the European stage. He graduated in design from Citex (Portuguese Institute of Fashion) and after working with some…