Justin Oh (1965). English designer. He studied fashion at Central St. Martin’s in 1987 and then at the Royal College of Art in 1991. In 1989 he designed his first ready-to-wear collection for Charles Jourdan in Paris. Once his studies…

Carlo Orsi (1941). Italian photographer. Born in Milan, he was already a member of the arty Brera scene at a very young age. His first job was as assistant to Ugo Mulas, from whom he learnt the art of picking…

Olivier Strelli. Belgian ready-to-wear label. Nissim Israel (1946) left his native Zaire and moved to Brussels, where in 1975 he launched a fashion label called Olivier Strelli, taking his inspiration from traditional African fabrics. Starting off with a shirt collection,…

Ohya (1970). Japanese designer. She attendd the Bunka Fashion College until 1992 and in the same year she designed accessories for Issey Miyake. In 1996 she launched her own label called Ohya Design Zoo and took charge of Issey Miyake’s…

André Oliver (1932-1993). French fashion designer, and Pierre Cardin’s right hand man. He spent his whole career, except for a short spell producing his own creations in New York, bringing balance to Cardin‘s avant-garde creations with his moderation and classic…

Traditional fabric made from thick coarse wool. Dense, compact, and very heavy, this material is originally from Sardinia and until recently was still made by the women of the island from the wool of their flocks. Spun and dyed with…

Closely woven, soft, pure cotton fabric, sometimes with a slight sheen, used mostly for men’s shirts. Woven from white thread alternated with another color, so as to create a barely discernable characteristic pattern of tiny squares.

Old fashioned over-the-knee socks, made of thick opaque black cotton, like the ones worn by Egon Schiele’s women and by Silvana Mangano in the film Riso Amaro. They are back in fashion, particularly amongst long-legged, skinny girls.

Andrea. Women’s couture dressmaker, inspired by the Parisian scene. He opened an atelier in 1981 in Palazzo Cambiaso in the center of Genoa. Palazzo Cambiaso represented an important fashion inheritance for Odicini, since it had previously hosted a branch of…

Mario Oriani (1926). Journalist, and editor. He began his career as a sports writer for Il Corriere della Sera and Il Corriere dell’Informazione. Il Corriere’s publishing group appointed him as editor of Amica from 1972 to 1974, from where he…