Edgard (1933). Dutch tailor. He taught at the Academy of Fashion of Hertogenbosch. He has an atelier in Amsterdam making custom items and a prêt-à-porter line with the griffe Sua-Sua sold through various boutiques.

A two-part adhesive strip, based on a system patented by the Swiss company Mistral. At first, it was designed for home furnishings and household use (curtains, pillow or sofa cases), it is now widely used in fashion as well in…

Ugo (1948). Scholar of lifestyle and mass communications. His research has been devoted primarily to the exploration of the linguistic and communicative experience: theater, kitsch, fashion and body, fascination and desire, relations between semiotics and sociology, especially concerning political communications…

Olga (professional name of Olga Villani, 1922-1989). Theater actress. She won fame as a fashion model, on the eve of the Second World War. She was a peasant born in the countryside around Mantua, and then moved to Milan for…

Nietta (1933). Fashion journalist. In the 1950s she debuted as the editor-in-chief of the magazine Fortuna, and then moved on to Grazia, Annabella and L’Illustrazione Italiana. But it was for the weekly Gente that she dedicated herself completely to reporting…

Milanese shoe shop. Opened in March 1986, in the Via Statuto, it quickly established itself as a must for the more fashionable consumers. Unfailingly trendy, it offered footwear from Costume National, Free Lance and Ernesto Esposito and often reinterpreted the…

Milan (1970). French designer of Yugoslavian descent. He began as a journalist at Jardin des Modes. He was a model and later an assistant to Lacroix on the runway presentations and, for style, to Erik Bergèr. He worked for the…

Milanese fashion house founded in 1815 by Domenico Ventura. It immediately became famous for its skill at reproducing or recreating French outfits and models. It won a vast clientele, after Italian unification, in the international markets as well. In 1869…

Willy Van Rooy. Dutch fashion model and fashion designer. He did not wait to leave the runway or for this or that photographer to stop asking him to pose. He decided to begin a career as a creator of fashion…

Giorgio Vigna (1955). Sculptor, creator of design objects, set designer, costume designer, and creator of decorations for stage and fashion, he has already produced a rich line of jewelry, sometimes conceived as one-offs, at other times as limited editions. He…