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Fashion in Italy

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Read: How Florence and Milan shaped postwar Italian fashion

Explore clothing, footwear and leather goods through practical guides, wider looks at fashion history, and stories about houses, designers and objects. Follow a thread from what you wear to the people and ideas behind it.

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How Florence and Milan shaped postwar Italian fashion

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Tobacco-brown Fendi Baguette with FF jacquard, dark leather straps and a gold clasp on pale stone.

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Houses

  1. A cream-and-green leather Trunkette shoulder bag with twin tubular handles and a small brass clasp.Marni
  2. A medium-grey crewneck sweater with a fine knit and narrow ribbed neckline, cuffs, and hem on a warm light surface.Brunello Cucinelli: cashmere, colour and Solomeo
  3. A taupe-beige suede Loro Piana Summer Walk loafer rests on pale stone, showing its stitched apron and cream sole.Loro Piana: from Quarona textiles to fine fibres
  4. A Stone Island slate-blue denim jacket with two flap pockets and a black sleeve badge, laid on pale stone and linen.Stone Island
  5. Black Versace Medusa Biggie messenger bag with gold hardware and a woven strap on pale stone.Versace
  6. A pair of black leather Tod’s Gommino loafers on a wooden bench, showing the penny straps, stitched aprons and rubber pebble soles.Tod’s
  7. Black structured Saffiano leather handbag with rounded handles, gold-tone triangular plaque and shoulder strap, on a pale stone table.Prada
  8. The black Gucci Horsebit 1955 medium shoulder bag with a curved flap and gold Horsebit hardware on a pale stone ledge.Gucci
  9. A black leather Ferragamo Hug bag with gold-tone buckles on a pale stone console.Salvatore Ferragamo
  10. A matte-black cashmere crewneck sweater with ribbed neckline, cuffs, and hem on a warm ivory background.Ermenegildo Zegna
  11. Navy Giorgio Armani two-button jacket with patch pockets, hanging against a pale plaster wall.Giorgio Armani
  12. A small brown Paisley-jacquard ETRO hobo bag with a curved silhouette, dark leather strap and gold-tone hardware.ETRO
  13. Black Valentino Garavani Alltime medium handbag with grainy leather and an antique-brass VLogo Signature, on a pale stone console.Valentino
  14. Max Mara
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