Professor Patricia Lurati, who teaches our History of Fashion class, served on the committee that selected pieces to display at Florence’s newly reopened Museum of Costume and Fashion, located on the 2nd floor of the Pitti Palace.
Founded in 1983, it’s the first Italian state museum devoted to the history of fashion and its social importance. Its 12 rooms are open again to the public with a new display that includes over 50 dresses like Mario Fortuny’s cloak-kimono for “divine” Italian actress Eleonora Duse, Chanel’s flapper tunic, and Jean-Paul Gauthier’s black sheath worn by Madonna.
Lurati also participated in the round table discussion held for the museum’s reopening along with Uffizi Director Eike Schmidt.