{"id":14105,"date":"2026-01-21T10:39:38","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T09:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/?p=14105"},"modified":"2026-01-21T10:39:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T09:39:41","slug":"professor-chiara-faggella-presents-book-on-fashion-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/2026\/01\/21\/professor-chiara-faggella-presents-book-on-fashion-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Professor Chiara Faggella Presents Book on Fashion History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/01\/ACCENT-roundtable-11nov25--1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14106\" srcset=\"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/01\/ACCENT-roundtable-11nov25--1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/01\/ACCENT-roundtable-11nov25--300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/01\/ACCENT-roundtable-11nov25--768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/01\/ACCENT-roundtable-11nov25--1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/01\/ACCENT-roundtable-11nov25-.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In November, Professor Chiara Faggella, who teaches\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/blog\/course\/lit-316-italian-fashion-and-food-stories\">Italian Fashion and Food Stories<\/a>\u00a0and the design course\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/blog\/course\/des300-2-bellissima-unraveling-the-threads-of-italian-fashion-spring\">Bellissima! Unraveling the Threads of Italian Fashion<\/a>, was invited to be featured at an event at the Accent Global Learning Florence Study Center to present her book,\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.it\/-\/en\/Becoming-Couture-Italian-Fashion-Industry\/dp\/1526155249\">Becoming Couture: The Italian Fashion Industry after the Second World War<\/a><\/em>, published by Manchester University Press. The roundtable was organized as a joint collaboration between Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di Firenze and\u00a0Accent Global Learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Using Faggella&#8217;s book as a starting point, the participants &#8211; Isabella Martini (University of Florence, moderator), Mariarosa Mettifogo (Accent Global Learning), Fabio Corsini,\u00a0Dafne Mazzanti, and\u00a0Francesca Passeri\u00a0(Accent Global Learning) &#8211; and Faggella discussed how Italy\u2019s postwar fashion industry evolved into the global powerhouse we know today.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among the many topics covered they tackled the role of celebrity culture and cinema in advancing the cause of Italian style in postwar years, but also the role of professional intermediaries that work behind the scenes and aid the more famous designers in creating their signature looks, ending with a lively debate the effectiveness of the label Made in Italy today and how to best help our international students understand the specificities of the Italian fashion system, between past and present.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In November, Professor Chiara Faggella, who teaches\u00a0Italian Fashion and Food Stories\u00a0and the design course\u00a0Bellissima! 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