100 abiti che sconvolsero il mondo

The 100 dresses that shocked the world tell more than two thousand years of fashion history through revolutionary dresses, authentic sartorial creations that, because of their cultural value, are closely connected to the great phenomena that marked the transformations of style and the generational change between one era and another. From ancient to contemporary times, fashion has always been the most popular expression of a society in perpetual mutation, in constant search of a style identity that has united different art forms. Through an extensive essay on the history of fashion and the fact sheets of 100 selected dresses, the book emphasizes the relationship between fashion, art and society, so as to reveal in a cross-cutting form those dress patterns that have really “shocked” the world, from the Greek chitóne to the Renaissance camora, to Franc Fernandez’s Meat Dress for Lady Gaga and Christian Siriano’s Tuxedo Gown.

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Massimiliano Capella – Art and Fashion Historian, author, curator and museum director, delves particularly into the relationships between visual arts, fashion and performing arts. He regularly curates exhibitions that juxtapose stage clothes and costumes with works of art, in collaboration with Italian and foreign museums, theaters, universities and major fashion houses.