Fashion History of Florence

Middle Agesand

Renaissance

In the Renaissance period, from Florence where was the the heart of the fashion , influenced by Michelangelo, Leanardo da Vinci, Raphael and Botticelli

Thanks to the nearby town of Prato, the industrial centre of textile production, wool, silk and textiles, have been the main products of the local economy since the 14th century

In the early decades of the 20th century, Florence was the hometown of some of the biggest names involved in the business of fashion

Salvatore Ferragamo

He considered the pioneer of Made in Italy, choose Florence as the place to make his remarkeble shoes and settled his headquarters in Palazzo Spini Feroni

Gucci

Guccio Gucci founded the famous Gucci brand with his timeless double G motif

in Florence

Emilio Pucci

In the 1950s, Emilio Pucci, a member of a noble Florentina family of the twelfth century, created to look now known as ‘casual elegance’ that just decades later would become the world famous market

Italian ready-to-wear

In 1950s,Italian businessman Giovanni Battista organized first Italy’s fashion show

in the famous Sala Bianca of the Pitti Palace

After the show, Italian fashion had become an international reality

and Florence was its capital

In 1970s, Roberto Cavalli, famous designer from Florence,

showed his first collection in Florence in the historic White Room of Pitti Palace

In 1980s, founded a major fashion-design school “The Instituto PolitecnicoInternazionale della Moda”

symbolizes how important is the fashion for the city of Florence

Florence is hometown still the world’s biggest men’s fashion event, “Pitti Imagine Uomo”

many Italian and foreign designers come to Florence to participate this show, calling a very big attention on the city

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