PROGRAM
ESSENCE AND REALITY OF COSTUME
The materials of clothing in antiquity
THE CLOTHING OF PRIMITIVE MAN The materials of clothing in antiquity
EGYPT “Fashion with green eyes”
Summary of the period and analysis of costume
Overview of the colorful world of: SUMERIANS – ASSYRIANS – BABYLONIANS
Summary of the period and analysis of costume
THE PERSIANS Summary of the period and analysis of costume
AEGEAN CIVILIZATION Summary of the period and analysis of costume
GREECE “The Elegance of the Draped Tunic” Summary of the period and analysis of costume THE ROMAN WORLD “The Flirtations of the Toga and the Passion for Jewelry” Summary of the period and analysis of costume
BYZANTIUM AND THE MEDIEVAL UNIVERSE “The Pleasure of Color” Summary of the period and analysis of costume
GOTHIC - GOTHIC IN ITALY Summary of the period and analysis of costume
THE ITALIAN FOURTEENTH CENTURY Summary of the period and analysis of costume
THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY "The opulence and the temptation of austerity" Italian – German – Spanish – French fashion Summary of the period and analysis of costume.
THE ELIZABETHAN PERIOD Summary of the period and analysis of costume.
THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY The Spanish Seventeenth Century – The Dutch Seventeenth Century – The French Seventeenth Century (First half of the century) – The Baroque (Second half of the century) The Baroque (Late 1600s to early 1700s) Summary of the period and analysis of costume.
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY - Regency (First half of the 1700s) The Rococo – The Venetian Eighteenth Century – English Neoclassicism – French Neoclassicism – French Revolution - Directory Summary of the period and analysis of costume.
THE NINETEENTH CENTURY "Fashion is also part of progress" Empire – Restoration - The Romantic Period (From 1815 to 1850)
The Victorian Period (From 1850 to 1870) Eclecticism of styles.
(From 1870 to 1900) Charles Frederick Worth: the first couturier Fashion and Theater Summary of the period and analysis of costume.
THE TWENTIETH CENTURY "From Great Tailors to Department Stores" From 1900 to 1920 (Art Nouveau – The S-Line – Paul Poiret and the Theatricalization of Fashion – Lucille and the Spectacle Fashion Shows - Mariano Fortuny) from 1920 to 1940 (Rationalism – The Jazz Age – Garconne Style – C. Chanel and her collaborations with theater – Jean Alexandre Patou) The Thirties: Jeanne Lanvin – Madaleine Vionnet – Elsa Schiaparelli – Edward Molyneux - Charles James - Fashion Revolution after 1940 – Christian Dior and the "New Look" - The Return of Parisian Haute Couture – The Movie Stars of the 1940s and 1950s – Hollywood on the Tiber - Germana Marucelli – Cristobal Balenciaga - The Fontana Sisters and the Baptism of Italian Fashion – Emilio Schubert – Roberto Capucci – Florence and the Sala Bianca – G.B. Giorgini Emilio Pucci, the "father" of the Italian boutique – Guccio Gucci
FASHION OF THE LAST DECADES "Orgies and Transfiguration" The Sixties: Power to the Youth Yves Saint Laurent (Fashion and Theater) André Courrèges – Paco Rabanne – Mary Quant - The Seventies: The Rise of Ready-to-Wear – The Hippy Style – The Punk Style - Zandra Rhodes – Vivienne Westwood – Valentino – Made in Italy -
