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Anna Piaggi: Fashion Visionary

Anna Piaggi: Fashion Visionary

2016•52m
Documentary

The world of fashion, between the end of the Sixties and the beginning of the Noughties, had a key character that embodied its spirit and told the tale: journalist Anna Piaggi, living witness of that contamination between art, society and culture that changed fashion and sanctioned its success on a global scale. The daughter of a manager for La Rinascente (Milan's iconic high-end shopping mall whose foundation goes back to 1865), Karl Lagerfeld's muse, "a poet with her clothes" in the words of Bill Cunningham, her life is retraced through interviews with designers (Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, Stephen Jones, Manolo Blahnik, and more) together with archival images from four decades of fashion history.

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Production

RSI, Mir Cinematografica, Ventura Film, RAI

Language

IT

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Manolo Blahnik

Manolo Blahnik

Self

Claudia Botta

Self

Jean-Charles de Castelbajac

Jean-Charles de Castelbajac

Self

Stephen Jones

Stephen Jones

Self

Rosita Missoni

Self

Roberto Pagnini

Self

Galatea Piaggi

Self

Stefano Piaggi

Self

Luca Stoppini

Self

Giorgio Armani

Giorgio Armani

Self (archive footage)

Karl Lagerfeld

Karl Lagerfeld

Self (archive footage)

Anna Piaggi

Self (archive footage)

Gianni Versace

Gianni Versace

Self (archive footage)

Gianfranco Ferré

Self (archive footage)

Krizia

Self (archive footage)

Franco Moschino

Self (archive footage)

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