Star-studded launch for Italian fashion retrospective
- 10 years ago
Some of the biggest names in fashion turned out at the V&A Museum in London on April 1st for the launch of new exhibition, "The Glamour of Italian Fashion 1945-2014", which celebrates everything about Italian style.
SOUNDBITE Designer Tom Ford, saying (English):
"Well I think the craftsmanship is what is really so attractive about Italian produced goods. There is a quality, there is still an innate sense of something you really can't put words to."
SOUNDBITE Actress Elizabeth Hurley, saying (English):
"I think they love the female body and I think they love women and they like women to look fabulous so I like it. I approve."
The exhibition shows how Italy became a major player in the fashion world after the Second World War thanks to the creator of Italian fashion shows, Giovanni Battista Giorgini.
SOUNDBITE Curator of the exhibition, Sonnet, Stanfill, saying (English):
"If Christian Dior is credited with restarting the French couture industry
SOUNDBITE Designer Tom Ford, saying (English):
"Well I think the craftsmanship is what is really so attractive about Italian produced goods. There is a quality, there is still an innate sense of something you really can't put words to."
SOUNDBITE Actress Elizabeth Hurley, saying (English):
"I think they love the female body and I think they love women and they like women to look fabulous so I like it. I approve."
The exhibition shows how Italy became a major player in the fashion world after the Second World War thanks to the creator of Italian fashion shows, Giovanni Battista Giorgini.
SOUNDBITE Curator of the exhibition, Sonnet, Stanfill, saying (English):
"If Christian Dior is credited with restarting the French couture industry