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Title on back cover and spine is "Fashion in Flight"
Catalog of an exhibition held the Uccelliere Farnesiane, Rome, Italy, April 24 - July 21, 2024
With this exhibition, a collection of visionary bird-dresses and featherd accessories brings to life the Farnese Aviaries on the Palatine. This renews the sense of admiring wonder felt in their interiors by the guests of the Farnese in the seventeenth century on viewing the various species of exotic birds, displayed to testify to the magnificence of this noble family. On the traces of memory, the enchanted landscape, which returns to life in the Farnese Aviaries thanks to these dreamlike creations of fashion, takes us back in time and, on a path of great fascination, fully dialogues with the fantastic landscapes characteristic of some of the masterpieces of Roman art o fthe Augustan age. -- back cover
"The marvels on display include Maria Grazia Chiuri's majestic white swan dress for Christian Dior (Cruise, 2022); Alexander McQueen's black swan dress for Givenchy (fall-winter 1997 haute couture); Dolce&Gabbana Alta Moda's rooster and pheasant feather corset dress (Florence 2020 Collection); and the outfit, with parrot bolero, from Jean-Paul Gaultier's first haute couture show (fall-winter 1997). Specifically designed for the exhibition is the dress "Vittoria del colibrì" (Victory of the Hummingbird), made by Tiziano Guardini in nonviolent silk and dedicated to the theme of sustainability. Finally, the section "Le ALI, irreALI, reALI" hosts the "avian" accessories that belonged to journalist and fashion lady Anna Piaggi, including a bag-cabinet with canaries and winged hats by Schiaparelli and Philip Treacy." -- Turismo Roma website, viewed January 29, 2025
Includes bibliographical references (pages 126-127)