#vintage Italian fashion

[featherstonevintage]

Romeo Gigli 1991 S/S Chartreuse Silk Swing Jacket

[mote-historie]

La Contessa Spalletti (La Contessa Rosa Spalletti, Countess Rosa Spalletti Lanza di Scalea), Photo by Mario Nunes Vais, 1915.

Possibly a daughter of Gabriella Rasponi Spalletti who was born in Ravenna Rasponi April 10, 1853 by Cesare Rasponi Bonanzi (1822-1886), vice consul in France, a deputy in Lanza governments and De Pretis and later senator of the Kingdom of Italy and Letizia Rasponi Marat (1832-1906), daughter of conte Giulio Rasponi, and granddaughter of Gioacchino Marat and Carolina Bonaparte (1782-1839), Napoleon’s sister.

Villa Spalletti Trivelli in Rome.

[oldvintageglamour]

Sophia Loren twirling at home, 1955 ❤️😍❤️😍❤️

📸: Ormond Gigli

[babsi-and-stella]

Claudia Cardinale photographed by David Sutton, 1966.

[vintage-tigre]

[kitsunetsuki]

Irving Penn - Virna Lisi for Elizabeth Arden (Vogue 1965)

[design-is-fine]

Giacomo Balla, The Anti-Neutral Suit: Futurist Manifesto, 1914. Expansion of spring, painting, 1918. Italy. Source

“We must invent futurist clothes, hap-hap-hap-hap-happy clothes, daring clothes with brilliant colors and dynamic lines. They must be simple, and above all, they must be made to last for a short time only in order to encourage industrial activity and to provide constant and novel enjoyment for our bodies.” – Giacomo Balla,

[miamaimania]

>?????????????? A Vintage Moschino Coat

[kilianromero]

Italian Spaghetti (1934)

[stricklandvintagewatches]

The staggeringly beautiful Sofia Costanza Brigida Villani Scicolone, better known to the world as Sophia Loren. Here she’s seen in Manhattan in 1958 on the set of “That Kind of Woman,” wearing her ever-present men’s dress wristwatch. One of the first to popularize the trend, she’s still gorgeous, active and a fashion icon at 88.

[featherstonevintage]

La belle époque du Fortuny

Jardin des Modes, November 1979

[newestcool]

Björk for Vogue Italia September 1993 ''Björk The Dark Light Venus'' Photographer Ellen Von Unwerth Fashion Editor/Stylist Elizabeth Dijan Makeup Artist Topolino Hair Stylist Ward Stegerhoek Newest Cool

[chicinsilk]

Gérard Pipart for Nina Ricci Haute Couture Collection Fall/Winter 1964-65. Actress Claudia Cardinale in a white silk cocktail dress trimmed with ostrich feathers.

Gérard Pipart pour Nina Ricci Collection Haute Couture Automne/Hiver 1964-65. L'actrice Claudia Cardinale dans un robe de cocktail de soie blanche bordée de plumes d'autruche.

[darlingdawnvintage]

Iris Bianchi ✨ Italian model ✨Bazaar Magazine 1957

[vintage-tigre]

[kitsunetsuki]

Bert Stern - Monica Vitti (Vogue 1966)