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At Palazzo Pitti the 20th century showcased in 40 dreamlike dresses: the new arrangement at the museum of Costume and Fashion
New arrangement at the Costume and Fashion Museum showcasing 40 dresses from the 20th century, from the 1920s Charleston through the 1980s.
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The first room hangs a dress worn by the wife of the painter Galileo Chini at the premiere of Turandot at La Scala on 25 April 1926, next to his triptych. It opens a run of 40 twentieth-century outfits, many never displayed before, over nine rooms of the Museum of Costume and Fashion at Palazzo Pitti.
The route goes from Charleston-era silks with Chinese, Japanese and Indian motifs to Schiaparelli and Vionnet, with Casorati's Lo Straniero among the interwar pieces. Postwar there are three dresses owned by Ingrid Bergman, one a Gattinoni, and a rare early Yves Saint Laurent from after Dior's death in 1957. Courrèges, Laug and Cardin sit against Alberto Burri's work, Roberto Capucci gets a room, and Enrico Coveri's sequins close the show. After them, your New Year's Eve outfit will look shy.
The museum plans to rotate the display yearly. Its 17th and 18th-century fashion rooms and Medici clothes are unchanged. Hours and tickets are on the Uffizi site. This display runs until 31 December 2026.
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Forty dresses run the century from 1920s Charleston beading to the 1980s, Schiaparelli, Saint Laurent and Capucci among them, in galleries reopened after a four-year renovation.
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The Turandot premiere dress
The gown Chini's wife wore at La Scala in 1926 hangs beside her husband's triptych in the opening Charleston room.
Ingrid Bergman's dresses
Three garments owned by the actress, including a Gattinoni, in the postwar section.
A young Yves Saint Laurent
A rare early dress made after Dior's death in 1957.
The Space Age room
Geometric dresses by Courrèges, Laug and Cardin shown against Alberto Burri's white and black works.
Enrico Coveri's sequins
Sequined, brightly coloured 1980s pieces end the route.
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- Vasari Corridor: Friday Evening OpeningCourtesy of Vasari Corridor
- The King's Furniture: Royal Masterpieces across Three DynastiesCourtesy of Palazzo Pitti
- Ferdinando Sarmi New York: A Journey in Fashion from Florence to Fifth AvenueCourtesy of Palazzo Pitti
- Uffizi GalleryArek N. (Arkadiusz Nanowski), CC BY-SA 3.0
- Museo GalileoEbonaiuti / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Vasari CorridorFreepenguin, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Palazzo VecchioFrancesco Bini / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Museo Nazionale del BargelloEcemaml / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0