Across Art and Fashion

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edited by Maria Luisa Frisa, Enrica Morini, Stefania Ricci e Alberto Salvadori exhibition catalogue: (Florence, Museo Salvatore Ferragamo, Museo Marino Marini, Galleria del Costume di Palazzo Pitti, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze; Prato, Museo del Tessuto, 12 May 2016-7 April 2017) This catalogue accompanies and illustrates an exhibition that was installed in multiple venues and makes use of the many illustrious loans obtained from public and private museum collections, and the contemporary works of art created for the occasion. The new production by the Salvatore Ferragamo Museum considers the complex relationship between the worlds of art and fashion. Building on his long-held fascination with the avant-garde artistic movement of the 20th-century, Salvatore Ferragamo found inspiration in the art world and collaborated with his artistic contemporaries, inaugurating a practice that the Ferragamo brand continues to this day. Through case studies, the project will analyze the...