Roberto Capucci

Roberto Capucci (born December 2, 1930 in Rome) is an Italian fashion designer.

Biography

Capucci attended art school at Accademia di Belle Arti, where he studied with the artists Mazzacurati, Avenali, and Libero De Libero.

In 1950, he opened his first atelier in Sistina. In 1951, for the first time, he showed his creations at Giovanni Battista Giorgini’s Villa in Florence. Giorgini is considered the talent scout of “''Italian High Fashion''”, and the inventor of “Made in Italy”.

In 1952, together with other designers such as Vincenzo Ferdinandi, the Sartoria Antonelli, the Atelier Carosa, Giovannelli-Sciarra, Polinober, Germana Marucelli, the Sartoria Vanna, Jole Veneziani, and sixteen sportswear companies and boutiques, they held the first historic show at the Sala Bianca of Palazzo Pitti in Florence. A very young Oriana Fallaci, sent by the weekly Epoca, told the news.

In 1958 he created the ''“Linea a Scatola”'' (Box Line), for which he received the Boston Fashion Award''' (Filene’s Young Talent Design Award) as the best creator of fashion along with Pierre Cardin and James Galanos.

In 1961, French critics welcomed him with enthusiasm at the Paris fashion shows. For this reason, he opened his atelier at n°4 mme rue Cambon in Paris in 1962.

In 1968, he returned to Italy in his atelier at Gregoriana in Rome, where he showed his collections during the fashion calendar organized by the Camera Nazionale dell’Alta Moda, and in the same year, he drew costumes for Silvana Mangano and Terence Stamp for Pier Paolo Pasolini’s movie “Teorema”.

In July 1970, he displayed his work for the first time at the ''Nymphaeum of Museo di Arte Etrusca'' at Villa Giulia in Rome, with a collection that revolutionized the tradition of fashion, with models wearing boots with low heels without makeup and hairstyling.

He began big experimentation with the inclusion of decorative, rigid, and structural elements, in a mix of rich and poor materials, precious fabrics, stones, and straw.

In 1980, Capucci left the Camera Nazionale Della Moda and decided to show the collections out of all calendars and institutions and only when he was ready.

With the exhibition “''Roberto Capucci l’Arte Nella Moda - Volume, Colore e Metodo''” in 1990 at Palazzo Strozzi in Florence, his explosive season began with big praise from critics and audiences in the most important museum of the world, including Kunsthistorisches Museum (Wien), Nordiska Museet (Stockholm), Pushkin Museum (Moscow), Philadelphia Museum of Art, Reggia di Venaria Reale (Turin).

In 1995, he was invited to show his creations at the Esposizione Internazionale di Arti Visive. La Biennale di Venezia, at the edition of the century 1985 -1995.

In 2005, with the Associazione Civita, he founded ''Fondazione Roberto Capucci'' to preserve his archive of 439 historical dresses, 500 signed illustrations, 22,000 original draws, a full press release, an extensive photo, and a media library.

In 2007, he opened the Roberto Capucci Foundation Museum with exhibitions and intense teaching activities, in Florence at the Villa Bardini.

In April 2013, he carried out the event “''Roberto Capucci per i giovani designer. Oltre (a)gli abiti – il design prende una nuova piega''” in Milan, with the Awards at Royal Palace of Milan and the exhibition/event at Palazzo Morando.

In 2010, he collaborated with artists Maurizio Martusciello and Mattia Casalegno in the audiovisual installation 'Il Gesto Sospeso', commissioned by FENDI, and premiered at the Hadrian Temple for the Rome Fashion Week.

Exhibitions

Notes and references

External links

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Fashion designers from Rome
1930 births
Living people
Italian fashion designers
Businesspeople from Rome