Felice Anniversario! Contained in the “Sixty Years of Vogue Italia” Exhibition Opening in Milan

“All the pieces is so fantastic that I really feel like crying,” uttered an exhibition-goer ultimately night time’s opening and celebration for Sixty Years of Vogue Italia: Sixty Years of the Future. The showcase (open now by September 21) on the resplendent Palazzo Citterio is devoted to the anniversary of {a magazine} that, from its very beginnings, has been intertwined with the tradition of Italy (and past) by the individuals who have participated each inside and out of doors its pages. On show are sixty covers for every luminous yr of the Italian publication.

Extra murmurs from the night time? “I used to be 27 years previous when this cowl got here out, Madonna shot by Steven Meisel for the primary time.” “I knew Franca Sozzani; she at all times appeared to show me the worth of freedom.” “Vogue Italia is an achievement—it represents all of the efforts we now have made to get right here.” It was an evening the place folks and reminiscences mingled.

Associates of the journal and personalities of tradition, style, and pictures have been invited on the editorial journey that began in 1964 (when Vogue Italia was nonetheless Novelty) and arrived at this time day, beneath the course of Francesca Ragazzi, Head of content material of the journal.

Friends, together with Anna Wintour and Giorgio Armani, who recalled how Vogue Italia noticed the delivery of his first brand, have been within the firm of the town’s high design skills: Sabato De Sarno, Glenn Martens, Alberta Ferretti, Luisa Beccaria, Maximilian Davis, Fausto Puglisi, the Missoni household, and extra. Additionally there have been actors, singers, athletes, equivalent to Veronica Yoko, and, in fact, the fashions got here out! Eva Herzigova, Amelia Grey, and Angelina Kendall snaked by the exhibition and cocktail occasion. Whereas music from the Curly Brothers stuffed the house, a collection of Martini cocktails and Marchesi’s customized truffles have been provided within the Palazzo’s courtyard of the historic constructing on By way of Brera. The temper within the room wasn’t not like a grand birthday celebration for Vogue Italia.

Curated by artwork director Ferdinando Verderi (artistic director of Vogue Italia from 2019 to 2021), the exhibition is produced in collaboration with Pinacoteca di Brera and Regione Lombardia beneath the patronage of the Metropolis of Milan and Digital camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana, to coincide with the opening of Milan Style Week.