Another gem of the sartorial archive is the collection of haute couture that Gabriella Lo Faro has patiently acquired: around 200 pieces from some of Europe’s greatest couturiers from the 1940s to the 1970s, including Shuberth, Cappucci, Valentino, Carosa, Veneziani, Antonelli, and others.

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These cloth masterpieces are the fruit of a fine tailor’s labor and knowledge, and they never tire of traveling the world from one show to another: from the Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome, to the Palazzo Pitti in Florence; from the Daimaru museum in Osaka to the Guggenheim in New York; from Paris’s Louvr e to Naples’ Fondazione Mondragone.

Posters from some of the more important shows: