Capucci

Roberto Capucci is an Italian fashion designer and creative director of his fashion house, Capucci. He opened his first workshop in Rome in 1951 after his studies at the Accademia di Belle Arti in the same city. By the age of 27, he was considered by Christian Dior as one of the best Italian fashion designers. He presented his creations for the first time in 1951 in the house of iconic Italian fashion scout Giovanni Battista Giorgini. The launching of an international career in fashion design soon followed. His innovative creations received the Boston Fashion Award in 1958 and were greeted with great enthusiasm at the Paris fashion shows in 1961. Roberto Capucci continues to be an icon on the international fashion scene. In 2005, the Fondazione Roberto Capucci was created to preserve the rich heritage of his works, followed by the Roberto Capucci Foundation Museum in 2007. In 2017, Roberto Capucci Foundation moved its headquarters in Villa Manin, near Udine, thanks to ERPAC, the Ente Regionale Patrimonio Culturale of the region Friuli Venezia Giulia.

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