Postcards from Italy: Fashion

A vintage store is all you need to start understanding Italian fashion. Rummaging through the stratification of shapes and time will help you understand and touch firsthand how a good fabric is made. The right balance between different fibres, the crunch of an overcoat, the softness of a winter jacket. The delicate caress of a silk blouse. As you lightly touch, observe, and try on one garment after another, you will be thrown into an incredible universe, where expert hands have measured a live body palm by palm to sew a dress that will make it more beautiful. The secret? The work of the hands is a serious matter in Italy. And you will realise it as soon as you slip into that garment that was made in a small boutique or tailor shop for a celebrity or an ordinary person who used it for several years.