Anna Piaggi Explained

Anna Maria Piaggi
Birth Date:22 March 1931
Birth Place:Milan, Italy
Death Place:Milan, Italy
Occupation:fashion writer
Language:Italian
Spouse:Alfa Castaldi

Anna Maria Piaggi (22 March 1931 – 7 August 2012) was an Italian fashion writer. She was known for her bright blue hair, liberal use of make-up, and her sense of style that mixed vintage and contemporary fashion.[1]

Career

Piaggi was born in Milan on 22 March 1931.[2] She worked as a translator for an Italian publishing company Mondadori, then wrote for fashion magazines such as the Italian edition of Vogue and, in the 1980s, the avant-garde magazine Vanity. From 1988 she designed double page spreads in the Italian Vogue, where her artistic flair was given free expression in a montage of images and text, with layout by Luca Stoppini.[3] These networks of images and ideas built upon Piaggi's awareness of fashion and art history to provide an open-ended attempt at understanding fashion designers' influences.

She used a bright red Olivetti "Valentina" manual typewriter designed by Ettore Sottsass in 1969.[4] She was recognized at runway shows by her distinct style of dress, and after her death the Victoria and Albert Museum in London held an exhibition of her wardrobe.

Piaggi appeared in the documentary Bill Cunningham New York about The New York Times fashion and social photographer Bill Cunningham.[5]

Personal life

Piaggi married the photographer Alfa Castaldi in 1962 in New York. Castaldi died in 1995.[6] Piaggi died in Milan on 7 August 2012.[7] [8]

Books

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Book: Pass, Victoria Rose. https://www.bloomsburyfashioncentral.com/products/fashion-photography-archive/article/anna-piaggi. Anna Piaggi. Fashion Photography Archive . London: Bloomsbury. 2015. 10.5040/9781474260428-fpa174. 978-147426042-8 .
  2. Diana Formaggio, Francesco Marraro (1987). Il "chi è" del giornalismo italiano: repertorio ragionato ad uso degli uffici stampa. Roma: Al. Ver. editrice. Accessed May 2014.
  3. Web site: Anna Piaggi - The Exhibition . 2014-05-22 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070711150607/http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/fashion/exhibs_displays/anna_piaggi/piaggi_exhibition/index.html . 2007-07-11 . . Victoria and Albert Museum. Archived 11 July 2007.
  4. Web site: Anna Piaggi: Fashion-ology; 2 February 2006 – 23 April 2006 . 2007-05-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070630135833/http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/fashion/exhibs_displays/anna_piaggi/index.html . 2007-06-30 . . Victoria and Albert Museum. Archived 30 June 2007.
  5. News: 'Bill Cunningham New York', gets UK cinema release. 9 August 2012. Whitwort. Melissa. 1 February 2012. London. The Daily Telegraph.
  6. News: ON THE STREET; Apart From the Crowd. The New York Times. 20 January 2008. Cunningham. Bill. 27 March 1994.
  7. News: Fashion world mourns death of fashion writer Anna Piaggi. https://web.archive.org/web/20120808052753/http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/article/TMG9458877/Fashion-world-mourns-death-of-fashion-writer-Anna-Piaggi.html. dead. 8 August 2012. The Telegraph. 7 August 2012. Bergin. Olivia. 7 August 2012. London.
  8. News: Fashion journalist Anna Piaggi, 81, was known for her unique style of clothing . The Washington Post . Hank . Stuever . 9 August 2012.

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