ITALIAN DESIGNERS TALK VIA FASHIONS

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• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 17, 1999
• Sequence Number: 31
• Publication Date: September 28, 1965
• Content Type: NSPR

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Italian fashion designer Emilio Pucci (right)
talks shop with Mrs. Sergio Fenoaltea (left), wife
of the Italian ambassador; Mrs. Desmond
Fitzgerald (center), and another Italian
designer, Antonelli of Rome, ?at a reception
at the embassy last night for the visiting style
setters, who will stage a benefit tomorrow for
Children's Hospital.?Star Staff Photo.
Italian Designers Talk via Fashions
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Star Fashion Editor
Language was no real
barrier last night as Sh<
Italian designers talked about
,how delighted they were to be
in Washington.
Marchese Emilio Pucci, a
member of Parliament from
Florence in Italy. who says he
now has to design all the
harder because of his "other
job," speaks fluent English.
Nearly all the others com-
municated equally as well, as
members of the Italian em-
bassy staff and their wives
were pressed into instant
translating units.
Balestra, Pucci, Antonelli,
_ Litrico, Nora Aponte and
Enzo are the six designers
t who will appear at the Chil-
dren's Hospital benefit fashion
show tomorrow in the Regen-
cy Ballroom of the Shoreham
t Hotel. Approv
All were on hand last night
as honored guests at a party
held by Italian AmbasL ,dor
,and Mrs. Fenoaltea.
Four pretty Italian manne-
quins also will be on hand to
show the designs (18 from
each) from the latest show-
ings in Milan, Florence, and
Rome.
Signora Antonelli says
"Italian designers are not
strangers to the shores of
' America." Since World War II
"they have believed in us and
American women have been
the magic touch," she said.
What's more, American
women have not been fickle in
their fashion where Italy has
been concerned. "They have
been faithful and loyal."
Marchese Pucci, who first
put women into stretch pants,
has come up with a new
perfume that has yet to be
great extent. The perfume is
called "Vivara." He defines it
as smelling "of sun, sea, and
salt." He says it is the first
resort perfume.
Angelo Litrico is the one
menswear designer represent-
ed in the troupe of Italian
designers who are, swinging
around the country on similar
benefit fashion tours. At the
same time, le:e17,7, like Pucci,
Balestra and Apohte, are also
tying in with various store
promotions featuring their
designs.
Litrico is the man who
made 18 coats and 30 suits for
Khrushchev. How did he first
get into business in Rome? He
went ? to the opera and actor
Rossano Brazzi admired his
dinner clothes, and wanted to
know who had made them.
He's also done His and Her
designs for the famous,
Burton.
"But always the suit is
'classieo' he reassured us.
His new color for men is
called "Cobaltic," and is in
the blue family. Litrico llken
himself more to a doctor than
a designer. "The more con-
tact yoll have with your
1 patient the better you can
prescribe for him," is his
diagnosis:
Young Balestra, like nearly
all the other designers in the
world, is Very aware of the
ready - to - wear business in
America and in Italy.
"It makes no sense today to
have a few privileged people
only having access to high
fashion. I do not rate ready -
to - wear as only being low -
priced merchandise. Today it
is high- Class, and very nice
because it can be worn by
more women."
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party last night was Mrs.
Desmond Fitzgerald, chair-
man of the Children's Hospital '
benefit. Mr. and Mrs. John A.
Logan also Were in the group.
Two wives of Italtn embas-
sy diplomats, Mrs.r,Trances
Corrias and Mrs.": Jose&
Borga? were thopAlt p. be
models for the Ishow; they
were so slrOdnit.
Miss Celia 7t4pqsaanclro,
niece of Dr. Bruns Viva,
visiting from Milan, cas
another case of milt4gen
identity with her %pig ;
Italian flair for fathioeyancl
beauty. '
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