Museo Capucci, museum in Italy
Museo Capucci displays fashion designs by Italian designer Roberto Capucci in Villa Bardini, a Renaissance villa in Florence. The collection features garments known for their architectural structure and distinctive three-dimensional forms.
The Fondazione Roberto Capucci moved from Rome to Florence to open a temporary exhibition, "Ritorno alle origini", on 27 October 2007, which drew about 50,000 visitors. A year later it became a permanent museum, inaugurated on 18 October 2008 at Villa Bardini. It closed in November 2017 to move to Villa Manin at Passariano, though some garments stayed in Florence for the rotating costume gallery collection.
The garments on display show how Roberto Capucci treated fabrics like a sculptor, transforming clothing into wearable art. This approach changed the way designers think about fashion as three-dimensional objects rather than flat surfaces.
The museum is located in a Renaissance villa on a hill overlooking Florence's old town. Access is on foot, but there are stairs to reach the entrance.
The twelve sculptural dresses shown here were made for the 1995 Venice Biennale and were never intended to be worn. They became the core of the permanent display when the space, opened with a 2007 temporary show that drew about 50,000 visitors, turned permanent a year later.
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