For the exhibition “The Art of Fashion,” works were selected from among Lucchini's most representative Fashion Art. The early 1990s Paintings, where the dress is represented by stylized details and silhouettes. The Dress Totems, totemic dress sculptures that resemble primitive idols in corten or steel covered with gold leaf, further emphasizing the deification of fashion.  The Dress Memories, white bas-reliefs in plaster or resin, depicting bodices, necklines, pleats, bows, draperies, the most sophisticated workings of fabric, tributes to the great masters of fashion, such as Gianfranco Ferrè, Issey Miyake, Emanuel Ungaro, Valentino, Yves Sait Laurent, and Giorgio Armani. The effect is that of fossil finds, making eternal the feelings Lucchini felt when he saw those clothes on the runway or published them through his fashion magazines. In Dress Toys, on the other hand, the dress becomes a toy with a futuristic flavor, an expression of a pop taste of someone who was able to interpret the evolution of society and anticipate trends.

The exhibition is a valuable and significant glimpse of the artist's monumental collection on display at the FLA FlavioLucchiniArt Museum, with 18 thematic rooms and more than 650 works, open every afternoon from Monday to Friday at Superstudio Più, Via Tortona 27 (see hours).

Also presented during the exhibition opening is AES #16 Arts+Economics, a magazine on culture and economics, published by Lombard DCA Studio and distributed free of charge. The new issue explores fashion archives and foundations: among the protagonists, in addition to Flavio Lucchini, are the Sorelle Fontana Foundation and the Missoni Archives.

Flavio Lucchini's “The Art of Fashion,” Oct. 3 through Nov. 29 - Studio Lombard, Viale Premuda 46 Milan - opening Oct. 3 at 6 p.m. (by invitation only) - for subsequent days, book a visit: tel.027788631 info@lombarddca.com