Anna Piaggi: Fashion Visionary (2016)
Overview
The world of fashion, between the end of the Sixties and the beginning of the Noughties, had a key character that embodied its spirit and told the tale: journalist Anna Piaggi, living witness of that contamination between art, society and culture that changed fashion and sanctioned its success on a global scale. The daughter of a manager for La Rinascente (Milan's iconic high-end shopping mall whose foundation goes back to 1865), Karl Lagerfeld's muse, "a poet with her clothes" in the words of Bill Cunningham, her life is retraced through interviews with designers (Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, Stephen Jones, Manolo Blahnik, and more) together with archival images from four decades of fashion history.
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Directed By
Alina Marazzi
Crew
Alina Marazzi
Henri Ehrlich
Sara Foglieni
Claudia Amendola
Ivan Mosconi
Ilaria Fraioli
Tommaso Barbaro
Duccio Servi
Massimo Mariani
TOP CAST
Manolo Blahnik
Self
Claudia Botta
Self
Stephen Jones
Self
Rosita Missoni
Self
Roberto Pagnini
Self
Galatea Piaggi
Self
Stefano Piaggi
Self
Luca Stoppini
Self
Giorgio Armani
Self (archive footage)
Karl Lagerfeld
Self (archive footage)
Anna Piaggi
Self (archive footage)
Gianni Versace
Self (archive footage)
Gianfranco Ferré
Self (archive footage)
Krizia
Self (archive footage)
Franco Moschino
Self (archive footage)
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