On Versace, Valentino and other important shows that didn’t make the main list.
“To understand Italian fashion, you need to start at the beginning,” says Pamela Golbin, one of the five panelists who recently helped T determine the 25 most influential postwar women’s wear collections. She’s referring to February 1951 at the Florentine home of Giovanni Battista Giorgini, an Italian entrepreneur who invited American journalists and department store buyers to discover the nation’s brightest talents. In his private residence, Giorgini hosted a small show with multiple designers, including Emilio Pucci, presenting not just the best of Italian fashion but a less expensive, sportier alternative to the sophisticated French style that
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