"You begin to make fashion", this is the name of the exhibition that celebrates the fashion of the legendary Raffaella Carrà, an extraordinary international artist. A public service tribute to the famous show girl with the creation of a glamorous showcase made up of 35 dresses. Some of them are supplied to the Sartorie Rai, others come from private collectors who have restored them and which also represent a cross-section of the history of Italian television. The exhibition is organized by the Prime Time Entertainment Department of Rai, in collaboration with the Communication Department, Rai Pubblicità, Rai Teche and the Municipality of Sanremo and with the support of the partners The Mall Sanremo and Swarovski.
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The exhibition, set up at the Forte di Santa Tecla in Sanremo, opens today (February 6) and will go on until next Sunday. In practice, the exhibition event coincides with the 73rd edition of the Sanremo Festival; in fact, there will also be a special showcase at the Casino where the press accredited to the festival works. The Rai director Paola Di Pietro edited all the films and videos from Rai Teche; Marvi De Angelis style expert is art director and, with the costume designer Stefano Rianda, he oversaw the stylistic choice of the garments to be exhibited.
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From 'outrageous' 60s tight-fitting stage costumes to 80s ruffled maxi dresses, from black to bright red, her favorite colour, Raffaella Carra it was also decidedly unique in style. The exhibition at Forte Santa Tecla offers the public the clothes worn by the singer and dancer in her countless shows. From Canzonissima in Milleluci, they are garments of the Rai tailoring and also other clothes of the Carrà collection owned by Vincenzo Mola and Giovanni Gioia who exceptionally made it available for the occasion.
Also on display are two other fabulous creations and many memorabilia from the Rai Radio and TV Museum in via Verdi in Turin. Also in this case objects and garments sold, only and exclusively, for theexhibition event sanremese. The stylistic collage is a journey that starts from black and white TV and then winds through a kaleidoscope of colours, glitter, sequins and crystals Swarovski. A look that is always ahead of the times, sparkling and elegantly transgressive, thanks to which Carrà has broken patterns and stereotypes by launching ways of being and dressing that have made it apop icon world. An example of a strong, free and emancipated woman, in times when gender equality was a chimera.
(Featured photo Raffaella Carrà official page)
