The Decisive 60 years in Fashion

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Textile in Italy

A�er the end of the Second World War, Italy was a country in full reconstruc�on. Textures were derived from war companies (e.g. silk fabrics for parachutes) making again precious fabrics for French high fashion houses, with customers like Dior, Givenchy, Balmain and Lanvin. A�er 1945, in Italy there was a new development of the districts, par�cularly concentrated in the north-central part, as it follows:

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