Italian designer Nino Cerruti will be honored with a retrospective exhibition at the June edition of Pitti Uomo, the semi-annual men's wear trade show held in Florence, media announced.
"A series of phenomenal combinations allowed me to start my
career, I tried to join artisanal craft with industrial
manufacturing industry to push the same manufacturing to
transform quality and craftsmanship.
I made clothing that
people could really wear ", Cerruti said at the Pitti Uomo
press conference in Milan on Thursday.
"Mr. Nino", organized by Fondazione Pitti Discovery Museum
Marino Marini and curated by Cerruti and Italy's top fashion
journalist Angelo Flaccavento, will debut at Pitti Uomo and run
through July 7.
The exhibition is an overview of Cerruti's career and
highlights the transformation of the tailoring industry.
"To look at the wardrobe will be like browsing through a
diary that tells vision, craftsmanship, history and culture of
fabric," Flaccavento said.
Cerrutti added, "because the purpose of fashion is not to
make people different but more beautiful".
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