Talk – Tales of Fashion by Olivier Saillard

Monday 17 April, 6:30 pm
Grand Salon, Villa Medici
Event in French and Italian

In partnership with NABA

Free, mandatory booking

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This event will not be recorded or broadcast.

On April 17th, in collaboration with NABA, Olivier Saillard, fashion historian, in dialogue with Luigi Piccolo, director of the Sartoria Farani, will offer a conference in the Grand Salon of the Villa Medici on the body and the silhouettes of fashion and their influence on designers and stylists throughout history.

The narrative power of clothes and costumes, the fashion heritage and its influence on contemporary designers: are the core topics of “Racconti di moda, costumi e archivi”. The talk series by MA in Fashion and Costume Design of the NABA Rome campus, is moderated by Clara Tosi Pamphili (architect, applied arts historian and critic, and NABA lecturer).

Thanks to Olivier Saillard, the audience will explore the issue of modifications of bodies and mannequins in the different historical eras. Then, the talk will deepen the study of silhouettes and show how they influenced the work of designers over time.

Olivier Saillard

Olivier Saillard is a curator, poet, performer, fashion historian and designer. He was director of the Paris Fashion Museum, Palais Galliera from 2010 to 2018. Since 2018, he has been Director of Art, Image and Culture for J.M. Weston, and since 2019 he is the initiator of Moda Povera. Today he is the director of the Azzedine Alaïa Foundation and professor in the Biennio in Fashion and Costume Design at NABA.

Photo credits:
Portrait of Olivier Saillard: © Grégoire Alexandre