L'abito per pensare
L'abito per pensare (1)

1. Section 1

L'abito per pensare (2)

2. Section 2

L'abito per pensare (3)

3. Section 3

L'abito per pensare (4)

4. Section 4, 5, 6




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In order to highlight Versace´s career chronologically, the show was divided in six parts:
Section 1 - "dreaming of the past" updates memories: ... These were ... illuminated by a battery of refracting spotlights equipped with Fresnel lenses and 2000W halogen lamps (3200 K) set up 10 mt high near the Sala´s ceiling and oriented vertically perpendicularly from the ground;
Section 2 - "the unknown masterpiece" .... A continuous tube, fixed at 5 mt above the running dais´ axis, held up a battery of low tension halogen lamps 75 W AR 111 had beams that could range from 5° to 10°. Each dress had a spotlight focused on it with parallel beams in a light without shadows;
Section 3 − "la mise en scene" dedicated to theatre and fashion. ... Specific theatrical apparatus were used to get lighting effects from the front, the side, the proscenium and the wings, so that the clothes cum personage came alive with all the fascination of the stage;
Section 4/5/6 − styling alphabet, dress design, cultural connection. ... The handrails was also used to light up frontways both the exhibits and the slides. Totally hidden from the sight, the handrail conteined a row of low tension halogen lamps ensured that, with the light in front and close to his optical axis, the spectator´s view remained impartial. (FLARE, n° 2, April 1990)
Milan, Italy
Piero Castiglioni