L'abito per pensare
1. Section 1
2. Section 2
3. Section 3
4. Section 4, 5, 6
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