The role of the sartoria in post-war Italy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12547692 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sonnet Stanfill (Victoria and Albert Museum, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 83-91 |
| Publication date | 2014-12-13 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Modern Italian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1354-571X • E-ISSN: 1469-9583 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1354571x.2014.973156 |
| OpenAlex | W2090742843 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 2 |
This article aims to build on established scholarship by highlighting a little-studied area of fashion production, that of the regional Italian dressmaker. Using one woman's wardrobe as a lens through which to consider established patterns of consumption, this article examines the role of the sartoria or dressmaker in post-war Italy. After a brief discussion of the reputation and dynamics of the related but more exclusive Italian couture, the author defines the characteristics of clothing produced by Italy's regional, small-scale dressmakers and their importance within Italy's fashion system. The author draws conclusions based upon close examination of one woman's wardrobe, created by the Turin workshop Sartoria Grimaldi and now housed in the Victoria and Albert Museum's permanent collection. A selection of this wardrobe was researched and exhibited for the first time in 2014 within the Museum's major exhibition ‘The Glamour of Italian Fashion 1945–2014’
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Art history · Clothing · Consumption (sociology · Exhibition · Political science · Reputation · Scholarship · Social science · Sociology · Visual arts · Art, Politics, and Modernism · Crafts, Textile, and Design · Fashion and Cultural Textiles · History · Law
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2014 - 2026 (13) |
| Highly cited | No |