Homecoming parade channels art and power of Rome for Fendi

Maria Grazia Chiuri returns to city of birth with haute couture inspired by kimono shapes and draping the bodyThis is a cultural problem, and a political problem,” said Maria Grazia Chiuri ahead of her first haute couture catwalk show for Fendi.The problem, as she sees it, is Italy’s unwillingness to acknowledge fashion’s role in culture by giving it space in museums. To challenge this, she bookended her Rome catwalk event with two fashion exhibitions in the city. Continue reading...