A journey into fashion: the Museum of Costume of Palazzo Pitti

After 3 years of work, the Museum of Costume and Fashion of Palazzo Pitti has reopened its doors, adding new clothes to the permanent collection: 12 new rooms with a selection of over 50 dresses and costumes of the divas of yesterday and today.
The permanent collection has expanded and some clothes have been restored. On display there is the theatrical 'cloak-kimono' created by Mariano Fortuny for Eleonora Duse, the 1920s 'flapper' tunic by Chanel, the splendour of the paillettes of the outfit worn by Franca Florio and the flamboyant evening gowns by Elsa Schiaparelli, up to the regal luxury of the creations by Emilio Schubert, the tailor of the divas in the 1950s (his garments for Gina Lollobrigida and Sophia Loren are famous).
And again, the geometric extravagances of Patty Pravo's dress designed in the early Eighties by Gianni Versace, the essential sensuality of the black sheath designed by Jean Paul Gaultier and made famous by Madonna, the dreamy allure of Gianfranco Ferré's collection for Dior in the Nineties.
Other ten rooms will be open in spring, with the costumes of the nobility and aristocracy from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century. A room will be dedicated to the jewels from the treasure of the last Grand Duke of Tuscany, Ferdinand III of Habsburg Lorraine.