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Functionally Fashionable: Oliviero Toscani
A newly opened exhibition at Florence’s Stazione Leopolda explores the connection between workwear and fashion design.
Text by Anna Battista | Published 14 January 2009
Visitors stepping into Florence’s Stazione Leopolda to see the exhibition “Workwear - Lavoro Moda Seduzione” (Workwear – Work Fashion Seduction) will be welcomed by a strange universe made of loud metallic noises, images and videos, bright colours and experimental materials that, superficially, don’t seem to have any connection with the world of fashion. How could it be possible to trace any kind of relationship between fireproof suits in multi-layered fibres, hardhats, welders’ masks or shoes with reinforced soles and amazing creations by contemporary designers?
