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Brioni: Tailoring Legends

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For more than seventy-five years, Brioni has remained the go-to tailor for the world’s most iconic men. Founded in 1945 by visionary tailors Nazareno Fonticoli and Gaetano Savini, the label’s...

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La saga Brioni, en 50 ans d’archives; By: Lucie René, L’Officiel Online (France), April 2022

Assouline Publishing To Release ‘Brioni: Tailoring Legends’, Imboldn (US), February 2022

Brioni, un tailleur légendaire; By: Hugo Moret, L’Opinion Online (France), February 2022

Olivier Saillard is a recognized fashion historian. He was named director of the Musée de la Mode in Marseille in 1995, then curator of fashion exhibitions at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris in 2000, and director of the Palais Galliera, the Musée de la Mode de la Ville de Paris, in 2010. Since 2018 he has been the artistic, image and culture director at the luxury accessories brand J.M. Weston. The author of several books, including Dior by Christian Dior (Assouline, 2016), Saillard has also curated major exhibitions, including Yohji Yamamoto: Just Clothes; Christian Lacroix: Clothing History; an Azzedine Alaia retrospective; Madame Grès: Couture at Work; and the Ephemeral Museum of Fashion at the Palazzo Pitti.

Bret Easton Ellis is the author of six novels and a collection of stories, which have been translated into thirty_x0002_two languages. He lives in Los Angeles.

The Legends Collection

Brioni: Tailoring Legends

$195

The Brioni suit came the closest of any suit I ever wore that had this particular mix of classicism and comfort, of being both fashionable and timeless.

— Bret Easton Ellis

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Page count

264 pages

Number of illustrations

200

Language

English

Released on

February 2022

Dimensions

W 10.9 x L 13.8 x D 4.2 in

Cover materials

Linen hardcover in a luxury slipcase

ISBN

9781614288701

Weight

7.0 lb

Author

Olivier Saillard

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