Lancetti
Lancetti is the Roman fashion house of Pino Lancetti, the "tailor painter", which made its debut at Florence's Palazzo Pitti in 1961.
Pino Lancetti came from Bastia Umbra, in Umbria, and worked from an atelier in Rome. In 1961 he showed his first collection in the Sala Bianca of Palazzo Pitti in Florence. The press called him the "tailor painter" for collections drawn from painters and art movements. Printed fabrics and, from the 1980s, embroidery became the house's signatures, and the house records a 1986 collection dedicated to Picasso shown at Villa Medici in Rome. Pino Lancetti died in Rome in 2007.
The house.
Pino Lancetti came from Bastia Umbra, in Umbria, and worked from an atelier in Rome. In 1961 he showed his first collection in the Sala Bianca of Palazzo Pitti in Florence.
The press called him the "tailor painter" for collections drawn from painters and art movements. Printed fabrics and, from the 1980s, embroidery became the house's signatures, and the house records a 1986 collection dedicated to Picasso shown at Villa Medici in Rome. Pino Lancetti died in Rome in 2007.
What the pieces show.
- 01The tailor painterCollections drawn from painters and art movements.
- 02Print and embroideryThe two signatures of the house.
- 03Rome and FlorenceA Roman atelier, first shown at Palazzo Pitti in 1961.
Read the piece,
not the name.
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Lancetti in the archive.
About Lancetti.
What is Lancetti?
Lancetti is the fashion house of Pino Lancetti, a designer from Bastia Umbra who worked in Rome, known as the "tailor painter". He showed his first collection at Palazzo Pitti in Florence in 1961.
Why was Pino Lancetti called the tailor painter?
The press called him that for collections inspired by painters and art movements, shown in printed fabrics and embroidery.
Where is Lancetti from?
Italy: Rome.