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Fashion to the Maxxi

The new exhibition Bellissima: The Italy of High Fashion 1945-1968 looks at the elegant, sophisticated and often cinematic creations of designers from that period, like Capucci, Simonetta and Mila Schön. Fitting, then, that the gala celebrating its opening at the Maxxi Museum in Rome drew the big names of contemporary Italian fashion including Miuccia Prada, Frida Giannini, Alberta Ferretti and Peter Dundas. The Saturday evening event, sponsored by Bulgari (also a main partner in the exhibition, which highlights some of the brand's glittering jewels) kicked off with preview of the show, curated by Anna Mattirolo, Maria Luisa Frisa and W Magazine's Editor in Chief Stefano Tonchi. Afterwards, attendees enjoyed dinner and a special performance by Vanessa Beecroft, featuring a tableau of women cloaked in gossamer, caftan-type garments and veils like so many high fashion priestesses.
Margareth Made and Peter Dundas
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Margareth Made and Peter Dundas. Photo by Getty Images.

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Angela and Teresa Missoni. Photo by Getty Images.

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Delfina Delettrez Fendi. Photo by Getty Images.

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Stefano Tonchi. Photo by Getty Images.

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Vittoria Puccini. Photo by Getty Images.

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Nicola Bulgari and Melusine Ruspoli. Photo by Getty Images.

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Patrizio Bertelli and Miuccia Prada. Photo by Getty Images.

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Giovanna Melandri and Jean Christophe Babin. Photo by Getty Images.

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Frida Giannini. Photo by Getty Images.

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Karmen Pedaru. Photo by Getty Images.

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Ginevra Elkann. Photo by Getty Images.

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Catrinel Marlon. Photo by Getty Images.

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Isabella Ferrari. Photo by Getty Images.

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Italian FashionMaxxi Museum