Roberto Capucci (1930-Present)
Biography
Roberto Capucci, born in 1930, who opened his own atelier in Rome in 1950 and quickly gained a reputation as a master of both silhouette and color.
He studied art at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Rome. At the age of 21, he opened his first design house in Rome and it showed successfully in Florence the same year. Roberto Capucci reveled his first collection in 1951 where he was known as the most avant-garde fashion designer(Updike). He opened a fashion house in Paris in 1962. (stegemeyer 66) Capucci approached his work as an artist, pleating and manipulating fabric into fluid, sculptural forms(Steele). Giorgini saw his sketches and saw his potential. Media called cappuci a genius and the boy wonder. 12. From there he presented a small boutique collection that featured dress with medieval inspired details.
He studied art at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Rome. At the age of 21, he opened his first design house in Rome and it showed successfully in Florence the same year. Roberto Capucci reveled his first collection in 1951 where he was known as the most avant-garde fashion designer(Updike). He opened a fashion house in Paris in 1962. (stegemeyer 66) Capucci approached his work as an artist, pleating and manipulating fabric into fluid, sculptural forms(Steele). Giorgini saw his sketches and saw his potential. Media called cappuci a genius and the boy wonder. 12. From there he presented a small boutique collection that featured dress with medieval inspired details.
Critical Analysis
His first designs were in 1950. Roberto Capucci was in many of the Italian Fashion Shows. At the third show in Italy, the American Media finally noticed "[his] styles are a lot different. I aim for the young, thin, tall girls. I serve youth a la mode." By the fourth show one his dresses were walking down the runway. (Blum 15) He was placed in vogue in September of 1952 (Blum 16). By the eighth Itailan fashion show he stole the whole show with vivid colored and powder pastel textured fabrics painstakingly constructed of bias folds of silk layered narrow horizontal bands(Blum 20).
The ninth spring/summer show in 1955 wars full of short, very full crinolines-like dresses with sleeveless bodices and simple bateau or rounded necklines and late-day dresses in his innovative" banjo line". Which were filled through the thigh and the expanded into skirts with deep vertical folds that swayed with movement.(Blum 20) The 17th show in summer of 1959 integrated the box lines, modifying silhouette answerably by emphasizing the waistline and adding oversize uninlayered white collars. (Blum 32) The peak of his career is when he made the move to Paris to showcase his fashions in a new city. He did wonders in this area of the country with haute couture. But eventually returned to Rome where he had always designed wardrobe clothes but then ventured to make sculptured pieces something innovative and not seen on the runway as often. He was very successful with that
His inspirations were influence by Paul Poiret and the way he never alike any other designer.
Capucci has experimented daringly with cut and fabric to show dramatic sculptural and architectural effects.(stegemeyer 66)
He throughly influenced the zeitgeist of the 1950's because of his silhouettes and how other designers were dressing women at this time. By the nineteen sixties and nineteen seventies he had to change his whole aesthetic. This is where his creation has made him a everlasting figure in the fashion world. He started playing with color and fabrics and sculpted these dresses that no one had ever seen before. Also like Poiret he was more of an artist than a designer. He created designs with "complex folds, pleating, flowing overskirts, had been gently teasing the silhouette away from the human form (Updike)." It was much like the 1960 and 1970's whimsical times of sex, drugs, and rock n roll. He was influenced by nature and other countries such as the Middle East and Inida. It is apparent in his designs because of the color schemes. The originality came from within and him being able to use nature and the reflective colors contrasting each other with different shades and hues.
The ninth spring/summer show in 1955 wars full of short, very full crinolines-like dresses with sleeveless bodices and simple bateau or rounded necklines and late-day dresses in his innovative" banjo line". Which were filled through the thigh and the expanded into skirts with deep vertical folds that swayed with movement.(Blum 20) The 17th show in summer of 1959 integrated the box lines, modifying silhouette answerably by emphasizing the waistline and adding oversize uninlayered white collars. (Blum 32) The peak of his career is when he made the move to Paris to showcase his fashions in a new city. He did wonders in this area of the country with haute couture. But eventually returned to Rome where he had always designed wardrobe clothes but then ventured to make sculptured pieces something innovative and not seen on the runway as often. He was very successful with that
His inspirations were influence by Paul Poiret and the way he never alike any other designer.
Capucci has experimented daringly with cut and fabric to show dramatic sculptural and architectural effects.(stegemeyer 66)
He throughly influenced the zeitgeist of the 1950's because of his silhouettes and how other designers were dressing women at this time. By the nineteen sixties and nineteen seventies he had to change his whole aesthetic. This is where his creation has made him a everlasting figure in the fashion world. He started playing with color and fabrics and sculpted these dresses that no one had ever seen before. Also like Poiret he was more of an artist than a designer. He created designs with "complex folds, pleating, flowing overskirts, had been gently teasing the silhouette away from the human form (Updike)." It was much like the 1960 and 1970's whimsical times of sex, drugs, and rock n roll. He was influenced by nature and other countries such as the Middle East and Inida. It is apparent in his designs because of the color schemes. The originality came from within and him being able to use nature and the reflective colors contrasting each other with different shades and hues.
Analysis for Future Trends
Roberto Capucci has a strong attention to detail. He is still doing couture on a limited basis. Capucci entered into an agreement for a ready to wear collection under his name. First showing in Milan in February/ March 2003 (Stegemeyer 66).
I also own many garnets that use his color schemes and extravagant silhouettes. It has been re-made to fit from our day and time, but you can tell where they came from. It is Capucci box line garnets that have the everlasting silouhette in our world. Most don't agree with this particular cut because it does not form to the woman's body like most other designers do. His is extravagant and different.
He has had many followers such as Alexander McQueen. It was Capucci's attention to detail that made him stand out among the rest. He had such a way of expressing himself through his sculptured garnets that we see that on people such as Lady Gaga today. They wear the clothes to create a sense of controversy so people will talk about them. Another way Capucci does this is through his use of color, he creates almost such a vivid image when you look at his garnets your eyes just follow the exterior shape of it and this is established through his various cuts and textures also. His lasting silhouette is the hig is He will forever be the creator and innovator, and always live on to influence others.
I also own many garnets that use his color schemes and extravagant silhouettes. It has been re-made to fit from our day and time, but you can tell where they came from. It is Capucci box line garnets that have the everlasting silouhette in our world. Most don't agree with this particular cut because it does not form to the woman's body like most other designers do. His is extravagant and different.
He has had many followers such as Alexander McQueen. It was Capucci's attention to detail that made him stand out among the rest. He had such a way of expressing himself through his sculptured garnets that we see that on people such as Lady Gaga today. They wear the clothes to create a sense of controversy so people will talk about them. Another way Capucci does this is through his use of color, he creates almost such a vivid image when you look at his garnets your eyes just follow the exterior shape of it and this is established through his various cuts and textures also. His lasting silhouette is the hig is He will forever be the creator and innovator, and always live on to influence others.
Works Cited
Steele, Valerie . Fashion: Italian Style. New Haven, Conn., and London: Yale University Press, 2003.Stegemeyer, Anne, and Holly Alford. Who's who in fashion. 5th ed. New York: Fairchild Publications, 1988. Print.
Blum, Dilys, and Roberto Capucci. Roberto Capucci: Art into Fashion. [Philadelphia, Pa.]: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2011. Print.
"Philadelphia Museum of Art - On View." Philadelphia Museum of Art. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Aug. 2012. <http://www.philamuseum.org/exhibitions/411.html?page=1>.
Updike, David. “Roberto Capucci: Art Into Fashion.” Ornament 34.3 (2011): 66. MasterFILE Premier. Web. 29 Aug. 2012.
"WGSN Fashion Trend Forecasting & Analysis | WGSN." WGSN Fashion Trend Forecasting & Analysis | WGSN. N.p., n.d. Web. 3 Sept. 2012. <http://www.wgsn.com.>
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Blum, Dilys, and Roberto Capucci. Roberto Capucci: Art into Fashion. [Philadelphia, Pa.]: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2011. Print.
"Philadelphia Museum of Art - On View." Philadelphia Museum of Art. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Aug. 2012. <http://www.philamuseum.org/exhibitions/411.html?page=1>.
Updike, David. “Roberto Capucci: Art Into Fashion.” Ornament 34.3 (2011): 66. MasterFILE Premier. Web. 29 Aug. 2012.
"WGSN Fashion Trend Forecasting & Analysis | WGSN." WGSN Fashion Trend Forecasting & Analysis | WGSN. N.p., n.d. Web. 3 Sept. 2012. <http://www.wgsn.com.>
"YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.." YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.. N.p., n.d. Web. 9 Sept. 2012. <http://www.youtube.com>.