Roberto Capucci is an Italian

Italy

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 fashion designer, known for his extravagant and ingeniously constructed outfits.

Biography

Known as "the Givenchy

Givenchy

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 of Rome

Rome

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" Capucci was born in Rome in 1929. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome. His first job was with the designer Emilio Schuberth

Emilio Schuberth

Emilio Federico Schuberth was an Italian designer popular in the 1940s and 1950s.Schuberth was called the "tailor of the stars"...

. In 1950, he established his own fashion house

Fashion House

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. Creating unusual, sculpted dresses in original materials, Capucci bewitched the fashion world and has, since his debut, been featured in shows representing most talented and renowned designers. He opened a couture

Haute couture

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 salon in Paris

Paris

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 in 1962, but later returned to Rome, re-establishing himself in the via Gregoriana.

He withdrew from the formal fashion world in 1980, preferring to present a single collection each year in a different city. He did this from 1982–1996.

He has also designed uniforms for the staff of Jet Airways

Jet Airways

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, India's biggest airline.

Exhibitions

• Roberto Capucci: Art into Fashion (2011)
• Fabric Sculpture Exhibit at Odescalchi Castle (2009)
• Roberto Capucci at Bracciano Castle (2009)
• Roberto Capucci fashion design at Palazzo Fortuny (2009)
• “Fantasie Guerriere” Warrior Fantasies (2008)
• Returning to Origins (2007)

External links

• Creators: Robert Capucci by Donna Paul at 1stDibs.com
• Fondazione Roberto Capucci Roberto Capucci Foundation