Pino Lancetti

Pino Lancetti
Born27 November 1932 (1932-11-27)
Died8 March 2007 (2007-03-09) (aged 74)
Rome, Italy
Occupation(s)Fashion designer and retailer

Giuseppe "Pino" Lancetti (27 November 1932 – 8 March 2007) was an Italian fashion designer and the founder of the Lancetti fashion label. He was nicknamed the "sarto pittore" ("tailor painter").

Life and career

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Born in Bastia Umbra, Lancetti studied at the Accademia San Bernardino di Betto in Perugia, and in 1954 he moved to Rome where he opened an atelier in Via Margutta.[1] In 1961, he launched his first ready-to-wear at Palazzo Pitti in Florence, and in 1963 he had his breakout with a military-inspired collection.[1]

Between late 1960s and 1970s Lancetti presented several collections inspired by famous painters, which got him the nickname of "sarto pittore" ("tailor painter").[1] He got significant international success, notably in Japan, and he dressed many celebrities, including Audrey Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, Silvana Mangano, Annie Girardot, Queen Paola of Belgium, Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary, Salima Aga Khan.[1][2] In 2002, he sold his company to a Turin-based group and retired.[3] He died after a long illness on 8 March 2007, at the age of 74.[1][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "E' morto lo stilista Pino Lancetti Il 'sarto pittore' aveva 75 anni". La Repubblica. 8 March 2007. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Addio a Pino Lancetti, il "sarto pittore"". Il Giornale (in Italian). 8 March 2007. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  3. ^ a b "E' morto Pino Lancetti, il sarto pittore". La Stampa (in Italian). 8 March 2007. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
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