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Anna Piaggi, fashion journalist, dies at 81 For years, her vibrant dress sense — including funky hats and theatrical makeup — made her a standout at the Paris and Milan fashion shows.
Feb. 25, 2011
Cinzia Zanotti and Anna Piaggi attend the Vicini presentation at Milan’s Fashion Week.
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Sept. 26, 2010
Piaggi attends the Missoni Spring-Summer 2011 fashion collection showing in Milan. Piaggi started her career as a translator for Mondadori publishing company and went on to write for, among other publications, Vogue Italia.
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Sept. 25, 2010
From left, Bryanboy, Piaggi and Anna dello Russo attend the Emilio Pucci Spring/Summer 2011 Womenswear fashion show in Milan. For years, Piaggi’s vibrant dress sense — including funky hats and theatrical makeup — made her stand out on the front rows of Milan and Paris runway shows.
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Sept. 28, 2009
Piaggi attends amfAR Milano 2009 red carpet, the Inaugural Milan Fashion Week event at La Permanente in Milan. The Victoria and Albert Museum in London held an exhibition in 2006 of her extensive wardrobe collection, including thousands of dresses and hundreds of pairs of shoes.
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Sept. 24, 2009
Piaggi, second from right, attends the Moschino Cheap and Chic women's Spring/Summer 2010 fashion collection presentation in Milan. She provided inspiration for designer Karl Lagerfeld, who published a sketchbook of her creations and once wrote “Anna invents fashion.”
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July 7, 2009
Piaggi arrives for French designer Christian Lacroix 2009/2010 Autumn-Winter Haute Couture collection show in Paris.
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March 2, 2009
Piaggi poses upon arrival for the opening of the photo exhibition “Extreme Beauty in Vogue” at the Palazzo della Ragione in Milan.
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Sept. 22, 2008
Roberto Pagnini and Anna Piaggi attend the "Russia 10 Years in Vogue" party during Milan Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2009.
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Jan. 31, 2006
Zandra Rhodes and Piaggi attend the private view for Piaggi's exhibition "Fashion-ology" at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. The exhibition explored her working style through drawings, photographs and storyboards, and it featured vintage couture and designer clothing from her personal collection.
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Jan. 31, 2006
From left, designers Vivienne Westwood and Jean-Charles de Castelbajac join Piaggi at the private viewing of "Fashion-ology" at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
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Jan. 29, 2006
Piaggi poses next to one of her dresses while Stephen Jones adjusts a hat of his design on a mannequin at the “Fashion-ology” exhibition. Jones on Tuesday paid tribute to Piaggi, saying she had served as his “guiding light and an inspiration” and praising her for her “effervescence and inventiveness.”
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Jan. 29, 2006
Dresses designed by Piaggi are seen at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
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Feb. 21, 2009
Piaggi is seen ahead of Vivienne Westwood's catwalk show at London Fashion Week. British hat designer Stephen Jones said Piaggi was “a talisman for all those around the world who believe that fashion is a way of life and that freedom of expression should manifest itself in what we wear.”
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