- Born
- Died
- Anna Piaggi was born in 1931 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. She was married to Alfa Castaldi. She died on August 7, 2012 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy.
- SpouseAlfa Castaldi(1962 - 2005) (his death)
- Credited with introducing vintage fashion to the Italians was a celebrated fashion writer who contributed extensively to Vogue Italia with double-page spreads.
- Piaggi worked as a translator for an Italian publishing company Mondadori, then written for fashion magazines such as the Italian edition of Vogue and, in the 1980s, the avant-garde magazine Vanity.
- Since 1969, she used a bright red manual Olivetti valentine typewriter for her work.
- Piaggi had a large clothes collection, including 2865 dresses and 265 pairs of shoes, according to a 2006 exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
- In 2006, London's Victoria & Albert museum celebrated her inimitable style by staging an exhibition, 'Anna Piaggi Fashion-ology', exhibiting personal clothes archive, highlighting her extensive collection of vintage couture and designer clothing including garments by Balenciaga, Fendi, Galliano and Poiret.
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