Wool dress and jacket ensemble
Alberto Fabiani · Spring/Summer 1967
Italy
Alberto Fabiani
- Italian couture
- Tailored suits
- Coats
Alberto Fabiani came from a family of Roman dressmakers and trained in a Paris fashion house before developing his own couture business. He participated in Giovanni Battista Giorgini's Florence presentation in 1951.
Alberto Fabiani and Simonetta Colonna di Cesarò.
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Wool dress and jacket ensemble
Spring/Summer 1967
A published and attributed example of this designer or label’s work: Wool dress and jacket ensemble.
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London; T.322&A-1978
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Ivory silk jacket and dress
1966-1968 · Victoria and Albert Museum collection; original collection not stated
A short, double-breasted jacket balances a simply cut dress in heavy silk.
©Victoria and Albert Museum, London/Alberto Fabiani
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Grey flannel evening ensemble
1970s · Victoria and Albert Museum collection; original collection not stated
Beaded borders turn sober grey flannel into formal eveningwear.
©Victoria and Albert Museum, London/Alberto Fabiani
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Champagne beaded evening dress
1970 · Victoria and Albert Museum collection; original collection not stated
Repeated scalloping produces a shifting zigzag surface over a long, gently flared dress.
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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Ivory cocktail dress with beaded side panels
Circa 1968; season not documented
Shimmering beaded side panels enliven the clean shape of this short, long-sleeved dress.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Jerry Silverman, Inc., 1968Collections & archive pieces
1 collections represented · 1 pieceSpring/Summer 1967
1 piece
About Alberto Fabiani
A later professional partnership with Simonetta Colonna di Cesarò brought him back to Paris; he returned to Rome in 1964 and continued designing there until 1974.