Sanremo Fashion: When Costume Met Couture
Between the 1970s and 1990s, Sanremo’s costumes were meant for (moderate) shock and awe
As much as Sanremo is Italy’s most eminent music festival, the event is hardly just a music show: the songs are just one component of a variety-style tv show known for its hosts, performers, comic interludes, and the endless stream of discourse that arises after each night. Needless to say, fashion has become the subject of discussion just as much as t…