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Consuelo Crespi – An Italian Vogue editor’s farewell

Posted Nov 10, 2010

A New York 20th-century elite girl that became an Italian aristocrat after a successful blind date, died last month. At Swide we want to pay tribute to such a great personality of the past century that has continuously worked on being a bridge between America and Italy.

 

A socialite at a time when glamorous and faultless elegant parties were breaking the news. She knew everybody that was a “fashion” somebody and introduced talented Italian designers and family owned fashion brands to other markets. A perfect and sharp eye to judge what was to become a trend, she was picked by Vogue US editor-in-chief Diana Vreeland in 1964 to be Vogue’s Italian editor as a proof and confirmation of her value on the dressing scene. 

 

Discovering her life journey is like daydreaming about a future that we would all wish to have. How great must it have been to attend Truman Capote’s legendary Black & White Ball back in the sixties? How superb must it have been to live between the new and the old world when these two were sharing the best they had?

 
When elegance was not only a matter of glitter but was a real state of mind, a posture and an attitude that made the most casual pair of blue jeans look stunning.
She seemed to have it all, she lived it all and said goodbye to us after having truly influenced post-war fashion.

Text by Delphine Hervieu.
Sources: nytimes.com, boston.com, ft.com

 

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