The Notebook nr.0, whose number-no number is chosen in order to dedicate the first release to the company and archive history, tells the archive work phases from the recovery of paper and upholsteries to its computer cataloguing.
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The Notebook nr.1, the first one of the series to be really thematic, based on the famous yarn brand Lana Gatto, which from the 20th century had a wide spread for the precious yarns appreciated everywhere and for a good innovative and forward-looking marketing based also on thematic calendars illustrated by famous designers of the time and made by spinning as a tribute to customers.
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The Notebook nr.2, which deals with women’s fashion from the 40s to the 70s with regard to the fabrics produced by Tollegno 1900 and in particular offers an insight on LanBe, the brand linked to the production of high fashion fabrics purchased by the most great designers of that time, in fact a dress made with cloth Lanbe is now on display at the Metropolitan Museum in New York.
Women’s fashion in the 1950s and 1970s received a prestigious review by Dimitri Brunetti in «Archivi» Rivista dell’ANAI, n. 1/2018, pp. 102-103.
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The Notebook nr.3, which deals with men’s fashion from the 40s to the 70s with regard to the fabrics produced by Tollegno 1900, in particular, it tells the story of the first men’s fashion festival, which took place in Sanremo (IM) from the 50s to 70s and in which they paraded models of couture at the time when the great revolution of ready-made fashion was born.
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The Notebook nr.4 tells about the participation of Tollegno 1900 in the Fiere Campionarie of the first half of the 20th century all over the world because the company was already very important at that time and therefore took part in all the most famous commercial exhibitions of the period. The archive preserves the documents of participation in the fairs, the correspondence with the fitters and with the artists who took care of the scenography and in some cases the sketches of the stands. For the Fiera di Milano, the FdM Foundation has kindly provided us with images of the stands that are kept in their historical archive. Creating connections between historical archives that can fully illustrate a specific story is always very exciting for the Tollegno 1900 archive team.
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