Roberto Capucci: Fashion Really Is Art!

Creations which take on a luminescent glow as the light changes.

Capucci's fabric palette sings with a symphony of colors.

Dresses appear as flower blossoms.

A reinterpretation of vivid red featuring nine skirts.

A rare Capucci creation with detailed bead work.

Fifty years ago a young fashion designer, Roberto Capucci showed his creations in Philadelphia at a trade fair celebrating the 100th anniversary of the unification of  Bella Italia.
The designs were sensational and helped make Capucci renowned in the fashion world and beyond. This remarkably inventive master of haute couture became a sort of "designer's designer," inspring so many others along the way.
Now, Capucci is back.
In a dazzling exhibition the Philadelphia Museum of Art you can see more than 80 of  Capucci's unique creations beginning Wednesday and continuing through June 5.
Roberto Capucci: Art Into Fashion will open your eyes to Capucci's work which he describes as as "a study in form" inspired by art, architecture, and nature.
For Capucci, the act of creation is a complete sensory experience; he has described it as an assault—of art, beauty, color, emotion, music, nature, poetry. For the viewer the experience is magical and unforgettable. 
The colors, the fabrics, the line, the form and the structure of  Roberto Capucci's work will make you a believer.
Yes, fashion is art and you'll never again look at elegant clothing quite the same way.
Join Capucci for his return to Philadelphia (and celebrate the 150th anniversary of Italy's unification) at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
All photos copyright 2011 by Dan Cirucci.