Mannequins at the Fiorella Gallery.

Fiorella Gallery

Venice


Fiorella has been pioneering rebel couture since 1968 but you'll need a rock-star budget to afford one of her silk-velvet smoking jackets in louche lavender and oxblood, printed by hand with skulls, peacocks or a Fiorella signature: wide-eyed rats. Hours vary; as the sign says, 'open some time’.


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