# Roberto Capucci

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{{short description|Italian fashion designer (born 1930)|bot=PearBOT 5}}

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| birth_place        = Rome, [Italy](/source/Kingdom_of_Italy)
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| known_for          = Sculpture dresses
| alma_mater         = [Accademia di Belle Arti](/source/Accademia_di_Belle_Arti)
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'''Roberto Capucci''' (born 2 December 1930) is an Italian [fashion design](/source/fashion_design)er. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Abbiadati |first=Alice |date=2024-09-11 |title=Roberto Capucci, storia del sarto architetto, amato anche da Emily in Paris, oggi celebrato in una grande mostra a Villa Pisani |url=https://www.vogue.it/article/roberto-capucci-biografia-completa |access-date=2025-06-19 |website=Vogue Italia |language=it-IT}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Roberto Capucci: Art Into Fashion |url=https://store.philamuseum.org/roberto-capucci-art-into-fashion/ |access-date=2025-05-22 |website=Philadelphia Museum Of Art Store |language=en}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Capucci was born on 2 December 1930 in Rome, Italy. He studied art at the [Accademia di Belle Arti](/source/Accademia_di_Belle_Arti_di_Roma), where he studied with artists such as [Marino Mazzacurati](/source/Marino_Mazzacurati), Marcello Avenali, and Libero De Libero.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=B |first=Roxi |date=2021-05-31 |title=Roberto Capucci - An Italian Sculptor's History and creations |url=https://lifeinitaly.com/roberto-capucci/ |access-date=2023-06-20 |website=Life in Italy |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Career==
During the 1950s, he started his first [atelier](/source/atelier) on Via Sistina in Rome and showed his work at [Giovanni Battista Giorgini](/source/Giovanni_Battista_Giorgini)'s [villa](/source/villa) in [Florence](/source/Florence). A young [Oriana Fallaci](/source/Oriana_Fallaci), reporting for the weekly [Epoca](/source/Epoca_(magazine)), covered the news.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |title=Epoca n.95/1952 |url=https://www.petitesondes.net/Epoca/Estratti/1952-095-estratto.pdf}}</ref>

In 1952, he presented his work at the Sala Bianca of [Palazzo Pitti](/source/Palazzo_Pitti) in Florence alongside other designers such as [Vincenzo Ferdinandi](/source/Vincenzo_Ferdinandi), [Sartoria Antonelli](/source/Maria_Antonelli_(fashion_designer)), Atelier Carosa, Giovannelli-Sciarra, Polinober, [Germana Marucelli](/source/Germana_Marucelli), Sartoria Vanna, [Jole Veneziani](/source/Jole_Veneziani) and 16 sportswear companies and boutiques.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Fallaci |first=Oriana |date=2 August 1952 |title="A quaranta gradi moda d'inverno" |url=https://www.petitesondes.net/Epoca/Estratti/1952-095-estratto.pdf |work=Epoca |language=Italian}}</ref>

In 1958, he introduced the ''Linea a Scatola'' (Box Line), which earned him the Boston Fashion Award (Filene's Young Talent Design Award) alongside [Pierre Cardin](/source/Pierre_Cardin) and [James Galanos](/source/James_Galanos).<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Kyle |date=2018-08-30 |title=An Assault of Art with Roberto Capucci |url=https://www.gpsradar.com/blog/industry/assault-art-with-roberto-capucci/ |access-date=2023-06-20 |website=GPS Radar}}</ref>

In 1961, he received positive reviews from French critics at the Paris fashion shows, leading him to open his [atelier](/source/atelier) at 4 Rue Cambon in Paris in 1962.<ref name="VI">{{cite web |last1=Abbiadati |first1=Alice |title=Roberto Capucci, the story of the tailor-architect also loved by Emily in Paris, whom Dior called the best Italian creative |url=https://www.vogue.it/article/roberto-capucci-biografia-completa |website=Vogue Italy |access-date=13 March 2025 |ref=VI |date=11 September 2024}}</ref>

In 1968, he returned to Italy and began working in his studio on Via Gregoriana in Rome, where he presented his collections as part of the official fashion calendar organized by the [Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana](/source/Camera_Nazionale_della_Moda_Italiana). In the same year, he designed costumes for [Silvana Mangano](/source/Silvana_Mangano) and [Terence Stamp](/source/Terence_Stamp) for [Pier Paolo Pasolini](/source/Pier_Paolo_Pasolini)'s film “[Teorema](/source/Teorema)”.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Roberto Capucci {{!}} Costume Designer, Costume and Wardrobe Department, Actor |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0135744/ |access-date=2025-03-15 |website=IMDb |language=en-US}}</ref>

In July 1970, Roberto Capucci presented his creations for the first time at the ''[Nymphaeum](/source/Nymphaeum)'' of the [National Etruscan Museum](/source/National_Etruscan_Museum) at [Villa Giulia](/source/Villa_Giulia) in Rome. The fashion show featured models without makeup or hairstyling wearing low-heeled boots. During this period, he began experimenting with rigid and structural decorative elements, such as precious fabrics, stones, and straw.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Roberto Capucci - fashion designer (1930) - Designers - designindex |url=https://www.designindex.org/designers/design/roberto-capucci.html |access-date=2025-05-16 |website=www.designindex.org |language=en}}</ref>

His career took a new direction in 1982, two years after he decided to leave the [Camera Nazionale dell'Alta Moda](/source/Camera_Nazionale_della_Moda_Italiana), keeping his collections outside of official fashion calendars and institutions, showcasing them only when he deemed them ready.

A turning point in his career was in 1990 with the exhibition ''"Roberto Capucci, l'Arte nella Moda – Volume, Colore, Metodo"'', held at [Palazzo Strozzi](/source/Palazzo_Strozzi) in Florence. His work has been exhibited at [Kunsthistorisches Museum](/source/Kunsthistorisches_Museum) (Vienna, 1991), [Philadelphia Museum of Art](/source/Philadelphia_Museum_of_Art) (Philadelphia, 1991), Schauspielhaus Theatre (Berlin, 1992), Nordiska Museet (Stockholm, 2001) and the [Venaria Reale](/source/Venaria_Reale) (Turin, 2007, 2016).<ref>{{Cite web |last=admin |date=2012-03-20 |title=Roberto Capucci: note biografiche |url=https://fortuny.visitmuve.it/en/mostre-en/archivio-mostre-en/roberto-capucci-at-palazzo-fortuny/2012/03/6260/roberto-capucci-note-biografiche-1/ |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=Museo Fortuny |language=it-IT}}</ref>

In 1995, he was invited to show his creations, such as ''Allanite'', ''Antimonite'' or ''Cinabro'' at the Esposizione Internazionale di Arti Visive at La [Biennale di Venezia](/source/Biennale_di_Venezia).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Scheda persona/istituzione |url=https://asac.labiennale.org/persone/375087 |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=asac.labiennale.org}}</ref>thumb|Capucci Museum in 2012

In 2005, with the Associazione Civita, he founded the Roberto Capucci Foundation, a foundation aimed at preserving his archive of 439 historical dresses, 500 signed illustrations, 22,000 original drawings, a full press release, and a photo and media library.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Foundation |url=https://fondazionerobertocapucci.it/en/foundation/ |access-date=2023-06-20 |website=Il sito della Fondazione Roberto Capucci |language=en-US}}</ref>

thumb|Capucci Museum in 2013
thumb|Capucci with one of his creations, ''Cerchio in Raso'' (2007).
In 2007, he inaugurated the Roberto Capucci Foundation Museum at Villa Bardini in Florence, hosting exhibitions and workshops. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Museo Roberto Capucci |url=https://www.ruckstuhl.com/en/references/details/museo-roberto-capucci-florence-italy/ |access-date=2025-06-19 |website=www.ruckstuhl.com |language=en}}</ref>

In 2010, he collaborated with the artists Maurizio Martusciello and [Mattia Casalegno](/source/Mattia_Casalegno) on the audiovisual installation ''Il Gesto Sospeso'', commissioned by [FENDI](/source/Fendi) and premiered at the [Hadrian Temple](/source/Hadrian) during Rome Fashion Week. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Designers Roberto Capucci and Robert Wun Discuss Being Fashion Innovators |url=https://www.lofficielsingapore.com/fashion/roberto-capucci-robert-wun-fashion-designers-scad |access-date=2025-06-19 |website=L'Officiel Singapore |language=en}}</ref>

From June to October 2012, the competition “''Roberto Capucci per i giovani designer. Oltre agli abiti – Il design prende una nuova piega''” ran. The awards ceremony for the competition took place on 9 April 2013 at the [Royal Palace of Milan](/source/Royal_Palace_of_Milan), with the finalists’ work being exhibited alongside dresses and 50 original sketches by Capucci at Palazzo Marando from 9 to 14 April 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bando {{!}} Concorso Capucci |url=http://www.modaemodi.org/concorsocapucci/bando/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161023204012/http://www.modaemodi.org/concorsocapucci/bando/ |archive-date=2016-10-23 |access-date=2025-05-29 |website=www.modaemodi.org |language=it-IT}}</ref>

Since June 2025, an exhibition of Capucci's works, sketches and pictures is being held in [Villa Pisani](/source/Villa_Pisani%2C_Stra) ([Strà](/source/Stra), Venice), curated by Enrico Minio Capucci, Paolo Alvise Capucci and Francesco Trentini. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Fenini |first=Rita |date=2025-06-10 |title=Roberto Capucci, i suoi abiti-scultura in mostra a Villa Pisani |url=https://www.panorama.it/lifestyle/moda/roberto-capucci-i-suoi-abiti-scultura-in-mostra-a-villa-pisani |access-date=2025-06-19 |website=Panorama |language=it-IT}}</ref>

==Exhibitions==
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!Title
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|2011
|Roberto Capucci: Art into Fashion<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.philamuseum.org/exhibitions/411.html?page=1 |title=Roberto Capucci: Art into Fashion |accessdate=2011-05-27 |publisher=Philadelphia Museum of Art |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614035323/http://www.philamuseum.org/exhibitions/411.html?page=1 |url-status=live |archivedate=2011-06-14}}</ref>
|-
|2009
|Fabric Sculpture Exhibit at Odescalchi Castle<ref>{{cite web |url=http://romeitaly.blogspot.com/2009/08/capucci-fabric-sculpture-exhibit-at.html |title=Capucci "Fabric Sculpture" Exhibit at Odescalchi Castle |accessdate=2011-05-30 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110826085447/http://romeitaly.blogspot.com/2009/08/capucci-fabric-sculpture-exhibit-at.html |archivedate=2011-08-26 |url-status=live |date=August 19, 2009 |publisher=WebVisionItaly.com}}</ref>
|-
|2009
|Roberto Capucci at Bracciano Castle<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gleni.it/blog/the-supreme-elegance-of-roberto-capucci-on-view-in-a-new-exhibition-at-bracciano-castle/ |title=The "supreme elegance" of Roberto Capucci on view in a new exhibition at Bracciano Castle |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310002055/http://www.gleni.it/blog/the-supreme-elegance-of-roberto-capucci-on-view-in-a-new-exhibition-at-bracciano-castle/ |archivedate=2012-03-10 |url-status=live |date=December 2, 2009 |publisher=The Gleni Blog}}</ref>
|-
|2009
|Roberto Capucci fashion design at Palazzo Fortuny<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.venice-tourism.com/en/Venice-Tourism/Events/Roberto-Capucci-fashion-design-at-Palazzo-Fortuny.html |title=Roberto Capucci fashion design at Palazzo Fortuny |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324191411/http://www.venice-tourism.com/en/Venice-Tourism/Events/Roberto-Capucci-fashion-design-at-Palazzo-Fortuny.html |archivedate=2012-03-24 |url-status=dead |publisher=Venice-Tourism.com }}</ref>
|-
|2008
|“Fantasie Guerriere” Warrior Fantasies<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dazeddigital.com/fashion/article/1537/1/roberto-capuccis-warrior-fantasies |title=Roberto Capucci's Warrior Fantasies |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021105812/http://www.dazeddigital.com/fashion/article/1537/1/roberto-capuccis-warrior-fantasies |archivedate=2012-10-21 |url-status=live |publisher=Dazed Digital |first=Anna |last=Battista }}</ref>
|-
|2007
|Returning to Origins<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tuscanypass.com/events_tuscany/12854_roberto-capucci-equot-returning-to-originsequot-exhibition-in-florence.html |title=Roberto Capucci "Returning to Origins": Exhibition in Florence |year=2007 |publisher=TuscanyPass.com |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320100033/http://www.tuscanypass.com/events_tuscany/12854_roberto-capucci-equot-returning-to-originsequot-exhibition-in-florence.html |url-status=usurped |archivedate=2012-03-20}}</ref>
|}

== Family ==
Roberto Capucci has a younger brother, [Fabrizio Capucci](/source/Fabrizio_Capucci), and a niece, Sabrina Capucci, both with careers in acting. 

==Notes and references==
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==External links==
*{{fashiondesigner|id=roberto-capucci}}
*[http://www.1stdibs.com/introspective/creators/roberto_capucci/ Creators: Robert Capucci] by Donna Paul at [1st dibs](/source/1stdibs)
*[http://www.fondazionerobertocapucci.com/ Fondazione Roberto Capucci] Roberto Capucci Foundation

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