PRATO, Italy — What better way to conclude anniversary celebrations than with an exhibition about two great couture masters?

To mark the conclusion of its 50th anniversary celebrations, the Museo del Tessuto here has chosen to mount, for the first time in Italy, the exhibition “ Azzedine Alaïa , Cristóbal Balenciaga , Sculptors of shape,” running from Saturday to May 3, 2026.

The two designers were previously featured together in an exhibition in Paris in 2020, but this is the first time the show has been replicated in Italy.

The exhibition was created in collaboration with the Alaïa Foundation and the Balenciaga Archives in Paris, under the curatorship of Olivier Saillard. The French Embassy is among the patrons of the Italian event. The exhibition design, specifically tailo

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