Felice Anniversario! Inside the Sixty Years of Vogue Italia Exhibition Opening in Milan

“Everything is so wonderful that I feel like crying,” uttered an exhibition-goer at last night’s opening and celebration for Sixty Years of Vogue Italia: Sixty Years of the Future. The showcase (open now through September 21) at the resplendent Palazzo Citterio is dedicated to the anniversary of a magazine that, from its very beginnings, has been intertwined with the culture of Italy (and beyond) through the people who have participated both inside and outside its pages. On display are sixty covers for each luminous year of the Italian publication.

More murmurs from the night? “I was 27 years old when this cover came out, Madonna shot by Steven Meisel for the first time.” “I knew Franca Sozzani; she always seemed to teach me the value of freedom.” “Vogue Italia is an achievement—it represents all the efforts we have made to get here.” It was a night where people and memories mingled.

Friends of the magazine and personalities of culture, fashion, and photography were invited on the editorial journey that started in 1964 (when Vogue Italia was still Novelty) and arrived at the present day, under the direction of Francesca Ragazzi, Head of content of the magazine.

Guests, including Anna Wintour and Giorgio Armani, who recalled how Vogue Italia saw the birth of his first logo, were in the company of the city s top design talents: Sabato De Sarno, Glenn Martens, Alberta Ferretti, Luisa Beccaria, Maximilian Davis, Fausto Puglisi, the Missoni family, and more. Also there were actors, singers, athletes, such as Veronica Yoko, and, of course, the models came out! Eva Herzigova, Amelia Gray, and Angelina Kendall snaked through the exhibition and cocktail party. While music from the Curly Brothers filled the space, a selection of Martini cocktails and Marchesi s custom cakes were offered in the Palazzo’s courtyard of the historic building on Via Brera. The mood in the room wasn t unlike a grand birthday party for Vogue Italia.

Curated by art director Ferdinando Verderi (creative director of Vogue Italia from 2019 to 2021), the exhibition is produced in collaboration with Pinacoteca di Brera and Regione Lombardia under the patronage of the City of Milan and Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana, to coincide with the opening of Milan Fashion Week.