Julia Trissel was a respresentive of Bergdorf Goodman from America that came to Italy for Giovanni Battista Giorgini’s fashion show in 1951 in Florence at Villa Torrigiani. She had a powerful role in establishing Italian fashion in America.
Julia Trissel was an important representative and buyer of Bergdorf Goodman, the famous luxury department store chain.
In 1951 she attended on behalf of the chain in the "Italian High Fashion Show" promoted by Giovanni Battista Giorgini in Florence, in the elegant halls of Villa Torrigiani.
In the following years, she recurrently attended Italy's most important fashion shows, selecting models and clothes for overseas distribution. She thereby contributed, along with American buyers, to popularize Italian fashion in the United States.
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Bergdorf Goodman
Giovanni Battista Giorgini
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First Italian High Fashion Show
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Buyer and Director of Haute Couture Salone for Bergdorf Goodman
Sources
Sonnet Stanfill, "Anonymous tastemakers. The role of American buyers in establishing an Italian fashion industry, 1950–55," in Regina L. Blaszczyk and Véronique Pouillard (eds.), European fashion. The creation of a global industry. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2020.
Loredana Ficicchia, "Alle origini della moda. Sfilata d'altri tempi," Il Corriere della Sera, May 28, 2009.