Red Dress

In the fashion fervor of the 1990s, famous supermodel Agnese Zogla sported a masterpiece by Gianni Calignano. Represented in this work through wood and iron, the dress restores dynamism to the figure without ever stopping her striding down the catwalk.
An olive wood bodice – in which chromed iron strips alternate with carved sections – is the base of a 110 cm high iron skirt, formed by iron decorations painted in red acrylic and interlocked with each other: like saffron stigmas and robin’s feathers, they recreate the wave of the supermodel’s stride.

The supermodel’s face emerges powerfully through the composition of six overlapping iron plates, each painted with even strokes of color. The result is a portrait that captures an ‘expression of grace and determination.

Two spotlights invade the scene like lights on a catwalk and, together with the dark background, help push the viewer’s gaze toward the subject in relief.
Silk turns into wood and what was once cotton becomes iron. Materials that immortalize our passage on this catwalk, impervious to the passage of time.