Sources on Fashion in Milan at Bocconi

Traces of Bocconi University's connection with fashion in Milan can already be found in the Bocconi family papers, particularly in the catalogues of the Magazzini Alle Città d'Italia in the late 19th century.

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Image of Magazzini dei Fratelli Bocconi Alle Città d'Italia. Archivio Resti.

The focus on primary sources for research led to the acquisition in subsequent years of other archival fonds related to the doctrines taught at the university and the city, such as the papers on the renovation of La Rinascente in Piazza Duomo in Milan (Archivio Brustio) and those recounting the birth of the fashion system in Italy (Archivio Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana).

Fotoalbum 1.1_Relazione di viaggio vol. 1 pag. 1, 1948, Fondo Brustio

Report of Cesare Brustio's voyage to America, volume 1, page 1. Archivio Brustio-La Rinascente.

The archival sources described in the dedicated portal, ASBOC, are supplemented by the Library's bibliographic sources that further extend and support research.

All Library and Archives resources on fashion are presented in the dedicated libguide.