CURIOSITY IN THE FITTING ROOM
close the door and wear as a man
Sartoria Orefice appointment book is an astonishing customer history, so many were the important people aiming to be dressed , such as kings, government heads, culture people, artist, athletes...
Between the two wars Spain King Alfonso XIII was used to stay in Cernobbio to enjoy both the nice fresh lake air and the precious artisan skillness of Pietro Orefice. His son Lino was also appreciated by King of Belgium Leopoldo III and wife Madame De Rethy.
With Dolce Vita Style, actors also ran to dress into Orefice tailor shop, Clark Gable, Grace Kelly, and later on Jim Nabors. Art director Luchino Visconti, at that time living in his Cernobbio family villa: Villa Erba.
Teather actors, let us remember russian dancer Tamara Tumanova. Orchestra conductor Maestro Mannino
Political testimonial were Paolo Carcano Italian Treasure Minister in 1920. Herber Bownell jr. Justice Minister when Eisenhower was president. Amintore Fanfani ONU President, who during cold war thanks to Pope John XXIII succeded in cooling down tensions between John Kennedy and Nikita Kruscev caused by missile crisis in Cuba.
In the fitting rooms many famous people, Paul De Purry Red Cross President, Stanton Delaplane journalist and Pulizer winner 1973. Slim Aarons official Photographer of Town & Country. Rudy Dornbush and Dominik Salvatore U.S.A. Economist. Robert A. Mundell Nobel Laureate in Economics, 1999 Primo Nebiolo, IAF President and mentor of the UNIVERSIADI games.
Not to mention Pirelli, Borletti, Lepetit, Richard… used to heritate family business and family attitude to the pleasure of the "bien čtre".
Guido Monzino explorer, generous sponsor of the first italian Everest attempt. Owner of the famous Villa Balbianello where many famous movies are today played and nowadays FAI property.
These are some of the famous and glamour people who stepped into Orefice shop , but many more are the ones who are part of the story but cannot be mentioned, "privacy" first of all.