Slideshow: A Tribute to Anna Piaggi’s Inimitable Style
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With Anna Piaggi’s passing today, the fashion world loses, to borrow Bill Cunningham’s phrasing, a bit of its sartorial poetry. Piaggi picked up on the whimsy of clothes without making them look silly, and she brought the same sense of thoughtful collage to her wardrobe as she did to her double pages in Vogue Italia. She defined street style before every aspiring photographer had his or her own blog — and with that, here’s a slideshow of some of Piaggi’s delightful looks snapped over the years.


June 23, 2012 At Dolce & Gabbana's 2013 spring/summer menswear show.
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January 17, 2012 At Giorgio Armani's 2012-2013 fall/winter menswear show.
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September 26, 2010 At Missoni's 2011 spring/summer show.
Photo: Antonio de Moraes Barros Filho/2010 Antonio de Moraes Barros Filho

March 7, 2010 With John Galliano at his 2010-2011 fall/winter show. Photo: Eric Ryan/2010 Eric Ryan

February 26, 2010 At a Vogue.it event during 2010-2011 fall/winter Milan Fashion Week. Photo: Tullio M. Puglia/2010 Getty Images

November 18, 2009 At the premiere of Valentino: The Last Emperor. Photo: GIUSEPPE CACACE/2009 AFP

September 28, 2009 At an amfAR gala during spring/summer 2010 Milan Fashion Week. Photo: Stefania D’Alessandro/2009 Getty Images

September 10, 2009 At the opening of the "Background Story" exhibition. Photo: Venturelli/2009 Venturelli
April 22, 2009 At a Stella McCartney cocktail party. Photo: Venturelli/2009 Venturelli
March 2, 2009 At the opening of the "Extreme Beauty in Vogue" exhibition. Photo: AFP/2009 AFP
June 22, 2008 At a Uomo Vogue party during 2009 spring/summer men's fashion week. Photo: Venturelli/2008 Daniele Venturelli
October 1, 2007 At Yohji Yamamoto's 2008 spring/summer show.
Photo: Eric Ryan/2007 Eric Ryan
July 2, 2007 At Christian Dior's 2007 fall/winter couture show.
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May 26, 2007 At the 2007 Life Ball.
May 25, 2007 With Jun Nakayama at the 2007 Life Ball welcome cocktail party.
March 4, 2007 At Nina Ricci's 2007-2008 fall/winter show.
Photo: Lorenzo Santini
March 1, 2007 At YSL's 2007-2008 fall/winter show.
February 28, 2007 At Givenchy's 2007-2008 fall/winter show.
Photo: Eric Ryan/2007 Eric Ryan
June 6, 2006 At Chanel's 2006 fall/winter couture show. Photo: Catwalking/2006 Catwalking
May 9, 2006 At the award ceremony for the 2006 Sandretto King Rebaudengo Foundation Star Prize. Photo: Venturelli
January 31, 2006 With Stephen Jones at a private viewing of her "Fashion-ology" exhibition at the Victoria & Albert museum. Photo:...
January 31, 2006 With Stephen Jones at a private viewing of her "Fashion-ology" exhibition at the Victoria & Albert museum. Photo: Chris Jackson/2006 Getty Images
October 4, 2005 With Vivienne Westwood during Paris Fashion Week. Photo: Foc Kan
September 30, 2005 At a Vogue Italia party. Photo: Venturelli
March 2, 2005 At a book launch party. Photo: Jean Baptiste Lacroix
February 15, 2004 At the British Fashion Council's tent during 2004-2005 fall/winter London Fashion Week. Photo: Maurits Sillem/2004 Maurits Sillem
July 9, 2002 At Maurizio Galante's 2002-2003 fall/winter show.
Photo: Jean Baptiste Lacroix
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