“Look, maybe there is an angel next to you.” If you don’t see it, it’s because there are actually two of them, both printed on Fiorucci T-shirt that marked a generation.
It was architect Italo Lupi who came up with this logo in 1981, inspired by a Victorian-era Christmas card (not Raphael’s cherubs as many seemed to think), and the rest (fashion) is history.
These plump and curly angels, hidden behind their own wings, quickly became a pop icon, serialized on T-shirts, tops, sweatshirts, as well as bags, perfumes and accessories that young Milanese could find in the iconic store in the Gallery. Passarella. Following the store’s closure in 2003 and the designer’s death in 2015, Englishmen Janie and Steven Shaffer relaunched the brand in 2017 with an in-house café store in London’s Soho. Where are the iconic Angels Fiorucci they started flying again.
Source: Elle