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In the 20th century, the war and social revolutions brought definite changes to the fashion industry. The most important change might be the women’s fight against politic and social restrictions. On the first years, the corset disappeared and women’s natural silhouette was modeled in the streets along with their legs showing down their skirts.

On the 30’s, the French designer, Coco Chanel reinvented women’s fashion by adding an original piece to their wardrobe, one that was only used by men back in the day: pants.

Since that moment, every little detail added to a piece of clothing, every invention, every try, has been considered fashion. These last years, the relation between fashion and advertising has transformed the fashion and textile industry in one of the most financially important worldwide.

There have been key items discovered through the years, in 1914, the first bra ever invented was introduced, and by 1934 the first ever male brief was commercialized. Nylon was presented in 1939 and by 1940 women were already using pants, thanks to the revolution and Coco Chanel’s inspiration. After pants, by 1955 the popular jean was revolutionizing Europe, where 5 years later, the famous lycra was invented by Du Pont de Nemours.

Verona was and still is a very important politic and economic center. But it is also a city rich in history and in magical and fascinating atmospheres.

Verona has become famous in Italy but also in the world, especially thanks to the Shakespeare’s works here located. The Bard never had the chance to visit Verona, but he got an idea about it by reading works of Luigi Da Porto, Masuccio Salernitano and Matteo Bandello. These writers inspired him especially for his most famous and well-known opera in the world “Romeo and Juliet”. Shakespeare imagined Verona as something similar to Venice, with mill runs and gondolas, maybe inspired by the Venetian painters at the court in London. Shakespeare probably had a special relationship with the image he had created on the city, so that he set or gave birth to his characters here in Verona. We must remember that also “The two gentlemen from Verona” and “The taming of the Shrew”, which takes place in Padova but the main male character, Petruccio, who is form Verona. It is just thanks to him that Verona is one of the most present Italian cities in the place names of the new continents. The various Verona in US, Canada and Australia derives exactly from his works.

The famous poet George Byron had already stated the importance of the role had by Shakespeare in molding the fame of the city in the world. In his letters, he emphasized how Veronese argued with obstinacy the authenticity of the story of Romeo and Juliet. Moreover, Verona people for a long time were in search of the real places where the story took place. The first place to be “rediscovered” was the grave of the two lovers, identified in the 16th century in an empty sepulcher in red marble from Verona, near a monastery. There were many famous people that gave tribute to the two lovers in this place, including Madame de Staël, Mary Louise of Austria, Heinrich Heine, Charles Dickens and George Byron himself. The tomb was then moved from the garden to the cloister and in 1868 under cover and finally in 1937 thanks to the work of Antonio Avena it was moved to a loggia in Romanic Veronese style which was rearranged in a scenographic way using two underground rooms transformed into a Gothic crypt, where the tourists can still admire it.