The Extraordinary Library: A Fashion Throwback
Editorial
Edition 91
16.09.2020

In January 2017, the collaboration between Bologna Children's Book Fair – the world's leading professional event for children's and youth publishing, organized by BolognaFiere – and Pitti Immagine brought to Pitti Bimbo “The Extraordinary Library” project, an international exhibition of illustrated books that recount the history of fashion (curated by Silvana Sola and Marcella Terrusi, Cooperativa Culturale Giannino Stoppani for Bologna Children’s Books Fair).

The Central Pavilion hosted a selection of volumes from excellent publishing houses from all over the world: 100 books, 100 editorial gems selected by the curators for the visitors of the fair. Picture books that are enchanting for the hands, the eyes, and all the senses. Different forms and sizes, paper pop-ups, creative editions too, with pages that are full of awe and wonder. Amazing books that present the icons of the history of fashion and costume (from Coco Chanel to Audrey Hepburn) and play with textures, visuals, sounds, signs and colors that come from different parts of the world: from Korea to Brazil, from the US to Northern Europe, from Japan to Italy and from Italy in the world, passing through Florence and Rimini (where the exhibition was set up in the spring of 2017, in collaboration with the Dipartimento di Scienze per la Qualità della Vita of the University of Bologna, the Campus Library and the Municipality of Rimini).

Dedicated to this project are the scientific contributions collected in the monographic volume dedicated to the relationship between childhood and fashion, curated by Roberto Farnè and Marcella Terrusi, from the ZoneModa Journal of the Dipartimento QuVi of UniBo.

The complete bibliography of the exhibition:

Beatrice Alemagna (2015) Il meraviglioso Cicciapelliccia, Topipittori, Milano
Ingela P. Arrhenius (2016) La Ville, Marcel & Joachim, Paris
Ingela P. Arrhenius (2016) Baby Box, Marcel & Joachim, Paris
Frank Asch, Mark Alan Stamaty (2013) Giallo Giallo, Orecchio Acerbo, Roma
Giancarlo Ascari, Pia Valentinis (2016) Zip! Vestiti per tutte le stagioni, Franco Cosimo Panini, Modena
Aa.Vv. (2015) Yves Saint Laurent. Album da colorare, Gallucci, Roma
Aa. Vv. (2016) Il libro delle cose reali e fantastiche, Lapis Edizioni, Roma
Aa. Vv. (2016) Il sole e la luna, Salani Editore, Milano
Aa.Vv. (2016) Sono una stilista a Londra, Salani, Milano
Cristina Bazzoni (2016) Pois, Carthusia, Milano
Boni Ashburn, ill. Julia Denos (2011) I had a favorite dress, Abrams Books for Young Readers, New York
Gilles Bachelet (2006) Napoleon Champignon, Motta Junior, Firenze
Gilles Bachelet (2013) La Signora Coniglio Bianco, Rizzoli, Milano
Efraín Bartolomé (2015) Ecos de selva y sueño, Editorial 3 Abejas, Mexico D.F.
Coralie Bickford-Smith (2016) The Fox and the Star, Penguin, London
Quentin Blake, ill. Emma Chichester Clark (2016) Three Little Monkeys, HarperCollins, London
Anouck Boisrobert, Louis Rigaud (2016) In the forest, Tate Publishing, London
Anouck Boisrobert, Louis Rigaud (2015) Oops! Il mio cappello, Franco Cosimo Panini, Modena
Laëtitia Bourget, ill. Emmanuelle Houdart (2013) Amiche per la vita, Logos, Modena
Jenny Bowers (2015) Storia di un Piccolo Albero, White Star Kids/ De Agostini, Novara
Giorgio Camuffo (2016) Bodoni, Corraini edizioni, Mantova
Margaret Cardillo, ill. Julia Denos (2011) Just Being Audrey, Balzer+Bray/Harpercollins, New York
Anna Castagnoli, ill. Carll Cneut (2015) La voliera d'oro, Topipittori, Milano
Nina Chakrabarti (2012) Il mio favoloso mondo della moda, Salani Editore, Milano
Vendulka Chalánková (2011) O pernikové chaloupce, B4U Publishing, Brno
Delphine Chedru (2010) Chi cerca, chi trova?, Franco Cosimo Panini, Modena
Janik Coat (2016) Who's New Ar The Zoo?, Buster Books, London
Amy De la Haye, ill. Emily Sutton (2012) Clara Button a Londra. Una giornata magica, Donzelli, Roma
Éleonore Douspis (2016) Prima c'era il mare, La Margherita Edizioni/Il Castello, Milano
Corinne Dreyfuss, ill. Éleonore Zuber (2013) Chi ha preso le mie scarpe?, Giralangolo EDT, Torino
Hélène Druvert (2016) Anatomia, L'Ippocampo Edizioni, Milano
Hélène Druvert (2015) Paris Up, Up and Away, Thames & Hudson, New York
Max Ducos (2006) Jeu de piste à Volubilis, Sarbacane, Paris
Élo (2016) Les oiseaux, Sarbacane, Paris
Pascale Estellon (2016) Abécedaire, Éditions des Grandes Personnes, Paris
Philippe Eveno, Charlotte Gastaut (2015) Gigi. Reine de la Mode, Actes Sud, Arles
Ian Falconer (2015) Olivia, Nord-Sud Edizioni/Salani, Milano
Ian Falconer (2013) Olivia e le Principesse, Nord Sud Edizioni/Salani, Milano
Claude Fauque, Anne Lascoux, ill. Charlotte Gastaut (2015) Secrets d’étoffes, Albin Michel, Paris
Lucie Felix (2016) Le bûcheron. Le roi et la fusée, Éditions des Grandes Personnes, Paris
Emma Giuliani (2015) Vedere il giorno, Timpetill Edizioni, Cremona
Annie Goetzinger (2015) Jeune fille en Dior, Dargaud, Paris
Grimm, ill. Sybille Schenker (2014) Cappuccetto Rosso, Minedition/Il Castello, Milano
Grimm, ill. Agnese Baruzzi (2016) Il Gatto con gli stivali, White Stars Kids/De Agostini, Novara
Steven Guarnaccia (2008) I tre porcellini, Corraini Editore, Mantova
Steven Guarnaccia (2013) Cenerentola una favola alla moda, Corraini Editore, Mantova
Tatiana Hauptmann (1979) Hurra, Ebenhard Wutz ist Wieder da!, Diogenes Verlag, Züric
Kim Hee-kyoung, ill. Chi Yeon-jun (2012)Twelve Birds, Changbi, Paju-si
Roh Hye Yeon, ill. Chae Hee Jeong (2014) Turandot, Kyowon, Seoul
Emmanuelle Houdart (2015) Rifugi, Logos, Modena
Koji Ishikawa (2013) Masks, Kaisei-sha, Tokyo
Adam Jaromir, ill. Gabriela Cichowka (2010) Fantje, Gympel Verlag, Langenhagen
Svjetlan JunakoviÙć (2011) Ti racconto l'Arte del '900, Artebambini, Bazzano
Leonore Klein, ill. Saul Bass (2012), Henri va a Parigi, Corraini Editore, Mantova
Kochka, ill. Charlotte Gastaut (2015) I cigni selvatici, Gallucci, Roma
Trisha Krauss (2016) Charlotte's very own dress, Random House, New York
Julia Kuo (2014) 20 modi per disegnare un abito, Logos, Modena
Fred L. (2015) L'animode, Sarbacane, Paris
Angela Lago (2013) O cântico dos cânticos, Cosa Naify, São Paolo
Suzy Lee (2003) Mirror. Mirror, Corraini Editore
Leo Lionni (2015) Piccolo blu e piccolo giallo, Babalibri, Milano
Gérard Lo Monaco (2014) Madame Sonia Delaunay, Tate Publishing, London
Veronica Maccari (2016) Tout seul, La joie de lire, Genève
Andy Mansfield (2015) Trova i puntini, La Margherita Edizioni, Milano
Andy Mansfield (2016) Trova le strisce, La Margherita Edizioni, Milano
Iela Mari (2004) Il palloncino rosso, Babalibri, Milano
Ray Marshall (2014) Paper Blossoms, Butterflies & Birds, Chronicle Books, San Francisco
Elizabeth Matthews (2007) Different Like Coco, Candlewick Press, Somerville
Bruno Munari (2011) Gigi cerca il suo berretto. Dove mai l'avrà cacciato, Corraini Editore, Mantova
Bruno Munari (2016) Le Macchine di Munari, Corraini Editore, Mantova
Kveta Pacovska (2016) Après le Pont Noir. Entrez, Éditions des Grandes Personnes, Paris
Kveta Pacovska (2012) Alphabet. Alfabeto, Minedition, Milano
Charles Perrault, ill. Lotte Reiniger (2016) La bella addormentata, Gallucci, Roma
Charles Perrault, ill. Kveta Pacovska (2010) Cenerentola, Nord-Sud Edizioni, Milano
Sébastien Perez & Benjamin Lacombe (2016) Frida, Rizzoli, Milano
Clotilde Perrini (2016) Cattivi come noi, Franco Cosimo Panini, Modena
Noémie Révah, ill. Olimpia Zagnoli (2014) Il signor Orizzontale e la signora Verticale, Terre di Mezzo Editore, Milano
Sujean Rim (2009) Birdie's Big-Girl Shoes, Little, Brown and Company, New York
Kristin Roskifte (2009), 29 Liv, Magikon Forlag, Oslo
Christian Roux (2013) La boîte à lettres, Albin Michel, Paris
Robert Sabuda (2011) La Bella e la Bestia, Mondadori, Milano
Isabel Sánchez Vegara, ill. Ana Albero (2016), Coco Chanel, Frances Lincoln, London
Ella Frances Sanders (2015) Lost in translation, Marcos y Marcos, Milano
Veridiana Scarpelli (2012) O soño de Vitòrio, Cosac Naify, São Paolo
Fatima Sharafeddine (2016) Hanane Kai, Tongue Twists, Kalimat, Sharjah
Jungwon Shin (2015) Magic of Mirror. Shape, Jumping Books, Seoul
Jungwon Shin, ill. Swon (2015) Magic of Mirror. Transformation, Jumping Books, Seoul
Bajju Shyam, Gita Wolf (2014) Creation, Tara Books, Chennai
Ewa Solarz, Aleksandra e ill. Daniel Mizieliński (2010) Design, Comma 22, Bologna
Sophie Strady, ill. Jean François Martin (2016) Souvenirs de Marcel au Grand Hôtel, hélium, Arles
Sophie Strady, ill. Jean François Martin (2016) La memoria dell'elefante. Il viaggio indimenticabile di Marcello, Il Castoro, Milano
Joyce Sun (2016) Un giorno a Pechino, 24Ore Cultura, Milano
Øyving Torseter (2013) Il buco, Orecchio Acerbo, Roma
Hervé Tullet (2012) Il gioco dei colori, Mondadori Electa, Milano
Tomi Ungerer (2016) Scarpa, dove sei?, Salani Editore, MilanoTomi Ungerer (2014) Na so was? Diogenes, Verlag, Zürich
Annemarie Van Haeringen (2013) Coco, Leopold/Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Amsterdam
Fiona Watt, ill. Simona Bursi (2016) Il guardaroba delle bamboline, Usborne, Milano
David Wiesner (2016) Martedì, Orecchio Acerbo, Roma
Francesca Zoboli, ill. Marta Sironi (2012) Dame e cavalieri, Topipittori, Milan

BIO

For over thirty years Giannino Stoppani Cooperativa Culturale has promoted cultural activities like illustration exhibitions, workshops for kids, publications as well as training meetings in collaboration with national and international bodies and institutions such as the Bologna Children's Book Fair.  The Cooperativa is based in Bologna and is also a school, the Accademia Drosselmeier study center dedicated to children’s literature and visuals.