VIDEO

A selection of archival interviews and moving images provides additional perspectives on Steps Through Work. Fendi / Karl Lagerfeld. Together, they illuminate the exhibition's conception, its cultural context, and the ideas that shaped it

THE 1985 ROOM

Paola Fendi, one of the five daughters of the House's founders

Paola Fendi revisits the origins of the collaboration with Karl Lagerfeld and the ideas behind the 1985 exhibition, reflecting on the research, craftsmanship, and collective spirit that redefined fur and established a new creative language for Fendi

Ida Panicelli, curator of Steps Through Work Fendi / Karl Lagerfeld 1985

Ida Panicelli examines the curatorial vision behind the 1985 exhibition, reflecting on the creative process it revealed and its pioneering role in redefining the relationship between fashion and the museum

Arturo Carlo Quintavalle, author of the essay Fur and Skin: Toward a Mythology

Arturo Carlo Quintavalle reflects on the cultural transformation of fur through the work of Fendi and Karl Lagerfeld, examining how artistic references, technical innovation, and experimentation redefined its language, symbolism, and place within contemporary culture

Displayed on this table are the storyboards that were originally edited into video format in 1985. Today, the various boards are laid out in sequence, so that visitors have time to look at the drawings and read the accompanying notes. This series of sketches captures the full force of Lagerfeld's imaginative restlessness and his determination always to remain in step with his time, or rather, ahead of it, foreseeing scenarios that have only now become reality