A name discreetly listed in the credits of
Stavisky
by Alain Resnais (1974).
A reference in the
Je m'voyais already
à, by Charles Aznavour:
"
...
A light heart and a thin baggage / I was sure to conquer Paris / At the most chic tailor I had made / This blue suit that was state of the art ”.
For many artists of the 1970s and 1980s, Smalto rhymes with a certain idea of Parisian elegance.
But it is in Africa that his legend was built ...
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Young Francesco was only 13 years old when in his bedroom in Reggio di Calabria, Italy, he carved a coat out of his bedspread.
After learning the basics of cutting, he wanted to perfect his profession in Paris, where he joined Cristiani, Calabrian like him, living in rue de la Paix.
He then became a cutter at Nicoll, rue Tronchet, a department store (now defunct) reserved for men.
Then, with guts, landed a place at Joseph Camps, the most prestigious of Parisian tailors, who would later found Camps de Luca.
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