Why it belongs in ORBIS
Milan vintage-fashion boutique founded by Claudia Jesi (1946-2022), a pioneer of Italian vintage retail from the 1980s onward; its flagship sits on Via Gian Giacomo Mora, with further shops in Milan, Rome and Madrid.
Cavalli e Nastri was founded by Claudia Jesi (1946-2022), widely credited as a founding figure of vintage-fashion retail in Italy, who began selling curated period clothing in Milan in the 1980s. The flagship sits on Via Gian Giacomo Mora, a side street off Corso di Porta Ticinese in central Milan; the business has since expanded to three Milan locations plus a Rome boutique and a Madrid location. The stock spans designer pieces from the 1950s through the 2000s - Chanel, Gucci, Prada, Valentino, and Giorgio Armani among them.