Italian women's fashion magazine (1919–1935)
LidelCover of Lidel issue 8 dated 1920 |
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Founder | Lydia Dosio De Liguoro |
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Founded | 1919 |
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Final issue | 1935 |
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Country | Italy |
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Based in | Milan |
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Language | Italian |
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Lidel was a nationalist women's fashion magazine which was in circulation Milan, Italy, in the period 1919–1935. The title was a reference to its founder's name, Lydia Dosio De Liguoro,[1] as well as to the words Letture, illustrazioni, disegni, eleganze, lavori (Italian: Readings, illustrations, drawings, elegance, works).[2] The magazine played a significant role in the birth of Italian fashion,[1] but at the same time became one of the most militant publications of Fascist Italy.[3]
History and profile
Lidel was launched by journalist Lydia Dosio De Liguoro in 1919.[1][3] It was published on a monthly basis[4] and had its headquarters in Milan.[5] The magazine's target reader group was bourgeois women.[2] Its goal was to instill a sense of Italian national identity and nationhood among these women[2] and to compete with the French fashion magazines.[6] It employed fashion to promote the idea of a modern Italy and a sense of pride and solidarity among Italians.[2]
Major contributors of Lidel were Grazia Deledda, Luigi Pirandello, Ada Negri, Carola Prosperi, Sibilla Aleramo, Amalia Guglielminetti, Goffredo Bellonci, Matilde Serao and Eugenio Treves.[2] The cover page of the monthly featured work by Bruno Munari last of which was published in the November 1930 issue.[4] It frequently featured advertisement of luxury products and fashion illustrations, short stories and articles on art.[6] The magazine folded in 1935.[1]
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