KRIZIA MEN'S VINTAGE ITALIAN FABRIC (2) BUTTON LUXURY BLAZER (USA)

GLEN PLAID/HOUNDSTOOTH FABRIC Though she founded the brand in 1954, Mandelli’s high-gloss vision of glamour and excess took hold in the ‘80s — the brand was seen onscreen on Daryl Hannah in Wall Street and Diane Keaton in Baby Boom; Bret Easton Ellis referenced it in American Psycho. Morgan Fairchild wore it on Falcon Crest (“and in real life,” she told the L.A. Times). But while Mandelli may have designed for Nouvelle Society swans, she continued to emphasize practicality. “I like sophisticated, free women,” “A free woman can wear anything she feels comfortable in.” When Mariuccia Mandelli was selecting a name for her fashion line, she opted to title it “Krizia,” after a male character in a Plato dialogue about female vanity who spends all of his money on women — a winking choice that epitomized her high-glamour meets intellectual approach The designer was nicknamed Crazy Krizia for her wild innovations, which included the thigh-skimming micro shorts that would come to be known as hot pants. She was known for her use of high-shine metallic fabrics, harmonica pleats, and making embellished animal sweaters a thing on a high-fashion runway. Along the way, she extended that more-is-more approach to licensing — even a sparkling wine eventually bore the Krizia label, and the K Club, a Krizia-themed island resort, included staff uniforms designed by KRIZIA PHOTO: Mariuccia Mandelli, center, surrounded by models at a Krizia spring collection in 1994 With Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy