Celebrate the funeral of the doyen of high fashion. The church of the Artists in Rome was packed with faces from the show business and political personalities. Silence and emotion. Next to the coffin, also the Campidoglio guard of honor

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Last farewell to Renato Balestra. The stylist's funeral was celebrated in the Church of the Artists in Rome, Santa Maria in Montesanto in Piazza del Popolo. From Milly Carlucci to Anna Fendi to Patrizia De Blanck, many protagonists of fashion and entertainment wanted to participate. And next to the coffin was the Capitoline picket of honor – Photo

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Goodbye to Renato Balestra, the doyen of high fashion has died. He was 98 years old – guard

MILLY'S GREETING - The designer died on November 26 at the age of 98. The memory of Carlucci is moved: «Renato was a special man. I had known him and his daughters Fabiana and Federica since I was a little girl. We were a family. Renato represented a generation of men of an intellectual, moral, creative, crazy, unique stature». Even the rector of the church, Monsignor Walter Insero, who officiated the ceremony, remembered him as a man out of the ordinary: «At the age of 12 he read Dostoevsky. Until recently he devoured a book a day. He played the piano. He travelled. He loved fashion but also music, painting and theatre. He had taught himself to speak perfect English, French and German. He was a cultured, sensitive, generous, convivial man. Very ironic. He had great charisma and loved being surrounded by family and friends.'

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SILENCE AND TEARS - The church was also packed with models, admirers and influencers. The attendance was silent and full of tears. There were also Guillermo Mariotto, Marisela Federici, and more TV faces such as the presenter Alessandra Canale, the journalist Amedeo Goria, Beppe Convertini. And political personalities, from Monica Lucarelli, Councilor for Security Policies, Productive Activities and Equal Opportunities of the Municipality of Rome, to Vincenzo Spadafora, former Minister for Youth Policies and Sport.

Source: oggi.it