Rubinacci is an Italian luxury clothing company founded in

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in 1932 by Gennaro Rubinacci under the name of the ''London House''. The idea Rubinacci had was to create unstructured, unlined jackets meant to be worn outside of the office. Among his early clients were filmmaker

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and journalist

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History

The history of Rubinacci began with art collector Gennaro Rubinacci's own tailoring emporium; he opened ''London House'', at 25 Via Gaetano Filangieri. In 1961, Gennaro's son, Mariano, took control of the company. In 1963, he changed its name to ''Rubinacci'', maintaining the initials of the original name in the logo. Later, a branch was opened in

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, in 1989, and in London in 2005. As of 2018, Luca Rubinacci, Gennaro's grandson, is the

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of Rubinacci, and responsible for launching the firm's ready-to-wear line.

Exhibitions and exhibits

Mariano Rubinacci established a museum of Neapolitan tailoring in

, featuring clothes from the 1930s, which has occasionally loaned items to the FIT in New York, and had an exhibition at the

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in 2014.

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External links

* {{official, https://marianorubinacci.com/ Companies based in Naples Italian companies established in 1932 Clothing brands of Italy Clothing companies established in 1932 Fashion accessory brands High fashion brands Menswear designers Privately held companies of Italy Italian suit makers Neapolitan tailoring

History

Exhibitions and exhibits

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