Zip! Clothes for all seasons

When a zipper opens it goes ZIP! Like this book.
Clothes can be colored like a parrot's feathers or stiff like armor. Sometimes we wear them by picking them up at random in the closet, sometimes we spend time trying them on in front of the mirror. When a dress fits us well we say that
fits like a brush, as if they had painted it on us. Here the story of jackets, skirts, trousers, coats, shirts, hats, shoes, bags, zippers is told…
Dress for the whole year, for Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter, without forgetting the Out of Season with fairytale dresses…
In Zip! the authors, Giancarlo Ascari and Pia Valentinis, tackle the theme of fashion with anecdotes and curiosities that reveal the origin of the garments as we know them, showing us, with splendid illustrations, how much an era can determine fashion and vice versa.
Giancarlo Ascari Architect and comic book author, he is an illustrator under the pseudonym Elfo. He collaborated with Linus, Il Corriere dei Piccoli, Diario and Corriere della Sera.
He has published graphic novels and comic novels with Coconino, Garzanti and LizardRcs. He published the graphic novels “Love Stores” and “Tutta guilt del '68”. Pia Valentinis Illustrator, in 2012 you won the XXI edition of the Andersen Prize of
Genoa, the major Italian award dedicated to children's books, in the Best Illustrator category. You have illustrated numerous children's books with Italian and foreign publishing houses. In 2014 his first graphic-novel, “Ferriera”, was released, awarded as Best Comic Book at the Andersen Prize 2015.
Pietro Cheli Journalist and writer, after having worked at Il Giornale, at Voce and at Glamor, since 1998 he has been involved in the culture and entertainment pages of Il Diario. He collaborated on Radiotre programs. He edited the book by Ivano Fossati "Carte da decifrare", he is one of the authors of the theatrical text "Abecedario" staged by Giorgio Scaramuzzino, he is with Guido Barbujani the author of "Sono racista, but I'm trying to stop" (2008). His blog is called “Il Criticone”. He is deputy director of Amica.