Rara Avis: Fashion in Flight at the Farnese Aviaries

Ornithology meets couture in pieces by Dior, Jean Paul Gaultier and other renowned designers

Birds have been a part of how people have portrayed themselves since antiquity. Through the astonishing creations of a host of designers, including Gucci, Schiaparelli and Thierry Mugler, Rara Avis focuses on the arcane, magical links between the worlds of fashion and ornithology.