Fashion and opera are natural arenas for collaboration The most theatrical of arts has inspired the most visionary fashion designers Viktor Rolf Miuccia Prada Emanuel Ungaro and Christian Lacroix have all made successful sorties as costumers for operas all over the worldbrbriFashion Designers at the Operai profiles leading figures in the world of fashion together with their dazzling costume designs Interviews illuminate the journey that led each to the opera and the challenges of working in a new medium It includes designs for iDon Giovannii iCarmeni iAidai iCos fan tuttei iThe Magic Flutei and many other operas staged at such opera houses as the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden La Scala the Metropolitan Opera the Arnes de Nmes and more Over 200 illustrations reproduce the designers sketches and photographs of the costumes on stagebrbrFor fashion lovers and opera fans everywhere this book is a musthave celebration of an exciting crossover