Mondopiero
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Curated emporium of imported and local design/ artisanal products including furniture, decor, specialised scents, fashion, and art.
Renowned for decades as a true trail-blazer in Australia’s fashion and design scene, Piero Paolo Gesualdi had founded the iconic Masons stores in Melbourne and Sydney in the mid-70s. There, alongside his own designs bearing his own label, he revolutionised the local fashion scene by introducing names like Jean Paul Gaultier, Comme des Garcons and Giorgio Armani.
A decade later, restless to spread his wings, he took over a cavernous space in the then moribund Flinders Lane, lavished it with flamboyance, flair and and a fair swag of galloping egotism, and opened a restaurant that became the super-stylish Melbourne watering hole for silly people with silly money to spend. The legendary Rosati. He soon followed this with the equally-celebrated Pieroni’s in South Yarra. In each establishment, the architectural and conceptual footprint was pure Gesualdi: bold, beautiful, and startlingly original.
In 2014, he was inducted into the Stonnington Fashion Hall of Fame and, a year later, into the Design Institute of Australia (DIA) National Hall of Fame.
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