The exploration and the transformations around the human body havebeen the object of wide-ranging reflections in several disciplines. Particularlysince the 1960s, the art world has considered the body as amaterial to be modelled. In this way the very idea of beauty has beenquestioned, leading to sometimes extreme experiments, which haveradically redefined aesthetic canons. Since the 1990s, the fashionworld has also fully entered this experimental drive, in particularthanks to the contribution of Alexander McQueen and Hussein Chalayan.Cosmetic surgery and the creation of clothing are two parallelpaths that proceed in the same direction: that of a new body that createsa model of beauty capable of going beyond the standards.

Daniela Leporati dedicated her life to studying and teaching, with the firm conviction that knowledge represents a personal heritage to be nourished with commitment and sacrifice so that it can be made accessible to new generations. She was always studying, earning two high school diplomas in the field of graphic design and applied art in fashion and costume, a diploma from the Academy of Fine Arts, a degree in ‘Expert in training processes’ in 2007, as well as other specialisation courses. After a five-year professional experience in advertising graphics, from 1990 she taught fashion design at the Vallauri Institute of Carpi. She passed away at the age of 54 in November 2016, shortly after graduating with full marks from the University of Rimini.