Pino Lancetti is an Italian fashion designer from the Perugian town of Gualdo Tadino. From the 1950es till 2001, when he retired from fashion, he was one of the main haute couture designers in Italy. He was studying at the art institute in the city of Perugia and planned to make ceramics his business. During his studies, he became interested in clothes. He opened a small atelier in Rome, sold freelance sketches to fashion salons and designed for the house of Carosa. Since Italian fashion houses producing high fashion – alta mode, started opening salons in Rome, Lancetti did the same in 1961. O