Doretta Davanzo Poli is an art historian and the director of the Library of Fabrics at Palazzo Grassi, Venice. She has been Professor of Textile Arts at the University of Udine and is a visiting professor at the Universita Ca’Foscari in Venice. She has organized 70 exhibitions on fabrics, costumes, and embroideries in Venice, Rome, Berlin, New York, London, and Beijing. Poli is the author of two volumes in The Twentieth Century Histories of Fashion series: Beachwear and Bathing Costume and Maternity Fashion.
