The famous Italian designer, Francesco Smalto died in his sleep in a hotel room in Morocco at the age of 87. He passed away of natural causes at the hotel Mamounia in Marrakech.

Morocco for Smalto was actually a second home. The designer has constantly visited the country for a few decades and even had been the own tailor of king Hassan II. Note that the name of the designer was associated at the glorious history of the fashion house of Francesco Smalto, which he founded in 1962. Continue reading →