Born in
Bastia Umbra, Lancetti studied at the Accademia San Bernardino di Betto in
Perugia, and in 1954 he moved to Rome where he opened an atelier in
Via Margutta. In 1961, he launched his first
ready-to-wear at
Palazzo Pitti in
Florence, and in 1963 he had his breakout with a military-inspired collection. In 2002, he sold his company to a
Turin-based group and retired. He died after a long illness on 8 March 2007, at the age of 74. == References ==