Bonnie Clearwater cast a covetous eye on a pair of wool coats. "I'd love to own one," she said. "Wear it and you won't end up looking like a box."

Capacious, cut to flatter and surprisingly contemporary, those coats were among the highlights of "Bellissima: Italy and High Fashion 1945-1968," an exhibition at the Nova Southeastern University Art Museum here, where Ms. Clearwater is director.

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