Camera della Moda can trace its roots to the founding of Sindacato Italiano Alta Moda in 1953 by Sorelle Fontana, Simonetta Colonna di Cesarò, Vincenzo Ferdinandi, Jole Veneziani, Alberto Fabiani, Giovannelli-Sciarra, Mingolini-Gugenheim, Eleonora Garnett, among others.
It currently represents more than 200 companies operating in various sectors: clothing, accessories, leather goods, footwear, distribution.
Noted Italian fashion designer Loris Abate served as president of the group from 1985 to 1991.
The governing bodies of the National Chamber of Italian Fashion are the Board of Directors and the Management Committee.
[7] It is one of the world's big five fashion weeks alongside New York, Paris, London, and Tokyo.