The film is the result of years of research in archives all over the world, including  the Costume Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; The Costume Collection at the Museum of the City of New York; The Fashion Group International (FGI) at the New York Public Library; The Eleanor Lambert Collection at the Fashion Institute of Technology Special Collections; Istituto Luce-Cinecittà Archive; The Special Collection at Parsons at the New School for Design; the Fondo Sarmi at the Palazzo Pitti Archive, Museum of Costume and Fashion, Florence, Italy; Italian and American magazines and periodicals. The result is a contemporary visual journey through New York, the city that made Sarmi famous, and the film traces his remarkable path from Italy to America bringing his work and memory back to life.