Monthly Archives: October 2014
The pumpkin is beautiful
Halloween: the pumpkin is beautiful….
“Dracula” in 1931. Directed by T. Browning and K. Freud “The pumpkin is beautiful” Beatrice Brandini Halloween: no one can say or tell you, especially you kids, “if you aren’t good you will get the black man….” Thanks to this festival the children can exorcise a lot of their fears, living with monsters, […]
Annette
Guy Bourdin: the great surrealist photography
Photo Guy Bourdin, Vogue Paris 1958 “Annette” Beatrice Brandini When I was studying fashion was fascinated, but I could tell almost enchanted, by the pictures of Guy Bourdin. They were not “just” fashion photographs, but frames stolen from a movie, surrealist tales, enchanted visions.
Dora
Picasso: the path of the giant
Poster: “Picasso and the Spanish modernity” “Dora” by Beatrice Brandini Situated in Florence’s Palazzo Strozzi, there is an interesting exhibition devoted to Picasso: “Picasso and the Spanish modernity.” Talk about Picasso is too easy (or difficult, depending on the views and expectations that you have), certainly is a risk of trivializing a very complex figure.
Medea
Piero Tosi and its magical and visionary costumes.
Maria Callas in Medea by Pier Paolo Pasolini, photo M. Cattarinich “Medea” by Beatrice Brandini In Florence, in the magical setting of Palazzo Pitti, there is a beautiful exhibition dedicated to one of the greatest Italian costume designers: Piero Tosi. A teacher who has worked with Pasolini, Visconti, Zeffirelli … with them has created important […]
Paris Fashion Week S / S 2015
“A’ bout de souffle” by Jean-Luc Godard, 1960 Jean Seberg “Amélie in Paris” by Beatrice Brandini Here we are with the final round of fashion shows Spring / Summer 2015 Paris stage. Paris …. beautiful and fascinating city, with its women très charmantes …. Yes, because if it is true that there are beautiful women everywhere, […]