Jerry Hall in a Halston dress “Halter dress” by Beatrice Brandini Those who lived in the seventies cannot forget the covers of Cosmopolitan USA in which the beautiful and healthy American girls became very refined Halstonettes (so baptized his faithful models).
“The fortune teller” by Beatrice Brandini The fortune teller was a young woman who predicted the future by reading cards under a tent, inside an amusement park. Her place was in a secluded, silent, almost magical corner.
Magdalena Frackowiak with a creation by Viktor & Rolf, photo by Josh Olins for Danzed & Confused “Birgit” by Beatrice Brandini Surrealists, visionaries, desecrators, ironic and self-ironic, but above all fantastic conceptual artists.
Dinner dress, ca. 1895 (The metropolitan Museum of Art) “Virginia” by Beatrice Brandini About time: Fashion and Duration is a magnificent exhibition at the Met that traces a century and a half of fashion, suffering from 1870 and reaching the present day.
“The monster” by Beatrice Brandini A rather ugly girl, with crooked teeth, very thick glasses, was mistreated and offended by everyone, teased daily. When she was lucky she was only snubbed, ignored, as if she did not exist, otherwise, more often than not, derided by the usual bullies (idiots) at school and outside, as if […]
“Smudged Lipstick” ( “Rouge à lèvres taché”) by Beatrice Brandini Tamara de Lempicka photographed by Madame d’Ora (Dora Philippine Kallmus) Dora Philippine Kallmus, aka Madame d’Ora, was the first woman admitted to the Vienna Applied School of Graphics in 1905, another immensely talented female figure who helped make women creative and independent.
