From the Kimono to the fascination for the Rising Sun, fashion looks to the East.

“Fior di Loto” by Beatrice Brandini Japanese kimono (1860 – 1880), on display in the Victoria & Albert Museum in London In 1872, the writer Philippe Burty wrote the essay: “Japanisme. La Renaissance Literaire et Artistique” ; since then, Japonism (an expression coined by Burty himself) has never experienced a crisis, recurring, cyclically, in art, […]

SYMBOL ITEMS: Clothes and Accessories that resist time!

“Symbol Items” by Beatrice Brandini Mix of Symbol Items I have already talked about iconic clothes and bags, and also of indispensable pieces, respectively in: https://www.beatricebrandini.it/icon-vintage-dress-part-one/?lang=en https://www.beatricebrandini.it/bags-inalienable-objects-of-desire/?lang=en https://www.beatricebrandini.it/women-of-pure-class-and-the-must-have-some-clothes-make-no-mistake/?lang=en But today I want to talk about clothes that have been, are, and will be tomorrow, a classic in the history of costume. Some of them simply […]