China: Throught the Looking Glass … as the Orient inspires fashion for centuries

Exhibition: China: Throught the Looking Glass, Dior Dress “Li” of Beatrice Brandini The Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York staged a beautiful and significant exhibition: China: Throught the Looking Glass. An exhibition that explores the influence of Chinese aesthetics in Western fashion, and how this influence is, in truth, a reality […]

In the Navy!

Richard Avedon, Vogue 1967 “Summer” by Beatrice Brandini “In the Navy, yes, you can sail the seven seas. In the Navy, yes, you can put your mind at ease….”  Village People Is there a way to dress Summer which is the essence of chic. A simple way in which just a shirt or a t-shirt, a swimsuit […]

Kid Trends S/S 2016

Shabby retrò  mood board by Beatrice Brandini Shabby retrò  mood board by Beatrice Brandini The trends that I developed a few months ago for Spring / Summer 2016 are divided into four themes. Here in the blog I decided to share with you the most representative images for each theme. The complete package includes inspirational […]

Silvana Mangano and Fendi: the iconic actress of a natural elegance, inspired a small accessories collection

Silvana Mangano in “Riso Amaro” 1949 “Silvana” by Beatrice Brandini Fendi celebrates “the journey” with a tribute to Silvana Mangano, one of the most important actresses of Italian cinema, a true icon of elegance simple but sophisticated. Muse of artists like Monicelli, Pasolini, Visconti, interpreter of irresistible female figures that have characterized fifty years of […]

Missoni: a large family which combined color and imagination to create magic sweaters

Brochure of the exhibition “Missoni, the art, the color” “Margherita” by Beatrice Brandini At the Museum Ma*ga of Gallarate, the city that gave birth to the first workshop of Ottavio and Rosita Missoni, there is a beautiful exhibition: Missoni, the art, the color. A tribute to the creativity of the fashion house Missoni and a […]