Alessi: DESIGN in the DNA

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My little world Alessi ….

“Hair Design” Beatrice Brandini

The history of Alessi is the testimony of another Italian excellence in design. Born in 1921, in almost a century of history has been able to evolve, while maintaining a significant milestone: transform an everyday product into something magical, playful, creative … without forgetting its functionality. Read more

81 ° Pitti Bimbo: the fashion that will be in small steps … Part One

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Pitti Bimbo banner

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A new tribe … Mood Board by Beatrice Brandini

It opened today at the Fortezza da Basso the eighty-first edition of Pitti Bimbo, devoted to the collections of the upcoming Spring / Summer 2016.

I have already amply expressed my passion for this trade show (for all those Pitti), because it’s like entering a “happy island”. A dimension where colors, embroidery, fabrics, applications, prints, patterns, “games and magic” kidnap you …, making you forget, even for a few moments, everything is wrong … Read more

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

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Exhibition: China: Throught the Looking Glass, Dior Dress

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“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 for more than a century. Read more

88 ° Pitti Uomo: menswear starts with the Spring/Summer 2016. Part one

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Pitti Colors, leitmotiv 88th Pitti Uomo

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“A touch of classic” by Beatrice Brandini

Opened today in Florence the 88th edition of Pitti Immagine Uomo, the largest and most important trade fair in the world for men’s clothing. 

This edition is full of color, PITTI COLORS!, the banner of Africa (topic was never more present here for artistic and creative reasons, somewhere else, but near us, for stories of war, misery and despair) and LUXURY. And it is this the point that I noticed most of the stands, the italian luxury, understood as skill, craftsmanship, preciousness (from raw materials to the realization of garments and collections). Read more