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 navy, a straw hat, a pair of ray ban … to be (or become) irresistibly elegant. Read more
Frames fashion show of Gucci Resort 2015-16 in New York
“Resort” of Beatrice Brandini
Gucci presented in New York its line Resort for next season. The new creative director, Alessandro Michele, highlighted more, after the show in February, its new brand vision, ferrying definitely Gucci into a new era. Read more
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 mood, catwalks, kids style, sketches, planimetry design and all that I think might be important and so influential for the future.
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 the most beautiful Italian cinema. Read more
Film “The Garden of the Finzi-Continis” by Vittorio De Sica
“Micol” by Beatrice Brandini
The Garden of the Finzi Continis is one of the best movies I saw as a child. From the novel by Giorgio Bassani, the film was directed by Vittorio De Sica in 1970 and won the Oscar for Best Foreign Film, the Golden Bear in Berlin, the David di Donatello Award in Italy, the BAFTA award in England. The film tells the story of the middle-class Jewish family Finzi Contini, in the background of one of the ugliest pages of recent twentieth century, racial persecution and subsequent deportation to concentration camps.
However the film is also a manifesto of educated youth, curious and refined, especially embodied by the beautiful protagonist Micol Finzi Contini, the unforgettable Dominique Sanda. Read more
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 trip of over one hundred works by important artists from the twentieth century to the present day. Read more
Lingerie trends that have developed for the next season provide 5 themes. Each of them brings together a range of colors, the inspirational mood that built the theme itself, the artistic and cultural trends (art, design …), the silhouette of the catwalks, those of street style and persoanal sketches. It’s 10 pages per issue, for a total of 50 pages to launch an offer not to be missed. You can find it in the section “Trends”.
Lee Miller photographed by Man Ray in 1929
“Elizabeth” Beatrice Brandini
“I looked like an angel out. I saw that. I was a devil, instead, inside. I knew all the pain of the world as a child.” Elizabeth Miller
Free-spirited and unconventional Elizabeth “Lee” Miller was a woman full of talent, sensitive and indomitable … a real modern heroine. Read more
M.C. Escher “Hand with Globe”, lithography 1935
“Anke and Jetta” by Beatrice Brandini
In Bologna, at Palazzo Albergati, there is a beautiful exhibition where you can admire the lithographs, engravings, halftones of Maurits Cornelis Escher; the artist before and better than others, represented common objects as if they were magic, opening us the eyes and above, our imagination. Read more
A new Denim_Indigo_Blue, Mood board by Beatrice Brandini
A new Denim_Indigo_Blue, Mood board by Beatrice Brandini
The trends that I developed a few months ago for Spring / Summer 2016 are divided into five themes. Here in the blog I decided to share with you the most representative images. The complete package includes inspirational mood, walkways, street style, art and design, and all that I think might be important and so influential for the future. Read more
