Iris Apfel (a beautiful girl of 94 years): “More is More and Less is a Bore” …

Image movie “IRIS” Albert Maysles “Iris” di Beatrice Brandini Passionate and art expert, traveler, decorator, jewelry designer, fashion consultant, but first and foremost an important presence immensely imbued with style and personality. With its unmistakable look characterized by gigantic glasses, colorful clothes, fabrics with a thousand fantasies and especially by her jewels “monumental” and ethnic, […]

Trends MilanoUnica Spring/Summer 2017

Banner MilanoUnica Moodboard “Africa Punk” Beatrice Brandini, fabrics and accessories MilanoUnica I was invited to the presentation of the trends for Spring / Summer 2017, organized and carried out by MilanoUnica, in the picturesque location “Pelota”, in Palermo street in Milan. In this interesting preview MilanoUnica  has identified four main areas in which the themes […]

Francesco De Gregori: calm cultured

Francesco De Gregori “Francesco” by Beatrice Brandini It’s a long time that I wanted to celebrate Francesco De Gregori since among the songs that I love most in the world, some are his ,  for example “Rimmel”, “Buonanotte fiorellino (Good night little flower)”, “La leva calcistica della classe ’68 (The lever football Class of ’68)”, […]

Animalier: fashion becomes “WILD”

Britt Ekland photographed by David Bailey in 1965 “Panther girl” by Beatrice Brandini The animal print (embroidery, application, fabrics, fur, etc.) is a constant in fashion; among designers there who has used and continues to do so as a feature of their style and aesthetic language, for example Roberto Cavalli, and who uses it by […]

Kristen McMenamy: when look and personality exceed perfection

Kristen McMenamy photographed by Josh Olins for ID Magazine       “Kristen” by Beatrice Brandini I love women beauty particular, irregular, “different” faces that are able to pass something; it is called class, style, personality. Features that despite the passage of time remain intact, making these women, as in the case of Kristen McMenamy, […]

TRENDS from the Milan catwalks for Spring – Summer 2016

Milan fashion shows (Gucci, Prada and A. Ferretti) Spring / Summer 2016            Mood “Exotica” Beatrice Brandini Ended fashion shows in Milan for the Spring Summer 2016 were as always very interesting, full of inspiration, creativity, talent and excellence. Ideas, materials and workmanship, confirming that the Made in Italy with its […]

Jeff Koons in Florence: creative, playful, irreverent… modernity embraces history

Jeff Koons in Florence: Pluto and Proserpina “Bunny” Beatrice Brandini About the next three months will visit Florence, you can be admired in the Piazza Signoria next to the marble copy of David by Michelangelo, a monumental, spectacular and glittering sculpture (three-meter) steel gold. Is one of the two works by the project Jeff Koons […]

Flying Jacket: from the World War I to skinhead, from Steve McQueen to Saint Laurent…

Gucci Flying Jacket, in the shop window “Flying Jacket” Beatrice Brandini Originally created for pilots, the Flying Jacket is one of those garments that cyclically come back in fashion, revised and corrected or exactly faithful to the original, it does not matter much, because the matrix is always the same. There are many versions seen […]