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 … […]
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 […]
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, […]
Renée Perle photographed by J. H. Lartigue “Florette” Beatrice Brandini At the MEF, Museum Ettore Fico di Torino, there is a beautiful anthology dedicated to one of the greatest photographers of the twentieth century: Jacques Henri Lartigue. They are not simple photographs but little masterpieces, poems in black and white. The exhibition will end on […]
Keiichi Tanaami designs for Dior “Midori” by Beatrice Brandini Raf Simons, creative director of Dior, called Keiichi Tanaami, true legend of the underground Japanese, to redesign the visual and aesthetic codes of the Maison. The result is an irresistible array of pin-ups, skulls, mouths, eyes, in manga version, vibrant colors, fluorescent and acid, mixing East […]
Kartell: Stool “Attila” by P. Starck “Gaia in the colored lights” by Beatrice Brandini Kartell is an Italian company founded in 1949, a company that with its production of objects has ennobled the plastic, making it stylish, colorful, playful. It’s been almost seventy years but still surprised by its creative originality.
Niki the Saint Phalle, fountain in the Tarot Garden, Garavicchio “The Temptress” by Beatrice Brandini Niki the Saint Phalle is counted as one of the exponents (only female) of Nouveau Realism, one of the first artists who used art as a warning against racism and in favor of minorities (feminist avant la lettre, before the […]
Elizabeth Taylor in “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” “Celiné” by Beatrice Brandini The lingerie for women is a weapon of seduction very important. The cinema has understood its power for some time, tying some of its heroines, women among the most fascinating in its history, just an undergarment. The lingerie is the protagonist in […]
Jean Seberg “Jean” by Beatrice Brandini There are actresses that even after an appearance will be forever imprinted in the minds of the spectators, for a number of aspects (sometimes only one) as the class, talent, beauty, style, charisma … Jean Seberg was one of these …
Exhibition poster J.P. Gaultier in Paris “Mannequins Gaultier” by Beatrice Brandini Jean Paul Gaultier is one of the greatest fashion designers that, since the end of the seventies, continues to amaze us with his creative, tailoring, ironic and precious collections. Until August 3 Paris pays tribute to this histrionic and very talented stylist (it’s sad […]
