“The fortune teller” by Beatrice Brandini

The fortune teller was a young woman who predicted the future by reading cards under a tent, inside an amusement park. Her place was in a secluded, silent, almost magical corner. Read more →

Magdalena Frackowiak with  a creation by Viktor & Rolf,  photo by Josh Olins for Danzed & Confused

“Birgit” by Beatrice Brandini

Surrealists, visionaries, desecrators, ironic and self-ironic, but above all fantastic conceptual artists. Read more →

Dinner dress, ca. 1895  (The metropolitan Museum of Art)

“Virginia” by Beatrice Brandini

About time: Fashion and Duration is a magnificent exhibition at the Met that traces a century and a half of fashion, suffering from 1870 and reaching the present day. Read more →

“The monster” by Beatrice Brandini

A rather ugly girl, with crooked teeth, very thick glasses, was mistreated and offended by everyone, teased daily. When she was lucky she was only snubbed, ignored, as if she did not exist, otherwise, more often than not, derided by the usual bullies (idiots) at school and outside, as if she were a plague. Read more →

“Smudged Lipstick” ( “Rouge à lèvres taché”) by Beatrice Brandini

Tamara de Lempicka photographed by Madame d’Ora (Dora Philippine Kallmus)

Dora Philippine Kallmus, aka Madame d’Ora, was the first woman admitted to the Vienna Applied School of Graphics in 1905, another immensely talented female figure who helped make women creative and independent. Read more →

“Margherita” by Beatrice Brandini

Margherita was a girl who worked for the Tennis Federation and was madly in love with a young tennis player. Read more →

Antonella, the curator of the exhibition, by Beatrice Brandini

Carla Accardi: Untitled, 1954

Carla Accardi was the pioneer of abstract art (a magnificent forerunner), but above all one of the few women in a world dominated by men. Feminist, innovator, creative, free. Read more →

“Claudine lying in the sun with her towel” by Beatrice Brandini

Claudine was a French girl, full of charm, she loved ballet and was enthusiastic about life. Read more →

NATURE mood board by Beatrice Brandini

Banner Milano Unica

The key word of this digital edition is RE-TOUCH, a tribute to the sense of touch, which we have been missing (and continues to lack) for many months, inexorably marked by Covid 19. MILANO UNICA RE-TOUCH means paying homage to the suggestions that we try when we touch a fabric or material, wefts and warps, weaves and selvedges. In short, when we are in contact with those magnificent fabrics that evoke sensations but also concrete clothes, the ones we all would always like to wear. Read more →

“Anna” by Beatrice Brandini

“French maid variation” by George Condo

In an old issue of Vogue USA, an editorial appeared in which the beautiful Daria Werbowy was photographed surrounded by works by a painter who I found fantastic, his name was George Condo. Read more →