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
“Flaminia” byi Beatrice Brandini
Banner of the exhibition “Imperatrici Matrone Liberte”
Empresses, matrons, freedmen is the title of the new archaeological exhibition in the Uffizi Gallery, where thirty works tell the important role of women in the society of that time. Read more
“Elena”, particular, by Beatrice Brandini
On Halloween day, a fearless little girl dressed up as a Devil thinking she was the queen of the pumpkins, that day she sure was. Read more
