Pitti Uomo BLOOMS

“Bloom” by Beatrice Brandini

Yesterday, June 13, its opened the 92rd edition of Pitti Immagine Uomo, the most interesting internationally men’s fashion (six hundred thousand square feet of beautiful ideas), in which, divided into macro areas and categories, you can find everything, but really everything, what should be in the man’s wardrobe … (an ELEGANT wardrobe). Read more →

Marco Bagnoli “Si non sedes is”

“Bella Italia” by Beatrice Brandini

Tomorrow, Friday June 2, will be inaugurated the beautiful exhibition at Forte Belvedere: YTALIA Energy Thought Beauty. Everything is connected. They could not choose a more suitable day to entertain it as the celebration of the Republic, celebrating art and our artistic heritage is celebrated our culture and our history. Read more →

Salvatore Ferragamo, shoe “The Stars”, 1926. Photo Arrigo Coppitz, courtesy Salvatore Ferragamo Museum

“Shelby” by Beatrice Brandini

A few days ago, a beautiful exhibition was inaugurated at the Ferragamo Museum at Palazzo Spini Feroni in Florence (open until May 2, 2018), which celebrates ninety years after Salvatore Ferragamo’s return to Italy (1927), after twelve years spent in the United States. Read more →

“Gran Cornuto” by Gillo Dorfles, 2004 (private collection)

“Cloud” by Beatrice Brandini

“I’ve always been curious about the world, I think it depends solely on the great interest I’ve always had and I still have about the neighbor. I’m more interested in the neighbor that on myself, fortunately. “ Gillo Dorfles Read more →

Comme des Garçons dress photo by Paolo Roversi, 1997

“Kiko” by Beatrice Brandini

“What I do is not influenced by what is happening in the world of fashion or culture. I’m from abstract images to create a new concept of beauty.” Rei Kawakubo. This phrase explains more than any other word the magnificent and unique route of Comme des Garçons. Read more →

… everything is ready, the show is about to begin!

Sketch “Masked Ball” by Beatrice Brandini

We have not pulled out our favorite sandals, dresses, shirts or t-shirts, which already talking about winter collections, FASHION never stops, in fact, the New Yorkers walkways, as Londoners, Parisian and Milan (already some weeks ago), were presented collections for the next season, showing us how we wear in about six months. Read more →

“Majesty Betrayed” by Gaetano Pesce, Piazza S. Maria Novella, Florence. Photo by Angelo

“Joker Girl” by Beatrice Brandini

Forty-eight years ago Gaetano Pesce created an armchair, the magnificent UP, the symbol of the woman prisoner of prejudice, the secondary role for her in the company (the puff ball, bound with chains to the chair, a warning to female slavery). Terribly current topics, now present in the brutal daily news. Read more →

Banner MilanoUnica Fall – Winter 2018 / 2019 …. “Wet banner, banner lucky!”

Mood Board of Beatrice Brandini for Fall – Winter 2018 -19

New appointment with MilanoUnica, preview on the trends of the season Autumn – Winter 2018/19. Beautiful! As always suggestive location, this time the nice appendix of the Technical and Technology Museum of Milan, the Cavallerizze. But, most importantly, the substance, which is the theme exhibition (Cinema) and the presence of materials, workmanship, materials, accessories, really UNIQUE! Read more →

“Connie” by Beatrice Brandini

Lady Gaga album “Artpop”, 2013. Statue artist Jeff Koons

A few days ago, on 12 March, it celebrated the 50th anniversary of the release of the first album The Velvet Underground & Nico. Only two of the talented musicians are still alive, John Cale and Maureen Tucker, but this disc from scarce commercial success (too ahead of its time, 1967), is considered one of the most significant and important album of music history (the first place for the Observer magazine in the list of “50 albums that changed music” and in 13th place for Rolling Stone magazine among the “500 best albums of music history”). Read more →

“Widow Blue” Pino Pascali, 1965

“I see far” (particular) by Beatrice Brandini

I discovered Pino Pascali many years ago thanks to an eclectic and forward-looking gallery that reported him. The first things I saw were sketches made for advertising, and , although dated back to many decades before my revelation, were incredibly modern. Read more →