Setting up of the exhibition I am a dragon. The true story of Alessandro Mendini
Tribute by Beatrice Brandini
I had already talked about Alessandro Mendini in a 2014 post, (https://www.beatricebrandini.it/mendini-the-architect-designer-who-loves-harlequin-and-proust/?lang=en) extolling his extraordinary creativity and my crazy love for his work. The exhibition at the Triennale (until October 13, 2024) celebrates him, and I can’t help but talk about it again. Read more
Thierry Mugler Haute Couture collection, 1997
Piumina by Beatrice Brandini
At the Farnesian Uccelliere in Rome, Rara Avis – Fashion in flight, a small jewel exhibition presents some of the most spectacular bird dresses created for couture collections. Read more
From heart to hands: Dolce&Gabbana.
Bianca by Beatrice Brandini
I think it’s the first time, in eleven years of blogging, that I’ve talked about an exhibition twice in close proximity. But the first post was an informative story, this is necessary. After visiting it I couldn’t give up documenting so much beauty. Read more
Poster of the documentary Jim Hanson Idea Man
Little carrot by Beatrice Brandini
From May 31st, the beautiful documentary Jim Hanson Idea Man, created by Oscar winner Ron Howard on the life of the extraordinary creative Jim Hanson, will be available on Disney+. Read more
Biba Logo
Ingrid by Beatrice Brandini
In 1964 Biba inaugurated its first store in the heart of London, ten years after what the press of the time defined as “the most beautiful store in the world”. In eleven years she conquered rock stars, actors and extravagant millionaires from the international jet set. Read more
Pitti Lemon, summer salon mood, illustration by Giordano Poloni
Limoncina by Beatrice Brandini
Yellow, energetic, graphic: it’s PITTI LEMON. Read more
Bella and Gigi by Beatrice Brandini
Exhibition. Jean Cocteau. The juggler’s revenge.
Until September 16, 2024, at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice, it will be possible to see the largest retrospective created in Italy dedicated to Jean Cocteau, one of the great geniuses of the 20th century. Read more
An image from the exhibition “From the Heart to the Hands: Dolce&Gabbana”. Courtesy Royal Palace
“Electra” by Beatrice Brandini
At the Palazzo Reale in Milan a wonderful exhibition retraces the journey, and the extraordinary success, of Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana. Read more
Lulù in the poster by Beatrice Brandini
Poster of the exhibition Paper Futurism, Forms of the Avant-garde in the posters of the Salce Collection
In Treviso (until 30 June at the Salce Museum), 130 posters from the Salce Collection, the most important collection of historical posters in Italy, and one of the most relevant in the world, will talk about futurism and advertising. Read more
Poster of the exhibition Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion. Photo by Nick Knight
Spring by Beatrice Brandini
This year the great New York museum will dedicate its splendid halls to the exhibition entitled: Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion (10 May – 10 September 2024). That is, wonderfully fragile clothes to be (perhaps) worn only once and then scrupulously preserved in the archives of the Costume Institute. Read more
