Wednesday, 29 December 2010

She wants to make the difference

Another wednesday, another movie.
It's Mona Lisa Smile Time, one of my favourite's movies.
A full-length movie, filled with everything from fashion, described simply perfect. We're between 1953 and 1954, one would think that the designers have taken up this film for fashion shows of this winter.
Long skirts, cardigans, starched shirts, hats, veils, red lipstick and strings of pearls.
Everything is so incredibly perfect.
Fashion has certainly a very important role in this movie, since that enriches every scene, every dialogue, debate, romantic moment are highlighted by the captivating beauty of the clothes that we dream today, because is tha peace and prosperity tipical of 50s that we dream today, in this period of crisis. And are these elements that tell the story, as well as to issues related to the irreversible change of that decade: contraception, divorce, free love, women's empowerment, new music, rock 'n'roll, unconventionality, which are opposed to the traditional, bourgeois values, the disparity between the sexes, the division of roles, pairs that divide people, but all of these things make you fall in love with that class of art of the female Wellesley College!
Such an amazing movie that went deep inside women souls searching for reasons why us, complete, wonderful and capable creatures are voluntarily lowering our own expectations from life when we literally have everything to open new worlds to the world we live in.

Enjoy, and fallow my advice!


My parents say my future is right on the horizon.
- Tell them the horizon is an imaginary line that recedes as you approach it.

Look beyond the paint. Let us try to open our minds to a new idea.

My teacher, Katherine Watson, lived by her own definition, and would not compromise that. Not even for Wellesley. I dedicate this, my last editorial, to an extraordinary woman who lived by example and compelled us all to see the world through new eyes. By the time you read this, she'll be sailing to Europe, where I know she'll find new walls to break down and new ideas to replace them with. I've heard her called a quitter for leaving, an aimless wanderer. But not all who wander are aimless. Especially not those who seek truth beyond tradition; beyond definition; beyond the image.
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Wednesday, 22 December 2010

A movie for every week

Wednesday, in the middle of the week, is the perfect day to start a column!

So, every wednesday we’ll talk about …movies. Let’s get it started!

It’s Christmas time and in the frecious gift’s hunting (terrifying!) of these days I want to propose you the perfect movie to dream in the Christmas atmosphere.

Serendipity (2001) is about fate: “serendipity” is when you find something unexpected when you were looking forsomething else. So, it’s a love story dictated by destiny: they meet each other during Christmas shopping, they spend an evening together without exchange their names and telephone numbers. They’ll write them in a book (that she’ll sold) and in a banknote (with that he’ll pay something). Destiny will do everything.

Thanks to Sara (Kate Beckinsale), we can till dream and be hopeful, even when everything seems to be going wrong, because “fate is behind everything”, and we gotta have faith in destiny.

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Friday, 17 December 2010

My Christmas’ wish list

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  1. A Blugirl bag – because I love bags and Italian one’s are the best!
  2. Tiffany Key – because a jewel is forever, and a Tiffany one is to feel special
  3. Parisienne par YSL – because it’s very chic and charmeuse, and it’s to have a little part of Paris in you
  4. Reebook Easytone – for a better shape!
  5. A Reflex Photocam – for very special memories
  6. A Shopping trip to London – to have the best and most particular goods and clothes

Hope Santa will give me someone of this things…

And what would you like to find under you Christms tree?

xoxo

A.

Monday, 13 December 2010

A Chanel Birthday

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Hi everybody!

I’m sorry…it’s one week that I’m not writing here!

Well, I’ve been N I N E T E E N on thursday! It was a wanderful day, because I knew that my friends (few and very close!) are the best present af all! Aaaaand, about presents, I received a ticket to go to see The Beauty and the Beast- The musical in Rome in January (it’s my favourite cartoon!), and my Mum gave a me a Chanel set with a makeup case, a Rouge Coco and a powder… thank you Mummy!

Now, I’m gonna go to make my Christmas’ wish list!

xoxo

A.

Sunday, 5 December 2010

The man who lets us dream

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We’re talking about Renè Gruau (1909-2004).

He has been a fashion designer and changed the history of advertising in fashion, thanks to the collaboration with Christian Dior, with who he promoted the new look, a new female figure, who embodies the desire and define a lifestyle that makes you dream: sinuous silhouette, narrow waist, sides pronounced, many accessories.
His art consists in matching poster’s style resorts of Rimini, elegant and stylish, with the simple and linear Japanese prints made of bold colors and scenes that truncated hide, reveal, intrigue.

Enjoy!

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Thursday, 11 November 2010

End of Fear, Beginning of Love

The event of November: Agatha Ruiz de la Prada and Elio Fiorucci held a meeting on fashion and art 'from the Pop Newpop'. was a very special one on Tuesday morning, as it's not every day you have artists like them, to confront together.
In the middle of the speech were the color and fast fashion, the main Ingred Pop.

"De la Prada, Fiorucci have taken into account in their work to the needs of the people: the smile, the colors, and originality. Pop art is a movement that changed the art, is self-deprecating, optimistic. Would not hurt a bit 'the art of the sadness of the modern world made of escort, selfishness and violence. ".

So Mariella Milani (famous Italian journalist who deals with fashion) introduced the two designers.
Following the fil rouge of 'pop art, after presenting his life, Agatha has presented his work of a year, "closer to art than fashion," a labor of colors and simple, happy images.
But sensational was the intervention of Fiorucci, a great man who has started to work in the fast fashion for some years, since, as pointed out by Milani,

"to buy items in the series is a cultural fact, even the jet set buy items economic: the trend. Fashion is democratized. "

Finally, Fiorucci closed his speech explaining his famous angels:

“They are symbols that protect; the dead are angels, but angels are above all people who are near to you: next to us (even without realizing it) there may be a person who loves us.”

Thank you both!

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Friday, 5 November 2010

Lanvin <3 H&M

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Just a few days till the big event of this month!

For now you can browse the website of hm to see the first images of the collection, but from the 23th November you can buy the long-awaited collection by Lanvin for fast-fashion stores of H&M.

Here are some photos of the collection, so chic and sophisticated, elegant and youthful at the same time. A collection attentive to detail, while linear, whose particularity is colorful, well lit, but not too glaring, just special. After all, there is the touch of Lanvin behind this wonderful collection!

Good shopping darlings!