“Why are you going to AltaRoma?! Rome is dead!” This is what I was told each time I announced my arrival in Rome for the couture week (alta moda). I confess that at first I had some doubts in doing so. The cost of trains, taxi and accommodation were such a deterrent to me because I can’t boast the title of “specialist correspondent” for a famous magazine (with expensive benefits and refunds), but the passion for what I think will be my future work field, the curiosity for the celebrations of the 10th anniversary of Who is On Next? contest…
They are 4! Four years that this blog is online, Four years that I express my opinion on fashion and art, Four years of changes, both human and professional, Four years of wonderful experiences … but also very bad ones.
In recent years it seems that the revaluation of fashion brands’ heritage through the opening of a museum is almost a natural step for the several fashion houses based in Florence, and the 86th edition of Pitti Uomo was the opportunity for discover the most precious core of the future Braccialini Museum. Pitti 86 – Mostra Il Giardino Incantato di Braccialini – Museo Marino Marini
Among the events that took place in the city of Florence during Pitti Uomo, the Costume Gallery of Pitti Palace hosted the presentation of the exhibition “The court cape of Lady Franca Florio”. Il manto di corte di Donna Franca Florio, nella Sala da ballo della Galleria del Costume di Palazzo Pitti, Firenze
Until September 28th the iconic Sala Bianca of Palazzo Pitti in Florence will host Jacopo Ligozzi “PITTORE UNIVERSALISSIMO”, the exhibition curated by Alessandro Cecchi, Lucilla Conigliello, Marzia Faietti in collaboration with Anna Bisceglia and Giorgio Marini, that for the first time showcases the wide activity of the Veronese painter Jacopo Ligozzi in the Florentine panorama. Among the famous series of “naturalia”, allegories and altarpieces is a real surprise to discover even his role as designer of clothes, bizarre glasses, scenic design and fine storied marble tops made by the grand-ducal manufactory. Tavole naturalistiche – Gli Uccelli – Ficus Carica (Ficus…
From May 31st (to June 3rd) London is going to stage the Graduate Fashion Week, the world’s leading event for fashion students, showcasing the work of over 1,000 graduates from the most influential UK and international universities. As usual you can see on the catwalk a lot of inspirations, provocations, novelties, but in some cases you can also have a lot of doubts about the prestige of those fashion institutes. A part from the same common teaching methods that invite students to copy “reinterpret” the great Japanese masters and the Antwerp Six, it seems that this year the pop imagery of…
I’m pretty sure that Vincent Billeci would have been a worthy protégé of the Florio family, the enlightened Sicilian entrepreneurs who launched Palermo as cultural capital at international level during the Belle Epoque. I can imagine him next to the most important Palermitan Art Nouveau representative artists such as Ernesto Basile and Ettore De Maria Von Bergler, while he drapes the high tech fabrics of his autumn-winter 2014 collection on the curvy body of Donna Franca Florio.
From May 22nd John Galliano will be the art director of the Russian cosmetics retailer L’Etoile, founded in 1997 with over 750 stores and a distribution of more than 150 brands, including, ironically, Christian Dior. Home page del sito L’Etoile
Lately in Florence even the most distracted person may have seen the posters with a sort of faceted gem which bears the inscription Gioielli d’artista: la tradizione nella modernità (The artists’ jewels: the tradition in the modernity) that announce the exhibition hosted in the historic venue of the Ente Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze and the Horne Museum until 15 October 2014. Allestimento Mostra Gioielli d’artista Firenze – Sede Cassa di Risparmio Firenze
(Sorry, no English version for this post!) Carissimi amici, colleghi e lettori, The Fashion Commentator è tornato! Come già annunciato sulla pagina Facebook, il 29 aprile ho finalmente raggiunto uno dei traguardi più importanti della mia vita, la laurea in architettura. In questo lungo periodo di preparazione della tesi, sia il blog che la pagina Facebook non sono stati aggiornati, è stata una scelta sofferta, ma in tutta onestà non me la sentivo di abbassare la qualità dei contenuti e perdere la credibilità ottenuta in anni di lavoro limitandomi alla mera condivisione di news e comunicati. Da oggi l’attività…