YELLOW LONG DRESS

CLOSET CASTLE di Annapaola Brancia d'Apricena

Renewed findings from the coffer of a castle
Dal baule di un castello ritrovamenti e riadattamenti

70's yellow chiffon dress
Abito chiffon giallo anni '70

TO BE YELLOW

Angelica Huston in Valentino 1972

Catherine Deneuve

Angelica Huston in Valentino 1972

Jean Shrimpton

Audrey Hepburn

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ROMA STREET STYLE-VIA DEL PORTO FLUVIALE

Alessandro Gambino
Head of communication Roma Europa Festival 

CHARLES JAMES:BEYOND FASHION-METROPOLITAN MUSEUM

Charles James (1906-1978) was a British-born fashion designer known as "America's First Couturier." He is widely considered to have been a master of cutting and is known for his highly structured aesthetic. 
Charles James: Beyond Fashion will explore James's design process, focusing on his use of sculptural, scientific, and mathematical approaches to construct revolutionary ball gowns and innovative tailoring that continue to influence designers today. Christian Dior is "said to have credited James with inspiring The New Look."
Approximately seventy-five of James's most notable designs will be presented in two locations—the new Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch Gallery in the Anna Wintour Costume Center as well as special exhibition galleries on the Museum's first floor. The first-floor special exhibition galleries will spotlight the glamour and resplendent architecture of James's ball gowns from the 1940s through 1950s. The Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch Gallery will provide the technology and flexibility to dramatize James's biography via archival pieces including sketches, pattern pieces, swatches, ephemera, and partially completed works from his last studio in New York City's Chelsea Hotel.
 Wrap-over trousers, figure-eight skirts, body-hugging sheaths, ribbon capes and dresses, spiral-cut garments, and poufs. These, along with his iconic ball gowns from the late 1940s and early 1950s—the "Four-Leaf Clover," "Butterfly," "Tree," "Swan," and "Diamond"—will be showcased in the exhibition. At a preview of the exhibit, Elettra Wiedemann modeled a replica of the Clover Leaf ballgown James originally created for Austine Hearst. It was the dress James ranked as the best of his creations.
May 8-August 10 2014 Metropolitan Museum of Art
If you are in NY you have to go!

Cecil Beaton 1948

Four leaf clover dress

White silk satin, white silk faille, black silk-rayon 

Diamon dress 1957

Red silk velvet, red silk satin, white cotton organdy1950

Bebe Paley 1950

Nancy James in swan gown photo by Cecil Beaton

Charles James and a model photo by Cecil Beaton

Charles James  photo by Cecil Beaton

PINK FLOWERS

Early '900 silk with flowers hat, sequins top by Zara, vintage chiffon skirt, patent lleater pink shoes by Lucioli, sunglasses and clutch by H&M
Cappello seta con fiori primi  '900, top con paillettes Zara, gonna di chiffon vintage, scarpe vernice rosa Lucioli, occhiali e clutch H&M

HATS

Rochas

Thakoon

Balenciaga

Dsquared2

Vivienne Westwood

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HAT WITH FLOWERS

CLOSET CASTLE di Annapaola Brancia d'Apricena

Renewed findings from the coffer of a castle
Dal baule di un castello ritrovamenti e riadattamenti

Early '900 silk with flowers hat
Cappello di seta con fiori primi '900

THIS INSPIRES ME

Audrey Hepburn in "My fair lady"

Pierre Balmain

photo Henry Clarke

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NO MORE VIOLENCE UPON WOMEN

These t-shirts come from the photographic exhibition No more violence upon women, in which the photographer Patrizia Pulga with the help of costume designer Barbara Lippi Bruni, makes wearing t-shirts on cardboard dummies and shooting them in various parts of the world. You can buy them on the site http://www.uaostore.com/lavori/no-more-violence-upon-women.html and for every t-shirt purchased will be donated one euro to some associations that fight the cause.
Queste t-shirt nascono dalla mostra fotografica No more violence upon women, in cui la fotografa  Patrizia Pulga con l'aiuto della costumista Barbara Lippi Bruni, fa indossare magliette a dei manichini di cartone scattando in varie parti del mondo.
Si possono acquistare sul sito http://www.uaostore.com/lavori/no-more-violence-upon-women.html e per ogni maglietta acquistata andrà devoluto un euro alla causa.

CARAPINA ICE CREAM

The Carapina ice cream or rather the sublimation of  simplicity. The Roscioli oven,  the raw of San Lorenzo, the Carapina ice cream, this is a route forced for Romans gourmet, since Simone Bonini has opened the most trendy ice-cream shop in Rome. After the successes of Florence even Romans can discover amazing simplicity of fruit flavors... the sensation is to eat the fruit  in simply cold version, dense and soft creams, and salty tastes. A must to try: pecorino romano. Design, high quality of raw materials and the great professionalism of Simone,  the ice cream in the bowl instead of strictly commercial showcase, this is the Carapina's world.

 Il gelato di Carapina ovvero la subliminazione della semplicità. Il forno di Roscioli, il crudo del San Lorenzo, il gelato da Carapina, questo itinerario obbligato dei gourmet romani, da quando Simone Bonini ha aperto a Roma la gelateria più trendy del momento. Dopo i successi di Firenze anche i romani potranno scoprire l'incredibile semplicità dei gusti alla frutta....la sensazione e' quella di mangiare il frutto madre  nella sua versione fredda, le creme dense e morbide, i gusti salati. Un must da provare: il pecorino romano. Design, materie prime di altissima qualità e la grande professionalità di Simone, i gelati rigorosamente nel pozzetto al posto della commerciale vetrina, tutto questo e' il mondo di Carapina.
Luca Ferlaino

http://carapina.it
Roma via dei Chiavari 37
Firenze piazza Oberdan 2 e via Lambertesca18