Coco Chanel’s home
I must say I’m not so obsessed by standard and acclaimed fashion icons, which Coco Chanel certainly is, but here I’m not going to talk about her style, but about her home. It’s located in 31 Rue Cambon, Paris, just above…
Decadent moodboard
Early Parisian Goths, 1910 I’m definitely going through a Marchesa Casati-period and January revealed to me as decadent-themed month. Here’s a selection of pictures that inspired me lately. Vittorio Matteo Corcos, Conversation in the Garden of Luxembourg the last photograph…
Infiniti auguri alla nomade: Luisa Casati.
Adolph De Meyer photograph, 1919 “I want to be a living work of art” Luisa Casati Today, 131 years ago, Marchesa Luisa Casati was born. I tried so many times to write something about La Casati, but it seemed to…
Boni and Le Palais Rose
Boni by Nadar Boni de Castellane Marquis Boniface de Castellane, belonging to one of those ancient French families, married Anna Gould, daughter of the tycoon and king of American railroads Jay Gould in 1895. Although he was not exactly poor…
Il Vittoriale
“Io ho quel che ho donato” G. D’Annunzio Year is just ended and a sense of nostalgia is pervading my days. During the lazy time between Christmas and New Year’s Eve I read “Infinite Variety”, about Marchesa Luisa Casati which…
Halloween moodboard
For my Halloween moodboard I took inspiration from Tavi for the idea of writing things on paper. I focused my attention on few concepts I’d like to put together in order to create something different from the halloween cliché. 1. Twins…