MIU MIU BY STEVEN MEISEL

The new Spring Summer MIU MIU advertising campaign is signed by the great photographer Steven Meisel. This time he shot four newscreen actresses : Millie Brady, Julia Garner, Matilda Lutz and India Salvor Menuez. The brand is extremely up to date with tweed, jacquard, knit, satin, lace and leather. The forms range from oversized trench to cotton shirts. The pictures from Meisel are tightly cropped, asymmetric and shot against a neutral grey backdrop. The neutrality of the approach reveals the richness of the looks coupled with the palpable intelligence of this new faces.

Versace Pre-fall collection 2016 for an urban powerful women. May be a roman one?

Oversized drop-shoulder coats and jackets. A fitted and sculpted waist. The new Versace pre-fall collection is modern and wearable. I will definitly take my clients to try it on. Leather is refined in tailored shapes. I love the drop shouldered biker.  Since a couple of years the brand is very fresh and cool.  Here is Donatella Versace statement :"I want women to have everything they need to be at their best". She is right. www.versace.com

Rome is waiting for Toulouse Lautrec

The 4th of December starts the Toulouse Lautrec exhibition in Ara Pacis. Over 170 masterpieces coming from the Budapest Museum of Beaux Arts. A lot of affiches, posters and the first advertising campaign. Some are extremely rare because they were done by the artist in limited edition. Considered one of the brightest illustrator of his time, Toulouse Lautrec portrayed Balls at Moulin Rouge, french can can and other aspects of parisian life from the end of the XIXth Century to the beginning of the XXth. The exhibition will last until the 8th of May. Not to be missed. www.arapacis.it

Henri de Toulouse- Lautrec : The english man at the Moulin Rouge 1892