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Inspirational things (March)

This is a new section of the blog that I called fragments, a mix of things that caught my attention here and there, but not so important to make a post about them. Some readers also told me that it…

Pink Flamingos, an exercise in bad taste

“Filth is my life.” Divine Have you ever seen “Pink Flamingos”? Directed by John Water in 1972, it’s one of those movies that you can’t define exactly belonging to a specific genre, black comedy or trash movie or whatever, I…

Anna Piaggi

Anna Piaggi is about 80 today, she still dyes her hair of blue since 1989 and she hasn’t left her house without an hat since the early ’80s. Looking like a Circus character just came out from a drama, she’s…

San Domenico, Bologna

A visual tour inside the church of San Domenico, Bologna . I visited this church about one year ago and stupidly I didn’t take any pictures, so when my sister visited the city some weeks ago, she kindly took the…

Milan fashion week photodiary

Some pictures of the week I spent in Milan for the fashion week when, in just few days, an unseen and fantastic world will reveal in front of your eyes. Crowds of weird dressed people, waiting to be photographed, cram…

Catherine Baba for Gripoix

ENGLISH VERSION SOON La stylist Catherine Baba disegna per Gripoix una collezione di gioielli che immagina provenire dalle atmosfere decadenti di fine ‘800 fondendola con quella di una wunderkammer seicentesca. Ne vengono fuori gioielli di pura decorazione, come i disegni di Aubrey…