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Dust, wax and light. July fragments.

A real Belle Epoque interior discovered after 70 years The incredible story linked to the image above is happened in Paris. After 70 years an apartment in Paris’ 9th arrondissement, near the Trinité church between the Pigalle red light district and…

Mananà Pignatelli

Portrait of Mananà Pignatelli by talented illustrator and friend Vanna Vinci I’ve found really very few informations about Anna Maria dei principi d’Aragona Pignatelli di Terranova di Cortes, also known as Mananà (1894-1960). Just only one picture of her reveals…

A most paradisiac sight

Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose, John Singer Sargent, 1885-1886 This painting by J. S. Sargent express the mood I’m into for this upcoming month. This painting is so delicate and dreamful, a magical moment, secret and hidden. “I am trying to paint…

Michele Lamy

“Belief is a way to express a memory of your genes.” Michele Lamy Michele Lamy is one of those few real eccentrics that fashion world left to us. She is best known as wife, muse and creative accomplice of fashion…

Villa San Michele, Capri

Villa San Michele, the Bedroom I already talk about Marchesa Luisa Casati plenty and passionately and now I can confess that my attraction for Capri started when I knew that she lived there for some years during the 20’s. I came to…

Endless spaces (fragments)

Luigi Ghirri photography is a state of mind. The tidy methaphisics of hanging spaces gives a waiting feeling. A distant loneliness, endless spaces, a rarefied atmosphere that hides the mistery of things. “La sguardo è memoria, è immaginazione, è percezione di…