Little things
I’m off to Capri for the next following days. Lately I didn’t have enough time to write long post so here is a list of small things that are floating in my mind mixed with new findings. Ah, it…
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…
The Magick Lantern of Kenneth Anger
Kenneth Anger at the Cinematheque,Paris, 1950 “I’ve always considered movies evil; the day that cinema was invented was a black day for mankind.” Kenneth Anger I started to see Kenneth Anger’s films after reading his book “Hollywood Babylon” but I…
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…