Elegance is acquired   Astrid Munoz demonstrates this point: she arrived to Parisfrom Porto Rico. And when she returned home she had learnt what style truly is   Astrid Muñoz This young woman born in Porto Rico is living proof that you will not be successful as a model …

  Eleganti si diventa Astrid Muñoz lo dimostra: lei è arrivata a Parigi da Porto Rico. E quanto è ritornata a casa aveva imparato cos’è lo stile Astrid Muñoz Questa giovane donna nata a Porto Rico è la dimostrazione che non si raggiunge il successo, come modella, se prima non …

  Anna Piaggi, the “pen” of high fashion, has died   For years a pillar of “Vogue”, she launched the vintage style   She was a proper middle-class woman, she spoke tactfully and competently about her work; her educated mannerisms and her voice were those of theMilanmiddle-class, reluctant to raise …

  FIGURES OF SAINTS – DETAIL OF THE APSIDAL MOSAIC DATING CIRCA YEAR 1120 – DUOMO, CEFALU’   Clerical garb in Sicily, which is in keeping with tradition, is strikingly Byzantine in nature. This is displayed by the three figures of saints with a tunic (sticharium) with its lavishly decorated …

  FIGURE DI SANTI – PARTICOLARE DEL MUSAICO ABSIDALE DATABILE CIRCA ALL’ANNO 1120 – DUOMO, CEFALU’   L’abbigliamento ecclesiastico in Sicilia, nella sua fedeltà alla tradizione, presenta un carattere spiccatamente bizantino che è testimoniato in queste tre figure di santi con la tunica (sticharium) riccamente ornata all’orlo inferiore e la …