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SERENA

DAUGHTER OF EMPEROR HONORIUS – TABLET FROM THE  DYPTICH OF STILICHO – DATED CA. 395 A.D. – MONZA CATHEDRAL. Splendid example of roman womenswear with a tight sleeve under tunic, a “colobio” outer tunic tied around the waist by an opulent jewelled belt and a draped “stola” on the arm. …

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SERENA

FIGLIA DELL’IMPERATORE ONORIO – VALVA DEL DITTICO DI STILICONE – DATABILE DOPO IL 395 – TESORO DELLA CATTEDRALE, MONZA Splendido esempio di abbigliamento femminile romano con tunica interna a maniche strette, tunica esterna del tipo colobio, ma trattenuta in vita da ricca cintura gemmata. Stola drappeggiata sul braccio. Pettinatura con …

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LE MODELLE CHE PERDONO LA TESTA

“Decapitate” nelle campagne pubblicitarie: “Si vedono meglio gli abiti” Helmut Newton, rivoluzionario sorridente che si divertiva a infrangere tutte le regole con la forza del suo genio, rispondeva ai giovani fotografi che gli chiedevano consigli con una frase ironica e tagliente, “newtoniana” al 100%: “Se vuoi che ti chiamino una …

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THE MODELS WHO LOST THEIR HEADS

They appear as “beheaded” in ad campaigns, “To better valorise the outfits”. Helmut Newton, the “smiling “revolutionary photographer who loved to break the rules with his irruent and powerful genious, who used to reply to the request for advice by young photographers with a “ typical Newton –style” ironic remark: …

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NUMBERS AND DATES

BIRTHDATE OF OUR FACEBOOK PAGE 01/02/2010 can be read the same forwards and backwards. A fascinating palindromic date. Endless night is the title of one of Agatha Christie’s novels where the captivation of palindromic words is well illustrated (those that are spelled the same backwards as forwards), for example, words …

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