Si passa a Petrarca che per conquistare Laura si acconcia i capelli con i ferri e usa scarpe dolorosissime dalla punta chilometrica. Nel Rinascimento Carlo V che nel ritratto di Tiziano porta la conchiglia e la braghetta corta.   Enrico VIII era pazzo per le gemme, nel ritratto di Holbein …

  Moving on to Petrarch who, in order to win the affection of Laura, curled his hair with instruments and used painful, kilometric-pointed shoes. During the Renaissance Carlo V who in Titian’s portrait wears a jockstrap and shorts.   Henry VIII was crazy about jewels – you can count 114 …

Così fanno, fanno, fanno le marionette: tre piroette e poi se ne vanno. GEORGE LEPAPE 1912

That’s what they do, do, do Marionette: 3 pirouettes and then they’re off. GEORGE LEPAPE 1912

  ALLEGORY OF THE EARTH– MINIATURE OF THE “EXULTET”, DATING BACK TO THE 11th CENTURY– CATHEDRAL ARCHIVE, BARI The large sleeves of the female surplice were already characteristic of 11th-century fashion, as were the tight sleeves of the tunic, worn underneath, of which only the cuffs could be seen. The …