Monthly Archives: January 2017
Favourite movie themes by Ennio Morricone
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Ennio Morricone (born in 1928 in Rome) is one of the greatest film composer. He is especially famous for his collaboration with the Italian director Sergio Leone.
Blue velvet
De jolis souliers rouges
“De jolis souliers rouges” means “Pretty red shoes”.
There is a beautiful movie “The red shoes” (1948) directed by Michael Powell et Emeric Pressburger and starring Moira Shearer :
Cats chasing birds
Among red robins
Meow !
Illusion
The Place Vendôme in Paris in photos
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Place Vendôme is a luxury and jewelry symbol in Paris. The greatest jewelry designers are located there. This place was designed in 1699 by the architect Jules Hardouin-Mansart (the architect of the Chateau de Versailles). Place Vendôme is octogonal and symetric … Continue reading
In a mysterious forest
The American painter Will Cotton
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Will Cotton (born in 1965) is an American painter whose favourite subjects are sugar (candies, pastries…) and female nudes. Besides painting (oil on linen), he draws and sculpts. He creates surrealistic landscapes teeming with candies and pastries.
The Golden Globes in photos
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Since 1944, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) have rewarded the cinema and TV excellence through the Golden Globes. La la land, Atonement, the Social Network were namely awarded.
The vintage fashion House Maggy Rouff
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Maggy Rouff (1896-1971) was a French couturier, nicknamed “the architect of sewing”. Gifted with a remarkable technique, she loved playing with asymmetry and innovative shapes. In 1929, she bought with her husband the couture house “Drecoll” and renamed it in … Continue reading
The Sixties in black and white
The vintage fashion illustrator Marcel Vertès
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Marcel Vertès (1895-1961) was a Hungarian/French illustrator, painter and printmaker. He illustrated covers for fashion magazine such as Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue. He also illustrated ads for Schiaparelli perfumes and cosmetics. His illustrations are graceful, delicate and often decorated with … Continue reading
Satin dresses
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In the current vocabulary, satin is a thin fabric without visible weft with a glossy face and a dull back. Strictly meaning, satin is a weave type (the way in which the warp and weft wires cross each other). Thus, … Continue reading
Pretty in black and white
The singer Jain wears this beautiful dress in her clip of “Come” :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDXOzr0GoA4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDXOzr0GoA4
Favourite Resort / Cruise 2017 looks
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Resort or Cruise is the pre-Spring Summer collection presented by designers from May to July and delivered in stores after Fall clothes gone on sale and before the comercialization of Spring clothes. The fashion designer Derek Lam says “it’s about … Continue reading