Above: Fornasetti at the Palazzo Altemps
Dear paisanos and Italophiles,
I was back in Rome at the end of June to visit friends, cover the summer edition of AltaRoma with Diane Pernet, check out the Fornasetti exhibition and relax at one of my favorite hotels in Europe, the Locarno. Here are the links to all my recent stories on A Shaded View on Fashion:
Sylvio Giardina's Haute Couture triumph
What to Wear to the Apocalypse: A.I. Re-action exhibition
Miahatami celebrates the power of Persian Women
We visited the workshops where Gucci's baby dragons were created
Touring the legendary backlots of Cinecittà Studios
A visit to the Accademia Costume e Moda
Fornasetti exhibition at the Palazzo Altemps
Susan Sabet of Pashion magazine, Oscar-winning costume designer Milena Canonero and yours truly at Sala Fellini.
Who Is On Next? Italian Vogue competition winner MRZ.
Lupo Lanzara, Diane Pernet, Paulo Mariotti of Brazilian Vogue, Rebecca Voight and Alessio de Navasques at the Accademia Costume e Moda.
Lebanese trans woman couture designer Robert Abi Nader showed ghostly glamour at the 17th-century Biblioteca Casanatense.
My friend the actor and screenwriter Rinaldo Rocco invited me to a delightful dinner on his roof terrace in Monti.
Cinecittà Studios - the set of HBO's Rome.
Baci, baci,
Glenn Belverio
