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Sunbathing at beautiful beaches ... rowdy backyard barbecues and hanging with friends have always been my favourite activity during the...
- Jul 10, 2022
Take me back to the future with your electric car!
The electric car is nothing new. History reminds us that the first motor vehicles produced were not those powered by oil, they were...
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- Jun 10, 2022
Let's be "Neorealistic"
The Italian Neorealism movement that changed the way of film making all over the world. I love movies more than I can properly...
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- May 6, 2022
Tina Modotti, the activist behind the camera
The amazing and adventurous life of a model, Hollywood actress, photographer and politician activist. When I first read her biography I...
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- Apr 13, 2022
I wish your basket is full of Easter dreams!
Chocolate bunnies, outdoor tasty brunch, cakes baking, eggs hunting, eggs dyeing, the easter tree … these are just a few of the many...
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- Feb 28, 2022
Scent of time: The House of Guerlain
"A perfume is like a piece of clothing, a message, a way of presenting oneself … a costume … that differs according to the woman who...
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- Jan 20, 2022
My "Silent Neighbourhood"
The "Quadrilatero del Silenzio" is a true gem in the heart of Milan where hidden gardens and luxurious villas cohabit in a harmonious...
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- Nov 28, 2021
The hidden Racetrack...
The Lingotto's unusual rooftop is a true high-speed test track where thousands of Fiats underwent testing once they came out of the...
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- Oct 27, 2021
Before Disney there was FELIX
F. - Hello Maggie, My name is Felix. I. - Hello Felix, nice to meet you. It's an honour to have you here. F. - And it's a pleasure for me...
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- Sep 16, 2021
Three sisters with the passion for fashion
The successful story behind "Sorelle Fontana Atelier": from Rome to Hollywood and the beginning of the "Made in Italy" concept. Today, I...
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- Jul 1, 2021
A day at the ocean in the 1920s
Beachtime, swimsuits and stylish babes under the sun of the Jazz Age. “They were smart and sophisticated, with an air of independence...
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- Jun 6, 2021
New York City and the allure of its Art Deco buildings
"Art Deco reflects confidence, vigor and optimism by using symbols of progress, speed and power." - Robert McGregor The Art Deco is a...
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- May 30, 2021
The seductive design of Art Deco posters
"An assertively modern style that ran to symmetry rather than asymmetry, and to the rectilinear rather than the curvilinear; it responded...
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- Apr 21, 2021
Walking through the real Little Italy
Hang out with me in Boston historic North End Boston seems to me a European city in lifestyle and architecture. It is a perfect mix of...
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- Mar 30, 2021
100 years ago today: the first women’s Olympiad
The world’s first international sporting event for women took place in Monaco in 1921 The 1921 Women’s Olympiad was held in Monte Carlo...
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- Feb 26, 2021
The Eye of the Century: Henri Cartier-Bresson
"To photograph is to put the head, the eye and the heart on the same line of sight" - Henri Cartier-Bresson From the late 1920s to the...
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- Jan 15, 2021
A tribute to the “Cowboys of the Sky”
In one of my older posts I talked about the Barnstorming, a form of entertainment in which stunt pilots used to make the craziest things...
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- Dec 28, 2020
Happy Birthday, Cinema!
125 years ago today marks the anniversary of the first public cinema screening by Lumière Brothers. Over the course of its history,...
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- Nov 17, 2020
METROPOLIS, 1927. The future was then
“One of the biggest, strangest, maddest films in cinema history” — THE GUARDIAN When I was 13 I loved spending the whole Saturday night...
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- Oct 15, 2020
Elsa Schiaparelli, a true legend of fashion
"The perfect dress, the one that will never go out of style, is just one: the dress of freedom”. Elsa Schiaparelli “She slapped Paris....
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