Philip Glass and Christian Dior at the
Rome Opera – fever and pleasure, obsessive repetition
In art or life, do we need rules and rigor? The obsessive repetition of Philip Glass finds new energy in Maria Grazia Chiuri’s love of Rome and in the power of Dior
Milan, between shops and industry.
A Perfumery on Corso Magenta
How much history is hidden in a perfume? A perfume distributor takes us back to the beginning of the 1900s, when Paris was in Milan’s shadow. Might history repeat itself today?
What is human tension?
Carla Fracci on Rudolf Nureyev
In rooms of The White Crow in Nureyev’s biography - Carla Fracci remembers her relationship. «He wanted me for The Nutcracker but I said no, I had just given birth. He responded, ‘I’ll show you, Carla will appear on stage again’»
Villa Arconati, Milan. Cycles of Contemporary Cultural Heritage
In Milan’s Bollate suburb, electronic festival Terraforma and its network of participatory stakeholders protect the 16th lombard-baroque Villa Arconati in an accidental series of poetic efforts in heritage management
Milan, between shops and industry.
A Perfumery on Corso Magenta
How much history is hidden in a perfume? A perfume distributor takes us back to the beginning of the 1900s, when Paris was in Milan’s shadow. Might history repeat itself today?
What is human tension?
Carla Fracci on Rudolf Nureyev
In rooms of The White Crow in Nureyev’s biography - Carla Fracci remembers her relationship. «He wanted me for The Nutcracker but I said no, I had just given birth. He responded, ‘I’ll show you, Carla will appear on stage again’»
Villa Arconati, Milan. Cycles of Contemporary Cultural Heritage
In Milan’s Bollate suburb, electronic festival Terraforma and its network of participatory stakeholders protect the 16th lombard-baroque Villa Arconati in an accidental series of poetic efforts in heritage management
Rome—out on the town with Maria Grazia Chiuri
Rome—where does it hide its energy? The eternal city is a stronghold of power: from antiquity to baroque, the emergence of dragonflies and new botanicals, for a powerful Italian woman in Paris
Beistegui reappears again—
and we can’t get enough
Why do we mistake ostentation for charm? In these years of sobriety and industry, the costume culture revealed by a masked ball signifies optimism
April 2019
THE FASHIONABLE LAMPOON – ISSUE #17
RESILIENCE
Directory
Spots and Notes, a new way of travelling
The Beverly Hills Hotel
the Rise of a City and a Historic Landmark
The Martinque wallpaper adorns the corridors and lounging areas of the hotel, designed for vanity and visibility “guests are entitled of everything regardless of the costs”. This is Hollywood
The chocolate way – Chapter One
This is what is missing from the new generation: humility, which does not mean keeping silent, but speaking at the right time, taking teachings and elaborating on them in your own way to get a result
Geoffrey Dinner Gallery, Washington
Geoffrey Diner Gallery was established by Geoffrey and Maureen Diner in 1975 in the historic Dupont Circle area of Washington, D.C.
Rebuses and inverted letters,
two doors, a diptych
Three young people couldn’t sell their designs. In the Sixties, they opened a shop with two doors to the street – dyptique, in the Boulevard Saint-Germain. A history for those who strive today
Milan, between shops and industry.
A Perfumery on Corso Magenta
How much history is hidden in a perfume? A perfume distributor takes us back to the beginning of the 1900s, when Paris was in Milan’s shadow. Might history repeat itself today?
All the Royal Warrants of Floris Jermyn Street, Perfumer to The Queen
In the 18th century, a Spanish artisan brought the flowers of the Mediterranean to the court of King George II and opened Floris Jermyn Street