Showing posts with label gold. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gold. Show all posts
Dolce & Gabbana F/W 2012: Backstage
Embellished; rococo; ornate; aureate. Gold embroidery, elaborately florid and tapestry-like. Lace, velvet, and fur.
Manolete (2008)
Spain's infamous Torrero Manuel RodrÃguez Sánchez -known as "Manolete"- is the focus for this biopic directed by Menno Meyjes.
Manolete rose to prominence in the 1940's and fought in Spain as well as Mexico. Manolete's contributions to bullfighting include: '...standing very still while passing the bull close to his body and, rather than giving the passes separately, he was able to remain in one spot and link four or five consecutive passes together into compact series.' [1]
Unfortunately the script is pallid and the characters somewhat forgettable, otherwise the film is visually rather impressive. Details particularly worth noting: Penelope Cruz has a gold tooth; Adrien Brody, a little black Daschund.
[1] Wikipedia article on Manolete
Vogue Italia 2003
Steven Meisel photographed Jessica Stam for this Vogue Italia editorial in 2003. Set in a particularly lavishly-kitsch palatial residence this editorial has always piqued my interest. The abundance of gaudy, over-scaled and tasteless 'palatial-themed' interiors flaunting garish kitsch-neo-classical furniture, form a mind-boggling and brilliant backdrop to Stam's vacuously complacent stare. I also Particularly like the presence of the enormous large-screen Cathode ray tube televisions in amongst the golden, unrestrictedly ornate and flamboyant kitsch-rococo decor.
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