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Mad Muse: Marchesa Luisa Casati

July 19, 2022February 27, 2014 by Eva

Marchesa Luisa Casati by Man Ray (1922) Marchesa Luisa Casati was an eccentric patroness of the arts and socialite, born into an aristocratic Italian family in 1881. As a teenager, she inherited an immense fortune that she later used to fund her transformation into a living work of art. In her ruined Venetian palace (the ... Read more

Elegance in Exile exhibition: Russian expat fashion

February 25, 2014October 31, 2011 by Eva

Last weekend I took a quick trip to Venice with my family to see the Elegance in Exile: Between fashion and costume, the time of Sergei Diaghilev (L'eleganza in esilio. Tra moda e costume, il tempo di Diaghilev) exhibition at Palazzo Mocenigo. The exhibition portrays the influence of Russian émigrés on fashion, displaying costumes of ... Read more

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