Sophia Loren, 1989.

Sophia Loren on the front cover of Sunday Mirror Magazine, March 5, 1989.

Bedda.

Monica Bellucci, photographed by Ferdinando Scianna, 1991.

Mara Venier, exhibit B.

Italian TV presenter and actress Mara Venier presenting Domenica In. Rome, 1994.

Mara Venier.

Italian TV presenter and actress Mara Venier presenting Domenica In. Rome, 1994.

Gente, nº1: Mara Venier, in white.

The clutch.

Diana, Princess of Wales with Dodi Fayed in the French Riviera resort of St. Tropez, August 22, 1997.

Sprezzatura, allegory no. 3: the Louis Vuitton Toiletry 26 Clutch.

Nice shades.

Margaux Hemingway in Lipstick (1976)

Sprezzatura, allegory no. 2: the (aviator) sunglasses.



sprez·za·tu·ra. foreign term \sprāt-tsä-ˈtü-rä\. 1: studied nonchalance : perfect conduct or performance of something (as an artistic endeavor) without apparent effort 2: an Italian word originating from Baldassare Castiglione's The Book of the Courtier.

Black Eyeliner

Makeup look, Fall 2019.
Back to old faithful: tightlining with black eyeliner.

Italian woman: Sophia.

Sophia Loren.
Born: Rome, Kingdom of Italy, 1934.

Tawny + red lipstick.

*Images taken from my Tumblr.

The extremely photogenic Devon Aoki in:
→ "Two Tone" by Tom Munro for Vogue UK, April 2001
→ Hugo Boss SS17 Campaign by Harley Weir