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    The house of Carrie Bradshaw

    August 7, 2010 - By Alessandro Masetti

    While looking at the FW 10/11 Fendi adv campaign, shot by Karl Lagerferld in New York, I couldn’t take off my eyes from the edges of the light which reminded me Hopper artworks. I appreciated the minimal 50’s style contrasting with the cool color of the walls, a deep blue with a slightly green shade. I immediately thought to the house of Carrie Bradshaw in New York seen in both Sex and the City movies. The single-Carrie apartment is featured by the contrast of the white finishes on the cool Steel Blue of the walls. So I decided to make a comparison between…

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    Pucci: the book

    August 5, 2010 - By Alessandro Masetti

    Pucci book The Marchese Emilio Pucci di Barsento, known as Emilio Pucci, was one of the pioneers of the Italian Fashion and in February 1951 he took part to the “First Italian Fashion Show” in Villa Torrigiani, house of the Count Giovanni Battista Giorgini. Actually, he began his career as fashion designer in 1947, when the photographer Toni Frissel, who worked for Harper’s Bazaar, portrayed a blonde girl wearing a snow suit designed by Pucci himself. Vanessa Friedman (fashion editor of the Financial Times) tells the whole story of the brand in Pucci,  a big volume full of colorful images, pictures,…

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    (Italiano) La Pochette dell’Estate

    August 4, 2010 - By Alessandro Masetti

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    (Italiano) Last Chance to Buy a Fresh Easy Dandy Look

    July 30, 2010 - By Alessandro Masetti

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    (Italiano) Gucci New Bamboo Limited Edition

    July 29, 2010 - By Alessandro Masetti

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    (Italiano) Miles Aldridge a Firenze

    July 28, 2010 - By Alessandro Masetti

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    (Italiano) Man Purse: POKETO SUIT UPCYCLED

    July 27, 2010 - By Alessandro Masetti

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    (Italiano) Shopping Guide: Vintage shopping in Paris

    July 25, 2010 - By Alessandro Masetti

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    (Italiano) LACE COLLECTION: gli accessori sporty chic di Valentino

    July 21, 2010 - By Alessandro Masetti

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    (Italiano) Let’s begin!

    July 20, 2010 - By Alessandro Masetti

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ALESSANDRO MASETTI

Architect, fashion expert and avid collector of mid-century modern decorative objects and contemporary art.

He has been the Curator of the Art and Design collections of the Fondazione Giovanni Michelucci in Fiesole, Italy (2017-2022) and lecturer of courses in Fashion Communication, Architecture, and Social Media in several Study Abroad programs for international undergraduate students in Florence, Italy (2015-2022).

He is currently enrolled as a Ph.D. student in the Museum Studies track at IMT School for Advanced Studies in Lucca, Italy.

Since 2010 he has been the author of TheFashionCommentator.com, sharing features and critics on art, fashion, and design in a virtual gallery where the fine combination of images and words investigate and reveal the mutual inspirations between fashion designers and visual artists.

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