The new Sovrintendente at La Scala, Alexander Pereira, has backtracked over his decision to start La Scala performances 5 minutes after the official starting time. The theatre, which has proudly begun almost every performance since the war bang on time at 20.00 (a typical audience comment being that it is the only thing that is on…
David Beckham has his underwear collection, singer Jessica Simpson has a wildly popular fashion label, and Italian ballerina Carla Fracci has her perfume collection. Yesterday, in Milan‘s chic 10 Corso Como, the seventh fragrance in the collection was launched: Aurora, named after one of the étoile’s favourite roles. In fact all the collection’s perfumes are…
The jewelry from seven husbands. The wardrobe of a ’60s jet-setter. The memorabilia of a Hollywood icon, including a love poem by Bob Dylan that he scrawled on a framed publicity poster of himself and dedicated to “Elizabeth, Sweetheart, Dream angel, Queen-of-the world.” These are among more than 2,000 objects that belonged to Elizabeth Taylor…
Designer clothes owned by Hollywood legend and fashion icon Elizabeth Taylor, including haute couture by Chanel, Yves St. Laurent and Dior, will be sold at auction in New York, Christie’s said today. The silk chiffon dress that the Academy Award winning actress wore for her first wedding to actor Richard Burton will be among the…
Here is a previously unpublished photo of Elizabeth Taylor when she attended the opening night of the La Scala season in Milan on December 7, 1972 for Un Ballo in Maschera. She arrived late, and photographers were still flashing away after the official time for the curtain to rise: unheard of at La Scala. But she…
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