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Parce que vous n'avez pas le droit d'être salissant, même lorsque vous cuisinez

I Have been pretty busy in the last days and my lack of inspiration has been crucial for my absence from the blog. I've being doing some shopping, revising, cooking and practising my social skills in lovely house parties and I reminded to myself that in life you take pleasure where you can.

I was chatting with a friend of mine few days ago, it was lunch time, and I was telling him how fascinating to me is his attention for beauty in everything he does, and so I started to think about beauty.

Beauty and food.

Because obviously now that I'm back in the countryside I have more time for myself and I have more chances to taste and love the gentle flavour of local products.

I know it doesn't sound as entertaining as the spicy shenanigans of the city but it has the earthy feeling of a garlic based italian relish.

I love to cook and I love my plate to look refined, inviting and tasteful but as I am only 21 and I have no professional experience when it comes about food I rely on the internet. Let me share with you then some of my favourite websited dedicated to food.

Whether you are a food novice or an experienced cook, WAITROSE.COM will make sure that its Glossary will help you with the neverending number of recipes.

Another great source for daily suppers if italian giallozafferano.it which I am really sad can be used only by italian-speakers but whose helpful videos are an extraordinary tool.

The last one is BBC.co.uk/food, and you might object with the terrible clichè that wants the britons to be terrible with food; indeed I believe this is not true and that this unfair stereotypes has made them very receptive to "International" food ( as to be said that I've discovered many new italian recipes from this website and I also found my new crush: Nigella Lawson.

Daughter of one of the most prominent politicians in Margaret Thatcher's government, Nigel Lawson, the young Nigella was a shy child who, although intelligent, struggled with her schooling. Having moved schools a total of five times by the time she was 18, she eventually secured a place at Oxford to read Medieval and Modern Languages. A successful career in Journalism followed and she went on to become the Deputy Literary Editor of The Sunday Times, before turning freelance and writing for such publications as The Guardian and Daily Telegraph. Her love of food started to cross-over into her writing when she was asked to write a food column for The Spectator magazine.

In 1992, Nigella married fellow journalist and broadcaster John Diamond and the couple had two children, Cosima and Bruno. Diamond was instrumental in encouraging his wife to write and helped shape her image ‘make-over’. Published in 1998 her first book, ‘How to Eat: The Pleasures and Principles of Good Food’, was the springboard to her Channel 4 TV series, ‘Nigella Bites’. Thanks to Nigella’s unique approach to food and effortless charm, the show became a huge success and the second series was accompanied another, which helped push her worldwide book sales past the 1.5 million mark. In 2000, Nigella turned her attentions to the art of baking with the publication of ‘How To Be A Domestic Goddess’. The book proved to be another huge success and was voted ‘Cookery Book of the Year’ by the Guild of Food Writers in 2001.

“I wish I had invented blue jeans. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity - all I hope for in my clothes” YSL

Last weekend was pretty wild.

That's way I haven't written anything new since my last post. NO inspiriration and alcohol make me an even less prolific person. A lesson I will never learn.

This morning I was perusing my closeth, looking for the perfect combination of clothing and I ended up deciding to stick in my PJs, as I couldn't find ( I'm always so dramatic, but the situation wasn't that much tragic) a decent pair of jeans.

UNIQLO, TOPMAN, MOSCHINO, MARC JACOBS and LEE are some of the brands which fitting is not particularly flattering on me (to be precise I'm really punctilious regarding the shape of the jeans on my ankles and shins).

Cheap Monday is probably the brand which jeans fit me the best but I have them in all the possible colors ( except for the black) and as the name of the brand suggests they are cheap and the quality of the fabric isn't the best.

So I needed to find a place (a virtual one, online) where to buy a good, thick, well-fitting jeans, and as usual I succeed. Need Supply co. started in 1996, selling a unique collection of vintage Levi’s. And over the past decade their selection has evolved from an eclectic mix of hard-to-find vintage apparel to a well-edited selection of premium street wear and contemporary brands with a focus on denim. Nylon Magazine named them one of the 100 best denim stores in the world and Richmond Magazine calls them “the best place to buy premium denim.”

This bitch has kicked Carrie Bradshaw's toothgum

This article was supposed to be published few days ago.... but then I wasn't able to use my laptop in the weekend... then I was to busy... then I'm again dealing with insomnia... so I thought that there has to be some sort of curse on this piece. Now I'm really annoyed... and can't go further with this shit. Anyway, the post was supposed to be on Anna Dello Russo. There's not much I can say.... she is opulent, over-the-top and has a cheeky outrageous sense of style (which I love). She is a living Carrie Bradshaw. She is way more than that. she is genial, and her pomposity can only make her a GAY ICON ( very cool gays indeed, not like the ones who scream at Britney Spears) with a MAD ITALIAN ACCENT. For those who don't know her (TWATS), here's a cool short biography I found on the internet.
visit www.annadellorusso.com

"I'm obssessed with image" says this young woman which Helumt Newton once reffered to as -fashion maniac-. "It's true, clothes are like a disease for me. I collect them, maybe I'll wear them just once but I have to own them. I have 4000 pair of shoes. My entire house is a closet, I even invaded part of the kitchen and the basement . When you enter my house is like going into Barneys because everything is tagged and enveloped in a maniacal way. My true weakness is jewelery because I think that it makes a difference in an outfit. And since I come from the south of Italy when I was a little kid I used to look upon Barese women and I wanted to wear jewelery like them."

Anna was born in 1962, has a bachelor in Italian Literature and Art History. In 1986 she moved to Milano to attend a prestigious master at the Domus Accademy. Gianfranco Ferrè was one of her teachers.
Her first job was at Donna magazine, which lasted only one month. Then she met Annalisa Milella, a journalist who, at that time, worked for Conde Nast. The two began collaborating and after 8 months Anna is at Vogue Italia. She will work there for 18 years (for the last 6 years she is the director of L'Uomo Vogue). Things are going well but in 2006 she decides to leave and become a freelance. The official version of the story says Anna was tired of being in charge of men fashion and wanted to go back to feathers and laces. The other version says her "activity" as a professional consultant were incompatible with her role at the magazine. She made such a huge amount of money that she caught the attention of the Revenue Authorities and the Journalist Association. Anna says "No one ever made me choose: I gave up the previlege of the direction to dedicate to other interests. But it's not only about logic, also deontology: being a freelance gives you more freedom" When asked about stylists Franca Sozzani says "At the beginning you just style for your magazine, but when you understand how it works you have to decide. I cannot allow that people working at my magazine are doing the consultants at the same time". She couldnt have said it clearer.

When Anna left Vogue she had a fancy goodbye party where Sozzani declared "It happens in almost all the respectable families to have a divorce, but since we don't have children we do it pacifically. We are still going to see eachother" And in fact Dello Russo has still an office in the milanese quarter of Conde Nast. She is fashion director and creative consultant for Vogue Nippon. But the biggest part of her job consists in giving her creative contribute to designers and maisons. "I feel I'm much more an art director rather than a stylist. I make up the story behind a show, take track of the direction, realize the communication: I let the brand grow."
It's being said that she has a lot of important and international clients, but she denies. "It would be a mistake (to say it's true), you could outshadow the brand's fame. Im called to make the cake but all the ingridients are already there."

Her wedding dress was made by Dolce & Gabbana " It was a gorgeous dress, it had a chiffon train, 18metres long, I eventually used it to make my curtains"

About her job she says "It's a lot about luck. My hobby is going shopping and I get paid to do it everyday for the rest of my life. Plus you make good money and can allow yourself many luxuries. But off course, you go through sacrifices as well. You learn to consider your physical shape and appearence as a necessity: because it helps to establish a good image and its good for your mind as well. To stay young and to challenge yourself are essential things. If you give up and start wearing your slippers you risk everything. To say it briefly, this job teaches you the rules of the game in a ferocoius way. So always be curious, keep yourself moving, leave the door open and keep your eyes focused. It s hard but it is worthed."

She has a strong Pugliese accent and some people make really bad jokes about it. Someone swears to have heard Anna confusing The Tenenbaums with the Talebans. We asked if, in her opinion, it's fair to allow mean comments due to fame. "It's like soccer. There you have a lot of money involved and high competion, like in the fashion bizz. When you are choosing players for your soccer team you don't want anyone to take your best player, so some teams will play hard. But eventually everyone comes back to the market and you choose the best one. (??I didnt really get it....) Anyways it's true what they say. I can't write or speak well because I'm dyslexic. Sometimes I say incomprehensible words, I make up names, mix different tongues but fortunatly I express my work through images. And no one can tease me about this because in the world of fashion everyone understands it."

When asked about international collegues she says: "Everyone has a strenght. The english people sell very well because their editorial style is a little avant garde, they are always the first at looking for new ideas. We, Italians, have a very beautiful product that no one can beat, for quality, efficiency and tradion. the French people have that allure, in Paris you can feel a fantastic glamour at each show. The americans have the money and the power, can you ask for more?"

translated from "Alla corte di Re Moda " by Fedi and Serlenga, Salami editore

"Depuis que je personnifie la sauvage sur la scène, j'ai essayé d'être aussi civilisée que possible dans la vie quotidienne " J.B.

These days browsing the internet has become as natural as breathing. I'm looking for an accommodation in Florence,but to find the perfect place seems harder than ever this year. In the meanwhile I'm floating in a sea of boredom and uninteresting things.

Anyway. I happened to be perusing VOGUE.it today.
Has to be said, even if I recognize the importance and the influence of this legendary magazine, that I'm not an usual reader of VOGUE even though I generally buy L'UOMO and all its September Issues. Juste pour être claire, je n'aime pas particulièrement Vogue Paris que je trouve déroutant et délibérément trop français e amo profondamente l'edizione Italiana che trovo sempre fastidiosamente piacevole.

While reading, my attention has been caught by the title VOGUE BLACK and so I clicked on it.
I actually liked what I found before me and I was really pleased to see how Franca Sozzani is intelligently promoting black beauty through the web pages of her magazine continuing what was first started with the July 2008 Black Issue (which featured only black models) and the 2009 Black Barbie Issue.

But after 30 minutes of perusing I started to be critical. What kind of reader is the one who read this column? BLACK VOGUE is a part of VOGUE.it which is related to the Italian version of the iconic magazine (yes I know, the magazine has a world influence.) and in Italy people of African descent are a paltry minority which majority is represented by immigrants belonging to a social environment that often doesn't even acknowledge the existence of BLACK VOGUE on VOGUE.it.

Unlucky a black bourgeoisie doesn't exist in our country (and if it does it is really rare). So is Black Vogue a useless promotion of black beauty? I don't know. As a person of color I sincerely don't know how to feel about it; indeed it is uncommon to read about la beauté noire, but at the same time I can feel like a sort of white “colonialist” fascination behind it...
I don't know if you get what I mean.. I hate to say this... but minorities can understand.

Finally another aspect that concerns me is the fact that the beauty products suggested are not even distributed in regular Italian drug stores and to be bought, you would have to go to the ethnic neighborhoods of Italy's major cities.
The conclusion? They should give me a job and try to be at least specific. Snap!