A.D.R. missive
“Dear nerds and bloggers,
it’s Anna speaking!
 
Many people always ask me
if my blog is really mine.
Of course it is!
 
I’m spending so much time
and i’m putting so many energy in this project.
When i started i dont had

any idea about this media.
That’s why i starded slowly slowly
to get confidence with this new language.
It was more an archive of images, a library of outfits, a collection of labels…

I would like to express myself
in my visionary way and
day by day i make a little step. 
A lot of Love.”  
Photo by: Ezra Petronio 



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No One Like Anna
Strano notare come nel mondo della moda, dove dovrebbero dominare creatività ed originalità, intese a tutto campo, dominino sempre modelli fisici improntati sul conformismo. Le grandi personalità di questo campo, ad esempio le giornaliste più influenti, molto spesso finiscono per assomigliare alle modelle con cui lavorano; le eccezioni sono rare però esistono. L’esempio più lampante di addetta ai lavori sempre pronta a rompere gli schemi è Anna Dello Russo, origine pugliese, assurta alle cronache per essere stata molti anni al timone di ‘Vogue Uomo’ ma soprattutto per aver recentemente abbandonato l’ambito ruolo editoriale. D’altronde, perchè volere solo la direzione di una rivista, quando si può avere molto di più, lavorando come art director freelance?
La Dello Russo, per festeggiare questa nuova fase della sua vita professionale, ha deciso di apparire per la prima volta davanti all’obiettivo (di Manuela Pavesi [1]) e di posare come modella per un servizio fotografico apparso sul numero 8 del patinato magazine francese ‘Purple’. Il risultato è molto accattivante, soprattutto perchè dimostra come la forte personalità e uno stile inconfondibile (in cui gli accessori, soprattutto i gioielli, hanno una grande importanza) siano gli elementi che davvero emergono da un’immagine, a dimostrazione che la bellezza (intesa come aderenza a definiti canoni estetici) non è mai tutto. La Dello Russo ha un fisico atletico, quasi androgino, lineamenti piuttosto duri, non è considerata unanimamente una donna bella, eppure la vitalità e la forza che emergono da queste immagini sono obiettivi che difficilmente avrebbero potuto essere raggiunti da un’altra.
Il primo scatto presenta tutte le caratteristiche formali che troveremo in seguito: la modella viene inserita in una cornice disseminata di opere artistiche più o meno importanti ed elementi d’arredo particolari. Qui ad esempio, indossa un costume olimpionico concepito da Comme des Garçons per Speedo, accessoriandolo come se fosse un abito da sera, con bracciali d’oro ai polsi, una collana di diamanti al collo e sandali stringati di Balenciaga. L’identità della protagonista, già perfettamente definita, viene sottolineata da ciò che sta sullo sfondo: la bicromia del pavimento è ripresa dalla fotografia incorniciata di bianco, appoggiata alla parete, e dalla grande stampa alla parete, così come dal soprammobile-torretta che scorgiamo sul tavolino dalla forma romboidale.

La severità del completo giacca e pantaloni di Yves Saint Laurent viene mantenuta inalterata, senza però rinunciare a qualche tocco di ingentilimento: il cardigan grigio indossato sotto la giacca, i molti giri di perle, la grande croce di smeraldi portata al collo, i bracciali d’oro e la ‘Kelly’ di Hèrmes ripiegata ed appoggiata sul cassettone dipinto. A dare un ulteriore tocco decorativo, infine, ci pensa il quadro appeso alla parete, un classico scorcio ottocentesco di Venezia.

Sfido chiunque ad indossare questo abito di Prada nella vita reale: non sembra anche a voi più un animale mitologico (un po’ agnellino, un po’ frangiato) che uno chemisier? Certo, qui ci troviamo in un servizio fotografico, ma Anna Dello Russo è nota per indossare ed ‘interpretare’ in maniera personale i capi più stravaganti anche in un ambito quotidiano. Gli accessori appartengono alla stessa collezione dell’abito (pochette-fiocco verde, lunghi guanti in pelle bicolore e scarpe in satin, indossate senza calze). Trovo sia bellissima la composizione cromatica della foto: il fitto tappeto color mattone rievoca la lavorazione dell’abito (o meglio, la parte beige), mentre la sciarpa appoggiata alla poltroncina richiama l’arancio della fascia in vita. Il ritratto alla parete (volutamente poco visibile perchè colpito dal flash) si accosta ad un ritratto vero, quello della giornalista, colta in un momento di pausa, intenta a sistemarsi i capelli.

La ricca pelliccia bicroma di Fendi viene ‘spezzata’ da accessori rosso fuoco (alta cintura di coccodrillo in vita, clutch bag dalla forma rettangolare e sandali ‘Bubble’ di Fendi), ma il contrasto tra bianco e nero è ripreso dal pavimento e dallo sgabello etnico, ricoperto da pelli esotiche. Gli occhiali neri a mascherina, infine, danno un tocco misterioso all’insieme e fanno assomigliare la giornalista alla sua celebre collega Carine Roitfeld.

Onestamente importabile fuori dalla passerella il cardigan-body color cammello di Miu Miu, che però Anna indossa con invidiabile nonchalance. A parte le decollète bicolori di Miu Miu ai piedi, gli accessori scelti sono in parte tradizionali (una borsa nera a cui è appeso un foulard rosa di Hèrmes), in parte eccentrici (bracciali e collane a volontà). Trovo interessante, inoltre, il contrasto tra un outfit allo stesso tempo anticonformista e classico e la parete scrostata che troviamo sullo sfondo.

La versione femminile di uno smoking, proposta da Bottega Veneta, viene resa maliziosa dalla mascherina in metallo di Dolce & Gabbana, accessorio fuori dalla realtà ma funzionale ad un obiettivo, quello di mettere in risalto viso e collo di Anna, su cui campeggia un complesso collier in diamanti, già visto nella prima immagine e che rivedremo nello scatto successivo. La semplicità dei capi indossati fa da contraltare alla complessità della lavorazione che caratterizza il caminetto in marmo, visibile dietro la giornalista.

Tutto Balenciaga l’outfit sfoggiato in questa immagine: pantaloni in satin con righe bianche laterali, camicetta in chiffon sui toni del verde con tocchi di bianco e nero, giacchina in tweed con profili neri e sandali neri peep-toe completamente stringati. Interessante che la giornalista, che qui tiene una posa particolarmente fis
sa (ma ricordiamo che non è appunto una modella), abbia accanto una sedia (altro elemento di fissità), ricoperta di velluto verde, su cui sono appoggiate una clutch bag, sempre verde, e un ricco collier, simile, se non uguale, a quello da lei indossato.

Due parole anche su colei che ha realizzato il servizio: nota negli anni ’90 per le romanticissime campagne pubblicitarie di Blumarine, la Pavesi ha sempre avuto uno stile elegante ed onirico, più vicino a quello di Iris Brosch e Sarah Moon che non a quello ‘documentaristico’ e spoglio di Juergen Teller. In queste immagini invece sembra abbia acquisito il gusto per la semplicità e la fotografia non filtrata, ritraendo la Dello Russo in maniera naturale ed informale. Una curiosità: la Pavesi, un po’ come Julian Schnabel, ama viaggiare e lavorare indossando pigiami in seta, coprendosi di cashmere in inverno.

Source: Dallo Spazio Novembre 2007
“Superqueen long time ago made this wonderfull review of my Purple Story 2007″

“Me and my friend Olivier at montana’s party. Kiss” Anna



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Body-conscious
“The fashion expresses
the level of confidence with Itself.
If there is harmony between Itself
and his own body, a Style will be born.


Like a magic alchemy,
like a endlessly osmosis,
like an ethernal relation between vases communicants,
the fashion describes all the passages,

all the shades, towards the assertion of Itself.


A deeper consciousness of own body improves
the quality of life.
The fashion increases the awareness
of the own body.
This appears in the picture and at the mirror…” Anna

Photo Credit: Andrea Ghislandi


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La mode, la mode, la mode
“toujours j’ai admiré la trés belle Mademoiselle Agnès et sa travail… Je remercie beaucoup tout sa team de La Mode, La Mode, La Mode” Anna

Sujet réalisé par Mélinda Triana



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Fashion week: AdR 10 rules

“During the fashion week i have my rules to follow and i’m going to tell my top ten list” Anna
 

1. black outfits make a omologate effects.

2. be carefull with black:

don’t put together different tone of black (clothes, stocking, shoes, …)
materials reflect the black in different way.


3. sunshine is a big spot on you:

it shows all the mistakes. 
(Cheap fabrics, ruined accessories, dirty shoes).


4. you must feel the weather every morning.

Clothes live in the best context like actresses loving the amazing theater.


5. don’t match clothes and its own function:

Like rain and trenchcoat,
like snow and moonboot,
forget it the umbrella at home!


6. wear just night-clothes in daytime.

It is unexpected!


7. don’t carry big bags.

On the front row they hinder the passage.


8. between shoes and bag?

absolutely, amazing shoes matching a perfect pedicure.
They make a right attitude!


9.
don’t wearing so much make up.

In the morning it does not look fresh.


10. shape up!

you must choose outfits fierce and fully shaped.



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Anna Dello Russo's Top 50 Closet Hits

The fashion director at large for Vogue Nippon was once described by Helmut Newton as a “fashion maniac”. We have never seen a woman so dedicated to the art of fashion. You can look back on history for hundreds of years and not find a patron of fashion equal to Anna Dello Russo. She is the woman we most respect and admire in the industry. Her clothes are her artform. Her body is a blank canvas which she decorates in completely different styles on a daily basis. But why go on and on about our love for this fashion genius when we can show you exactly why it is we admire her so in pictures. For years we have been collecting images of the outfits she has stepped out in. So, this post has been many months in the making. I do hope you enjoy our 50 top picks from the wardrobe of Anna Dello Russo. And should Ms. Dello Russo come upon this post we’d like to say thank you for giving us such beauty to admire over the years.

“Emily you are incredible! this moodboard is amazing.
Big kiss across the sea.” Anna



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Questions and Answers Anna dello Russo Style
Post Anna your fashion questions, fashion concerns
and fave quotes in the comment box below and she’ll
try to get back to you as soon as possible.

Lee Y’s question:
“what is your favourite designer?”

Anna’s reply:
“I like all the best from all the best designers!
…means “FASHION IS SO UNFAITHFULL”
I can jump every season from A to Z designers’ list depending on the evolution of their own style.”
Anna.

Blue Floppy Hat’s question:
“How you choose the full runway looks?”

Anna’s reply:
“I always think if the outfit is enough strong to make a picture!

It doesn’t matter the color or the fabric or the mood, the really important thing is that the outfit is fully shaped and fierce to stand in a picture.” 

Anna



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Anna’s Story
Anna’s Story

Spring 1962. Bari, a town in South Italy.

The girl who will give a great support to the fashion industry was born.
Mother:”This girl is so sweet! She looks like an angel!”
Father:”Let’s name her Anna”. Anna (thinking):”Mum, dad, the clothes you’re wearing today are so unfitting!”.

When they came back home from their trips abroad, Anna’s parents gave her some traditional costumes as presents.

Anna:”Do you like my outfit? I’m a Mexican! And now I’m a Chinese!”. Mother:”Bellissima! You’re so nice, but now please stop playing!”.

 When she started attending the primary school, Anna started to carefully think about her outfits.

Anna:”Today I’d love to wear an all-pink outfit. Mum, can I borrow your bag?”.

Anna:”Tomorrow I’ll wear the yellow dress, so I need matching gold jewellery”. Mum:”Oh, Anna. Why don’t you juust wear tees and jeans, like anybody else?”.
Anna:”Mum, I don’t like child clothes”.

Anna:”I like clothes with an inspirational design”.

Precocious young Anna started working on what would soon become her job. At seven years old, she started keeping her own fashion archive.
Anna:”One day I’ll buy everything Fendi!”.
The secondary school started. Anna:”Why don’t we swap your mother’s Versace skirt for my jeans, just for today?”.
Anna:”Can we swap your mother’s Armani blouse for my t-shirt?”. Friend:”Ok”.
Friend’s mum:”Hey! That’s my Armani dress!”.
She went sunbathing with her new friend Alessandra. Alessandra:“Italian girls must be tanned”. Anna:”The sun! Hooray!”.

Doctor to Anna’s mum:”They’ve had a sunstroke!”.

Time went by. Anna and Alessandra decided to open a clothing shop in her town. Anna’s father didn’t agree with her decision, so she – frustrated – would end up studying fashion in Milan.

Anna’s mum:”At last I’ll have more room in my closet!”.

After finishing her studies at university, she started working as an assistant at Condè Nast Italia.

Anna:”They’re looking for fashion editors at Vogue”. Friend:”What a great opportunity!”. Friend:”I guess there will be lots of candidates”.

Condè Nast interviewer:”Anna Dello Russo, do you speak English?”. Anna:”Ehm, just a little French”. Condè Nast intervewer:”Ok, so today you’ll start attending an English course at Berlitz School”. Anna:”What? Does this mean I’ve got the job?”.

Anna worked as fashion editor for 12 years. The problem was that she never stayed in Milan more than two days in a row.

Anna:”I want to eat anything but hamburgers!”. Anna:”I want to spend Christmas with my family!”.

Condè Nast senior editor:”Well done!”. Condè Nast senior editor:”And your new photoshoot is in Africa”.
Anna:”What???”.

When 33 years old, she got married with an assistant photographer she had met at work but… Husband:”Where shall we go for our honeymoon?”. Anna:”I cannot have a honeymoon. Tomorrow I’m leaving for another photoshoot”.

When she came back from the photoshoot, her husband was gone. They divorced after six months of marriage.

The great photographer Helmut Newton appreciated Anna’s work a lot. Helmut Newton:”I’d love to take a portrait of you”. Helmut Newton:”Stand there”.

In the portrait she was wearing a Yamamoto trench coat and she was smoking a cigarette. When the portrait appeared in several magazines, her fame raised.

Before being appointed editor-in-chief, she brilliantly passed a state exam. She worked as editor-in-chief at L’Uomo Vogue for six years.

After some years and a quick evolution in her career, in 2006 Anna was spending some time in a villa in South Italy.
 
Anna:”Hello, Anna’s speaking. Hey, boss…”. Condè Nast boss:”The position of fashion director at Vogue Nippon is vacant.” Condè Nast boss:”Would you like filling it?”. Anna:”What???”.

And now…

Anna:”Good morning, Saori. Please take care of Kate Moss’ outfit for the upcoming cover photoshoot”.
Anna:”Mitsuko, great news! Mert and Marcus will do the cover photoshoot”.

Anna has salmon and traditional Japanese food (including miso soup, tofu and rice) for breakfast. At six o’clock in the morning she practices yoga and swimming. As the fashion editor of Vogue Nippon, she constantly travels (New York, Milan, Paris, Tokio).

Journalists:”Anna, Anna!”. Journalists:”Anna, here!”.

And so Anna Dello Russo’s journey along fashion’s golden street goes on. Anna:”…Anything for fashion”.

“I would like to thanks this fashion nerd Teresa and her blog MyFatPocket for featuring my manga story” Anna.

Isn’t this manga cute? The first and last boards focus on Anna’s figure. As a fashion nerd, I have immediately recognized the outfits she was portrayed with. In the first board she is wearing a Prada ombre bustier dress, with Prada satin heels and statement jewellery.

Anna’s Story By Teresa Cannatà aka Superqueen

There was a time when fashion journalists and stylists were invisible beings, who only worked behind the scenes of photoshoots and social events. All the media attention was for the models on the runway and celebrities on the red carpet, but no one knew who was the author of articles on fashion magazines or the creator of an outfit. Things have changed thanks to Anna Wintour, the omnipotent editor-in-chief of Vogue U.S., and to Rachel Zoe, the stylist behind the boho-chic trend: they have been the first journalist and the first stylist who have come out of the shadow and have become celebrities themselves.
This is the reason why blogs which spot fashion editors during the fashion weeks are so popular: fashion editors and stylists are not as unapproachable as famous actresses and singers, they are examples of a more relaxed style and they sometimes launch trends (just think of the skinny jeans/killer heels of the Voguettes, the fashion editors of Vogue Paris). One of the few journalists who never compromise with the current trends and always dress to look nothing less than gorgeous is Anna Dello Russo, the fashion director of Vogue Nippon. Her colourful, flamboyant and refined style is difficult to copy (just think she wears haute couture or exceptional pret-a-porter pieces in the morning), but she is an example of what is the true meaning of fashion, i.e. experimenting with clothes and accessories, volumes and colours.
She’s so special that the July 2009 issue of Vogue Nippon – about fashion and manga comics – contains a one-shot manga about her life. Before showing you the story, I absolutely have to spend a few words about the author, the great Riyoko Ikeda. As a teenager in the 80s, I couldn’t escape the irresistible charm of Lady Oscar, loosely based on the story of Marie Antoinette and the French Revolution, hugely famous in Italy. This cartoon – or I’d better say anime – was based on the shōjo manga Berusaiyu no Bara (The Roses of Versailles), probably the most renowned work by Ikeda.

I personally jumped on my chair when I realized Ikeda was the author of Anna’s Story, because I loved Lady Oscar so much! I love how Riyoko Kineda has turned Anna Dello Russo into the protagonist of a manga: her drawing style is recognizable, but she has turned the kawaii factor a little bit down.
Beneath each board you can find the translation from Japanese to English. I’d like to thank my friend Andrea (who lives in Tokyo) for being so kind and fast in translating these for me.



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Self Service Magazine / Blog

Anna is wearing Balmain Summer 2009

Directed by Ezra Petronio
Source: Self Service Magazine s/s 2010

What are the signs reflecting our changing world and what is your perspective on the transformations to come in the future?



“I still love the smell of paper and the feel of a pencil” Anna.



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Questions and Answers Anna dello Russo Style
Post Anna your fashion questions, fashion concerns
and fave quotes in the comment box below and she’ll
try to get back to you as soon as possible.
Blue Floppy Hat’s question:
do you have a favourite artist?

Anna’s reply:
“My Favourite artist is Ugo Rondinone (born 1964 in Switzerland but based in New York).

He works in a number of different media: photography, drawing,

painting, sculpture and video.

He put into reality the desire

to reinvent the world poetically.

Charateristic of his world are ambiguities.
I have two original digital prints

(2000) of Rondinone
(as you see in the next foto by Tommy Ton).


He used to put his identity (as an selfportrait) in a fashion pictures, he had manipulate the fashion pictures before the huge photoshop employ.” Anna


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Ugo Rondinone
Picture by Ugo Rondinone

Photo Credit: Tommy Ton
Source: Jak & Jil


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Olivier Zahm
Anna is wearing head-piece by Alan Journo
Photo by Olivier Zahm
Source: Purple Diary

“I liked Olivier since the first moment.
He is a mix of playboy and gentleman.


His sense of humor make sophisticated also his manly approach.
 

He was the first one to ask me to do a complete fashion story.
Of course, i did it in Purple 2007.
 
After that everything is changed.” Anna



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Catwalk Snapshot: Lanvin
Anna is wearing Fall Winter 2010 Lanvin
Photo by Scott Schuman

“Bloggers are the new paparazzi.
Scott is the One” Anna.



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Catwalk Snapshot: Valentino Couture

Anna is wearing spring summer 2010 Valentino Couture
shoes Christian Louboutin



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Catwalk Snapshot: Aquilano Rimondi

Anna is wearing fall winter 2010/11 Aquilano Rimondi
Boots Prada



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Catwalk Snapshot: Jil Sander

Anna is wearing fall winter 2009/10 Jil Sander
belt Maison Martin Margiela
shoes Giuseppe Zanotti



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