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Shala Monroque and I

Here’s looking at… Anna Dello Russo

The italian style sensation whose life is one long catwalk

Anna Dello Russo is staying at the Ritz,
her home away from home when she’s in Paris.
Although famous for her flamboyant style, Italy’s most eccentric fashion editor
opens the door in black Abercrombie sweatpants. ‘Like a soldier in the field’,
she says. ‘I needed to be agile, fast and pratical’.

Today, the Milan-based editor-at-large of Japanese Vogue
is a fashion phenomenon, dressing in elaborate and often astounding
outfits that delight fashion bloggers all over the world.
She has always been able to take one look at actors and dress then instantly
in eccentric outfits – without their batting an eyelid.

This all comes naturally to Anna. She’s simply playing out her
passion as an ongoing, real-life fashion shoot.
‘What I learnt form modelsand photographers I apply to myself’, she says. Everything Anna sees on the catwalk, down to the smallest detail, is mentally filed away. ‘No Polaroids – it’s all in my head.’

When ‘on duty’, Anna changes outfits two to three times a day,
but her wardrobe at the Ritz is not as full as one might expect.
The reason – she knows what she is going to wear six months in advance. A few pieces stand out: a lavish red brocade Cavalli coat, a white Celine coat with zebra fur collar and green open-toe Pucci python boots.

There’s a Prada fur stole on the sofa and Sergio Rossi thigh boots in the bath room. In fact, Anna wears the current or upcoming season only once before storing
it in a special air-conditioned apartment.

It takes her 45 minutes to get ready from scratch. ‘I’ll bathe, apply make-up and get dressed – it’s a ceremony’. She always takes along several outfits because, she says, ‘it’s important to consider the weather. My message is,
don’t just try one look, try different things.
I love colour, it’s lazy to wear only black.
Black saves us from situations, but it must never become a refuge’.

Mary Katrantzou dress S/S 2012
Pierre Hardy shoes
Corto Moltedo clutch
Piers Hatkinson hat S/S 2012

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Emilio Pucci S/S 2012

Oscar De La Renta S/S 2012

Bottega Veneta S/S 2012

Roberto Cavalli S/S 2012

Dolce&Gabbana S/S 2012

Zac Posen S/S 2012

Marchesa S/S 2012

Alexander McQueen S/S 2012

Valentino S/S 2012

Giles S/S 2012