Anna is wearing Balenciaga
and Repossi Jewels

Giovanna Battaglia and I

Anna is wearing YSL

Juergen Teller and I

Anna is wearing Fausto Puglisi

Peroni Nastro Azzurro is celebrating Italian style in a series of talks at the V&A Museum in London with some of Italy’s most influential design and fashion figures. The next guest speaker is Anna Dello Russo, blogger,
editor-at-large for Vogue Japan and all-round fashionista.

A larger-than-life character, Anna Dello Russo is known for her vibrant use of colour, hyper-accessorising and wearing flamboyant catwalk looks as daywear. An internationally recognised fashionista, she was described by the late photographer Helmut Newton as a “fashion maniac” and stylist Gianluca Longo refers to her as “one of Italy’s best fashion exports; the embodiment of Italian style”.

Longo will interview Dello Russo at the V&A Museum, but he first met her 15 years ago. “When I was a fashion assistant, she was my idol,” he says. “We’re both from southern Italy and her style is typically ‘out there’. Like all the Italian greats – Dolce & Gabbana, Moschino and Roberto Cavalli – she is as exuberant
and colourful as you could imagine.”

Dello Russo agrees that her style is a product of a southern Italian upbringing: “In our culture, we approach life like a party – a garden party. We have the benefit of good weather and there is a great tradition of beauty; a fusion of fashion and lifestyle. Every expression of communication is positive and passionate;
food, culture and fashion.

“Where I’m from, eccentricity is alive. People have great taste and love colour. They dress for life. When I was young, there were religious parades in the streets, like carnivals. Everyone dressed in heavy jewellery, bright colours and extravagant fabrics – the powerful expression impressed me. My style has been contaminated by international travel, but Italy is still the biggest influence.”

Dello Russo transformed her passion for fashion into a career when she relocated from the south to Milan, completing a master’s in fashion under designer Gianfranco Ferré. Italian Vogue soon followed and after an editorial stint at L’Uomo Vogue, she took on her current post as editor-at-large and creative consultant for Vogue Japan, still based in Milan. But it was Dello Russo’s frequent appearances on Scott Schulman’s street style blog, The Sartorialist, that catapulted her inimitable
style out of the fashion industry closet.

“Bloggers are the new paparazzi,” she says. “It’s a modern revolution and has opened a window to the fashion industry. When Scott first took my picture, I asked him why and he said ‘there is no sense of fashion in a fashion magazine’. Bloggers know what is really happening on the street and they are more approachable than editors. There is real information available from them – it’s a parallel world to the fashion industry. I follow everything online and now I write my own blog.”

Thanks to the online exposure, Dello Russo has become a visible style icon, a contemporary Anna Piaggi (the Italian fashionistas were last spotted side by side on the front row at Versace’s autumn/winter 2012 menswear show) and is proud to be an ambassador for Italian style.

At her Peroni Collaborazioni talk at the V&A – which she describes as a temple – expect her to extol the virtues of new Italian designers she is championing, such as Milanese designer Fausto Puglisi (who created the baroque-style costumes that Nicki Minaj and M.I.A. wore at Madonna’s Superbowl show) and Caterina Gatta, who creates couture from vintage fabrics. And Dello Russo is unlikely to express any concern about the ability of the Italian fashion industry to weather the global recession: “We have never been rich – Italians are used to working under difficult financial conditions. It makes us more creative.”

Dello Russo also promises that her talk will be like her blog: “I love being in touch with people. I don’t want to teach, I want to give them my energy. British people have an incredible sense of style; they are never predictable. I’m just looking forward
to having a conversation with them.”

The Peroni Collaborazioni talks celebrate the craftsmanship, values and passion so often found in Italian culture by bringing together some of Italy’s most influential style names to share their views and experiences.

Elena Perminova, Shala Monroque and I

Anna is wearing Versace

Ulyana Sergeenko, Elena Perminova,
Karla Otto and I

Riccardo Ruini and I

“During the fashion week I have
my rules to follow and I’m going
to tell my top ten list for the
FRONT-ROW”

1. YOU MUST WEAR OUTFIT ONCE.

2. WEAR GOOD SHOES. DON’T
BOTHER WITH A BAG CAUSE WHEN
YOU PUT IT ON THE FLOOR IT COULD
BE ANYONE.

3. WEAR COAT AS A DRESS.
ONE-SHOT IS BETTER.

4. DON’T WEAR SUNGLASSES,
IF YOU NOT ARE VIP
(VERY VERY IMPORTANT PERSON).
IT’S IMPOLITE.

5. SOMEBODY WEARING
YOUR SAME OUTFIT?
WONDERFUL, YOU DID THE
RIGHT CHOICE!

6. FLASHY JEWELS PERSONALIZE
YOUR STYLE.

7. NOTHING SUCCEEDS LIKE EXCESS!

8. DON’T PEEK INTO THE CLIPBOARD
OF WHO IS SITTING NEXT.

9. DON’T SAY HELLO SHOWILY AND
WARMLY AT WHO IS IN FRONT OF YOU.

10. SHARE YOUR LOVE FOR THE SHOW
ON TWITTER AS MUCH AS YOU CAN.

Anna is wearing YSL

Diego Della Valle and I

Camille Miceli and I

FASHION STORM IS ARRIVED…
“During the fashion week
I have my rules to follow
and I’m going to tell my top ten list”


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.

Lana Del Rey in Givenchy Couture

Lana Del Rey in Givenchy Couture

Lana Del Rey in Chanel Couture

Lana Del Rey in Armani Privé

Lana Del Rey in Giambattista Valli Couture

Lana Del Rey in Dior Couture

Lana Del Rey in Elie Saab

Lana Del Rey in Jean Paul Gaultier Couture

Lana Del Rey in Atelier Versace

Lana Del Rey in Valentino Couture

“I recently met LANA DEL REY in Milan,
and I have been fashinated by her sensual
femininity, by her graceful gestures.

Then I imagined HER in some of the most
beautiful looks of Spring COUTURE 2012
showed in Paris”
Anna

To celebrate all 4 fashion weeks
New York, London, Milan, Paris
MIU MIU designed a limited edition
collection of handbag.

46 ladylike bags, each handmade in 17
different combinations of luxury materials
including ostrich, python and crocodile.

The bags will arrive into the flagship stores
in New York, London, Milan and Paris
on the first day of each of their
fashion week shows.

Marisa Berenson in Barry Lyndon
by Stanley Kubrick

Keira Knightley in The Duchess
by Saul Dibb

Kirsten Dunst in Marie Antoinette
by Sofia Coppola

“MARISA Berenson,
KEIRA Knightley,
KIRSTEN Dunst,
in those unforgettable movies

are the perfect references for HAIR/MAKE UP
desirable MOODBOARD
for the coming season”
Anna

“Thinking about the new Season
FALL/WINTER 2012/2013,

Thinking about all the new coming SHOWS,

I realized the MOODBOARD of my desires:

It’s all about EIGHTEENTH CENTURY”
Anna

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Anna is wearing Givenchy

Fashion Credit: Givenchy F/W 2011 from head to toe
Photo Credit: Tommy Ton,
HB Nam
Source: Nowfashion

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24h Museum Prada at Palais d’Iena

Francesco Vezzoli Art-installation

Anna is wearing YSL Edition Soir

Gaia Repossi and I

Carlo Mengucci, Andrea and I

Kate Moss and Francesco Vezzoli

Fashion Credit: YSL Edition Soir gown
Jil Sander hat
Prada clutch
YSL shoes
Source: Style.com

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Anna is wearing Giorgio Armani

Fashion Credit: Giorgio Armani

Alan Journo hat

Prada clutch

Source: Zimbio.com

Vogue.fr

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Madonna is wearing Givenchy Couture
by Riccardo Tisci

Madonna is wearing Givenchy Couture
by Riccardo Tisci

Madonna is wearing Bulgari earrings

Madonna is wearing Givenchy Couture
by Riccardo Tisci

Nicki Minaj is wearing Fausto Puglisi

M.I.A. is wearing Fausto Puglisi

Source: Vogue.it
Graziadaily.co.uk
Style.com

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