Showing posts with label Pompeii. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pompeii. Show all posts

Francesco's Travels: Table of Contents

Balkans/Eastern Europe
BulgariaSurviving in Sofia: Part 1
Basically Bulgarian: Part 2
The Turkish Touch: Part 3
One for the Ladies!
The Cultural Heritage of Petar Petrov
Greece apaptform—Where Greece Meets Japan
Macedonia Marjan Pejoski & Kokon To Zai
RomaniaGypsies, Vampires, and Rozalb de Mura
SerbiaThe Dominant Strength of Serbia's Dejan Despotović
SloveniaSENS, Feeling the Touch of Slovenian Class!
TurkeyTurkish Anyone?
Mediterranean Isles & Coasts
Intro The Mediterranean Isles of Italy
Western Europe
BelgiumMoutonCollet: Sometimes Silence is Silver
Veronique Branquinho & the Antwerp Six...or Seven?
PortugalSalsa Jeans Adds Some Spice to Bread & Butter Berlin
SpainToledo—the City of Three Cultures
Italy
IschiaIschia: Roots on a Rim
MacerataElia Maurizi & "Who Is On Next"
NaplesIschia: Roots on a Rim
PompeiiFrom the Ashes of Pompeii
San Marino San Marino: Still Paving the Way
SardiniaWelcome to Cagliari
When in Sardinia, Eat as the Sardinians...and with them!
Nora: from Phoenicia to Carthage and onto Rome
The Nuraghic People, "Su Nuraxi" & UNESCO
Sardinian Nuraghis Rock!
Tharros: Nuraghic Foundation
Tharros: from Phoenicia to Carthage & onto Rome
Bauladu—Country Living in Sardinia
Oristano: Its Musuem & Festivals
Alghero—Sardina’s Little Catalonia
Antonio Marras—the Designer from Alghero

Sulcis—the Why to it All
The Nuraghic “People of Bronze” Come Back to Life
Russia
Former USSR My Romance with the Color Red
Cracks in the Berlin Wall
Shifting Gears: from China to Eastern Europe
Calm, Cool, and...Calamity?
Munching in Moscow
Siberia Hayam Hanukaev Sets Russian Fashion Week Free
North America
PhiladelphiaMatthew Izzo Presents Wrath Arcane at 1st Friday
Philadelphia Fashion Week—a “First” Definitely Not to Be Missed!
China
BeijingHappy Chinese New Year!
Designer Chi Zhang's Northern Capital of Fashion
My SojournMenswear—Not Just Fashion: Focus on China
A Culture Vulture at Heart
Trained by Trains

"Trained" Foriegn Experts
First Impressions
Social Divide
Chomping around China
When in Rome....
Workers—Another Kind of Army
Guizhou Minorities in the 80's
Miao People—All about Fashion
Zhuang Fashion
Yao Men, Yao Women—the Differences Pervade Them All
The Song of the Dong
Yi Fashion
Southeast Asia
Thailand

Bangkok, Menswear & Darwin's Beagle

From the Ashes of Pompeii

What comes to mind at the mention of Pompeii? Ruins? A city buried by volcanic ash? A movie entitled, "the Last Days of...?" But how about a fashion designer?!

Indeed, the city of Pompeii has become birthplace to one of the youngest emerging designers in the Italian fashion industry, Francesco Scognamiglio. He's 33 years old.

Having collaborated briefly with Versace in the 90's, in 2001 Francesco made his first debut in Milan with a angelically fashioned women's line that accentuated sensuality and the bare back. However, it was not until last year that Francesco rose to fame when he was contacted to outfit the fashion angel, Madonna, for her new video "Give it to Me."

Inspired by the mystique of his hometown, Naples, Italy, Francesco recently presented a 15-piece menswear collection for the fashion house Allegri at Pitti Uomo 75 in Florence.

Francesco Scognamiglio reveals that the secret to elegance in menswear lies in the accessories.

I must have been about 8 years old the first time I went to Pompeii, and a movie was being filmed with actors dressed in full Roman garb and all! Here's what I remember!



Photo from Fashion Times.