The People's Palace Open Day

For all the lovers of Brighton and Hove iconic place.

The Pavilion it's going to have a free entrance on January the 22nd!

Just copied and pasted the news from the official site.

http://www.brighton-hove-rpml.org.uk/WhatsOn/Pages/ThePeoplesPalaceOpenDay.aspx

Royal Pavilion
Sunday 22 January 2012
Open 10am–5.15pm (last admission 4.30pm)
No booking required
Free admission

The Royal Pavilion opens its doors for the annual People’s Palace Open Day on Sunday 22 January 2012, with FREE entry all day. Come along and find out how you can get involved in helping to conserve and care for the Royal Pavilion all year round.

There will also be another chance to experience Johanna Hällsten’s sound installation, A Regency Utopia commissioned for White Night 2011. The installation explores the hidden human histories of the Royal Pavilion through a series of soundscapes played in rooms throughout the building.  These sounds celebrate the individuals and activities that have sustained the life of the palace from the time of George IV up to the present day. 

In the run up to the Open Day, we will be posting material on our social media sites relating to the civic history of the Royal Pavilion. Why did the people of Brighton acquire the Pavilion in 1850, and what uses has the palace been put to in the last 162 years?

You can also take part in our People's Palace Quiz for a chance to win free admission to the Royal Pavilion and a cream tea for two.

Brighton in Vogue

I'm really pleased to see Brighton as a setting for fashion spreads and adverts.

My latest discovery was the Mulberry SS12 campaign shot on the beack by the Pier.

I have been aware of Brighton as a location for fashion shoot and adverts for a while, so I took the time to gather some pictures.

 

Here I'll be posting two editorials: one on Vogue US - September 2011 with Natalia Vodianova and a Vogue Uk - November 2010 with Lara Stone.

Emma Fielden and Alex Harrap. A book of hats and Tales - The Event

The pictures of the photo book launch 'A Book of Hats and Tales' are here.

Tuesday night Emma Fielden and Alex Harrap celebrated with their Brighton and Hove fashion friends their artistic collaboration I told you about in a previous post.

Here the pictures of the event with the girls wearing Emma's past and new items and dressed by Joanne Fleming and Walk in Wardrobe.

Being Italian, millinery and fascinators are quite new to my eyes, so I was really glad to be able to see those fantastic creations up close and I wish there were fascinators foe men. I would wear one!
At times it was difficult, though, to focus on the headpieces as some of the dresses that the girls wore were beautiful and a touch distracting but the overall dreamy and fantastic mood of the photo book was there.

Pictures taken by Emma Bailey 

http://www.ebaileyphotography.co.uk

Styling and shooting: Fairy Tales Cupackes

Another past shooting done with the amazing designs of two brighton Based designers.

Joanne Fleming and Sarina Poppy.

I shot these pictures for the lauch of the cupcake brand Tempation's Creations in connection with the charity The Stargardt’s Foundation.

 http://temptations-creations.co.uk/the-cake-blog/

We shot under the rain being partially sheltered bu the wood in Barnes - south-west London.

I created an amazing princess-like/Alice in Wonderland look with Joanne's great dress and Sarina's lovely Little Red Riding Hood velvet jacket.

Photographer: Diana Thompson

Model: Katerina Martinovska

Mua: Sarah Frasca

Styling: Dario Bentivegna

Dress: Joanne Fleming

Jacket: Sarina Poppy

Necklace and hairpins: Hayley Kruger

Styling and shooting: low tide beauty

Back at the end of Septmber I had the chance to work with a whole team of creatives from the area.

The photographer, Rachael is based in Peaceheaven, the Mua Lisa in from Portslade and the haistylist Ange  from Hove.

We shot a test shoot  on the shores of Peaceheaven when the tide was out.

I hope to shoot more in 2012 in the area and with local talents too.

LOW TIDE BEAUTY

Ph: Rachel Emily http://www.rachael-emily.com/

Model: Celine Cat Ashley Thrane

Mua: Lisa Marie Griffiths http://www.flawlessmakeover.co.uk/

Hair stylist: Ange Watson  http://www.yawoma.co.uk

Stylist: Dario Bentivegna www.wix.com/dariostyling/fashion

Christmas ideas: pop into the museum shops.

This year I'll be going back to Rome for a week to celebrate Christmas with my family and have a chance to catch up with friends too. I don't usually buy many presents anyway - just for my mum, my younger brothers and my boyfriend - but this time, as I'll be carrying only my hand baggage, I have to get really small gifts.

So, after some thoughts, I decided to get everything from both the Brighton and Hove Museum shop and the Royal Pavilion shop. 

I know, it doesn't sound awesome but instead it is!

Not only they have small gifts but the selection is wider than you think, they are stylish, less mass market than buying on the high street and the price range really convenient.

I'm not going to tell what I'm getting, both because i don't want to spoil it and also becuase I haven't committed to particular items yet, but I can tell you what grabbed my attention.

Even if the Biba exhbition will be on after summer 2012 you can already get books, picture, small clothing items and more with the Biba look and as the '60 style it's going to be 'in' at least for another cople of seasons, if you have any fashionista friend, that's a great idea for them.

There are also notepads, notebooks, address books, coasters with both Banksy trademark graffitis or more classic looking ones with the Union Jack and so on.

http://rpmcollections.wordpress.com/2011/09/22/biba-and-beyond/

 As far as the Royal Pavilion shop is concerned, I haven't been there recently but for what I remeber it's a great place for books and china.

I should be going in the next few days and let you know.

FASHION FIGHTING!!

xoxoDario

Emma Fielden and Alex Harrap. A book of Hats and Tales

http://www.abookofhatsandtales.com/

On December the 13th the volume ' A book of Hats and Tales' will be launched in a Brighton laines location to showcase Emma Fielden SS12 hats collection plus some archive pieces.

The book is not ordinary one.

It's the result of two creative and powerful minds, Emma's and Alex Harrap's, artist and illustrator, who has reworked the pictures by Jo Thorne and Annemieke Goldswain-Hein, into stunning dreamy visual pieces.

You can preview the book on the website and appreciate by yourself its beauty.

Il 13 dicembre il volume ' A book of Hats and Tales' sara' presentato nelle mitiche laines di Brighton per mostrare la collezione di cappelli SS12 di Emma Fielden in aggiunta ad alcuni pezzi d'archivio.

Il libro non e' uno qualunque.

E' il frutto di due menti potenti e creative,quella di Emma e di Alex Harrap, artista ed illustratore , il quale ha rielaborato le foto di Jo Thorne e Annemieke Goldswain-Hein, in incredibili visioni oniriche.

Potete dare un primo sgurado al libro sul web ed apprezzare da voi la sua bellezza.

The book is divided into ten short visual stories and Emma's head pieces, styled by Clary Fisher, are the central focus of the story, both visually and conceptually.

I'll be at the event on the 13th and can't wait to see the immersive installation presentation that's being prepared and to meet the people behind the book and other fashion fellows from B&H fashion scene.

Il libro e' diviso in dieci storie fotografiche brevi e in ognuna di esse i capi di Emma Fielden, con lo styling di Clary Fisher, sono il punto focale della storia, sia visivamnente che concettualmente.

Io saro' all'evento il 13 e non vedo l'ora di assistere all'installazione immersiva della presentazione e di incontrare sia gli artefici del libro che gli altri colleghi del mondo fashion di B&H.

FASHION FIGHTING!

xoxoDario

Hove couture house Mazelino launches new collection

Video from  http://www.brightonandhovefreepress.co.uk

Brighton and Hove fashion

I've been living in Brighton for 5 months now - based in Kempton- and it took me a while to find out about the fashion/style side of Brighton and Hove. 

The obvious name that comes to people's mind when I mention England ( I'm form Rome) it's London and I don't blame them as the B&H ( Brighton and Hove from now on) fashion/style scene it's not immediately accessible and easy to spot  as on the streets of London.

Vivo a Brighton da 5 mesi ormai - nel quartiere di Kemptown - e ci ho messo un po' a scoprire il lato fashion/stylish di Brighton and Hove.

Il nome ovvio che viene in mente a tutti quando menziono l'Inghilterra e' Londra ( io sono di Roma) e non li biasimo poiche' il lato fashion/stylish di B&H ( Brighton e Hove da ora in poi) non e' immediatamente accessibile e visible come per le strade di Londra.

Dress: Joanne Fleming; Ph:Emanuele Menduni; 

Model: Signe Springe; Mua and Hair:Martina Pioli; Styling:Dario Bentivegna

I was pushed to dig and scratch the surface for my fashion styling job, the reason why I left Rome, and got in contact with some amazing designers in Brighton first and London then.

The picture that you see above it's been the first ever that I styled and shot in England, back in August. 

The model is wearing a gorgeous evening dress by Joanne Fleming, a successful designer from Brighton.

Over these past months, and in that shoot as well, I've been in contact and used other 'local'designers and in due course I'll tell you about them.

This blog, in fact, it'll be used to showcase what B&H have to offer in terms of fashion and style, be it designers, events, shootings and so on.

Sono stato spinto a scavare e andare oltre la superficie dal mio lavoro di fashion stylist, la ragione per cui ho lasciato Roma, e sono entrato in contatto con degli stilisti eccezionali, prima a Brighon e poi a Londra.

La foto che vedete qui sopra e' stata la prima in assoluto di cui ho curato lo styling e che ho scattato n Inghilterra, ad agosto. La modella indossa un meraviglioso abito da sera di Joanne Fleming, una stilista di successo di Brighton.

Nel corso di questi mesi, e in quel servizio, sono entrato in contatto ed ho usato anche altri stilisti 'locali' e piano piano ve ne parlero'.

Questo blog, infatti, lo usero'per mostrare cio' che B&H hanno da offrire in termini di moda e stile, siano essi designr, eventi, servizi fotografici e cosi' via.

FASHION FIGHTING

xoxoDario