Fashion in the 50's

 

Isabella Rossellini

Rossellini is the daughter of Swedish actress Bergman and Italian director Roberto Rossellini.

As well as a model, Isabella is, of course, a very famous and successful actress, starring in a long line of classic films, including Blue Velvet and Wild At Heart, both written and directed by her former partner David Lynch.

The classic beauty was married to famed director Martin Scorsese from 1979 to 1982 and then went on to tie-the-knot with Jon Wiedemann, with whom she had a daughter called Elettra.

Poster girl: Isabella was the face of beauty giant Lancôme for 14 years and then later developed her own line of cosmetics Isabella Rossellini's Manifesto

Monica Bellucci and Isabella Rossellini for Dolce and Gabana 1992

Rossellini became the face of the brand at the age of 30 in 1982.

For the campaign for Trésor Eau de Parfum, which launched in 1990, Rossellini became a key part of the scent’s development process. “They had three different versions of the scent, and according to market research, they all tested equally throughout,” she remembers. “So they asked me, ‘Which one?’ ‘Oh, well, then I like this one!’” The final version that’s been selling out for years. “Because I was a part of the process, people read through it, I don’t know how but they knew it was genuine, and they felt the enthusiasm and made the personal connection,” Rossellini says.

Her Lancôme deal ended when she was 42. When the company approached her for another contract at the age of 65, it was immediately clear from the start of her meeting with general manager of Lancôme International, Françoise Lehmann, that things had changed.

“Beauty is how you define it for yourself and what is it that you want to present of yourself,” Rossellini says with conviction. “The evolution of the story, then and now, things change and change for the better. 

Wise Words - “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” – Helen Keller

  

“Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.” – William James

Icon on and off screen Brides

Easy to Wed 1946

Maria Montez 1947

Father of the Bride 1950

Natalie Wood

The Quiet Man - Maureen O'Hara 1952

Grace Kelly 1956

Audrey Hepburn 1957

Sophia Loren -  The Black Orchard 1958

 Gina Lollobrigida Come September 1960

Angelique Marquise des Anges 1964

Julie Andrews -  Sound of Music 1965

Gina Lollobrigida in Stuntman, 1968.

 

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Tales of the old forest faeries

I shall

Gather up

All the lost souls

That wander this earth

All the ones that are alone

All the ones that are broken

All the ones that never really fitted in

I shall gather them all up

And together we shall find our home

Poem written by Athey Thompson

Photograph from “Through the back door” by J Pickford and A Green

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