But whatever they have been called, press agents, in the course of their quest to canonize the superficial, have always been small history makers.

As have the photographers represented by Globe Photos.

These men and women have made a record of movie ant television personalities as they want to be seen, as the public wants to see them and even perhaps as they really are.

Here then is a body of work that at the time of its creation represented Hollywood as the editors of mass magazines believed their readers wanted to see it, photographs that represent Hollywood as it wanted to be seen by the world, photographs that represent Hollywwood as less than objective photographers saw it.

It is a remarkable body of work that seen after six decades transcends its original reason for being.

Seen today, the photos make a deadly accurate record of the follies of the famous and an affectionately wicked comment on the Hollywood culture itself.

At the same time, imports of textiles painted in India by the Dutch on cotton, hemp and linen fabrics – known as les indiennes – definitively determined the new fashion.

Love of the exotic, and especially “chinoiserie”, continued into the following century, with 18th century Rococo or distilled Baroque, which was more graceful and lighter.

Pale colors and wavy embroidery were the new motifs which Europe assumed, to the sound of minuets, as it marched toward the political and technological revolution of the end of the century.

Liberating, libertarian, a philosophical and tender libertine, she joins body and spirit in short circuits which cause us to fall to our knees in adoration, while she herself kneels before you and before herself.

Sagittarian art cannot be apart from the body, but the Moon in Virgo deviates towards 12 inch heels dripping with colour, in a sado-masochistic world of torture wheels and whips, but also of a subtle refinement, all the way to the mystery of absolute liberty which is manifested by her Venus in Aquarius.

View her works online, or if her art exhibit comes to your city, do not miss it.

“We are luxury experts, we offer consultations, monitoring the world of fashion to discover trends and suggest purchases.

Elegance means a high-quality garment which wears well, above all it’s a question of taste.

Italians are invincible in colour choice, the French are more classic.

The most elegant people in the world are Indians followed by the Japanese, the least elegant are the Chinese.

The most elegant woman is Sharon Stone, she’s alluring and she dresses well.

The most elegant man ever is Gianni Agnelli.

The most important Italian stylist is Giorgio Armani.

I would like to dress Michelle Obama, her wardrobe is too classic American chic. She should be more daring.”

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CHARLES MARTIN 1913

KING WILLIAM PRESENTS THE TEMPLE TO THE VIRGIN – MOSAIC DATABLE AT 1174-1182 – CATHEDRAL, MONREALE

The royal apparel of William II, king of Sicily from 1166 until 1189, is in pure Byzantine style: a gem-studded diadem with pendants (known in Greek as prependulia), a dalmatica decorated with a rich gem-studded sash (loros), a narrow-sleeved tunic, a linen shirt and gem-studded shoes.

The Madonna wear a hood or cocolla which covers her shoulders, its hem decorated with braided drawstrings, a timid early attempt at lace, a wide mantle and narrow-sleeved tunic.

Enough, we request a suspension.

We can stand bare knees peeping out of ripped jeans, like the ones worn by Heidi Klum.

Plissè neckties made a short comeback in the Thirties and Forties.

Of regular width they main feature is the pleating of the cloth, generally vertical.

Such deceit, such a sham cannot but have a valid justification; and that is that nothing is real, everything is false, everything is fake, not only his superiors but also their relatives, their wives, children and the homes they live in, the streets, the city, the country.

It’s all a sham: the whole world is fake.

The two characters unite, one in search of a well with his bottle, the other hoping to find the boundaries of the promised prefecture.

They wanderings, prompted by delirium, cause them to meet characters and figures even odder and more raving than themselves.

It is the fault of the moon, which changes the tides, makes dogs howl and messes with their minds.

But in the end the Micheluzzi brothers manage to capture the evil star, the cause of so many mental avalanches.

The last diva has reached the highest pinnacle of success: for some time now she has not acted in a movie, yet her fame remains unchanged.

On the contrary, it grows drawing from herself and a beauty so radiant and alive that it imposes itself as the absolute value, beyond any trivial prejudice.

Because, frankly, who really cares about Sharon Stone’s age and which beauty secrets she avails herself of to maintain eternal youth?

Unless we would like to copy them, which in any case is an excellent idea.

What fascinates us about her is her strength, her vital capacity to be always and above all contemporary.

We admire her ability to remain in the limelight for what she is, more than for what she does.

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