Annette Bette Kellow, Fashion & Vintage stylist
www.annettebettekellow.com
The men in Italia have it in their blood to stop dead and stare at women, in the street, in the cappuccino bar, at the bank (it’s completely normal apparently although you feel like a slab of fresh pound!)- take an hourglass, sultry vixen like the ‘ultimate’ Sophia Loren and they must have surely drooped to the floor drowning in a pool of their own drool!
My Italian mother informs me, you may get wrinkles but you’ve got the cheekbones, darling! She has never made me feel guilty for eating Spaghetti, she gets fiery for no particular reason but is cheeky and witty with a great sense of humour, which is what I personally believe embodies the Italian culture- they embrace sultry curves but believe in eating healthily, they enjoy the good life and have a passion for holding the nearest and dearest to heart and are generally mysterious and exotic in every sense!
I think SOPHIA LOREN epitomises this completely- An actress that has elegantly kept her status from 1953 onwards, On film and print her eyes really do all the talking, every photograph flashes in mystery yet tragic in a glowing, knowing smile and she is entirely svelte in her sex appeal stance.
I adore photos that Edward Quinn took in Cannes and when thinking of the festival, a glimmer of
her being fabulous on the Carlton hotel balcony always comes into view.
True love stayed present from Age 15 (of course she met him at a beauty contest!) and she valued work and home life equally, being an amazing cook as well as one of the most celebrated icons in the world. For proof of this, she uttered the infamous words, If you haven’t cried, your eyes can’t be beautiful.
She was the first woman to win an Academy Award for an International film and has notched up over 85 films and voted by the American Film Institute as one of the worlds top 25 actresses- See her in Nine, currently in cinemas, to see the bedazzling effect she has on screen!
I believe Sophia Loren captures the essence of a beautiful, powerful yet sensual woman in our time, an impeccable style that is almost Hepburn-esque in its classic form with the knowledge of her own body to know what looks right and how to wear it with style. She believed, ‘A woman’s dress should be like a barbed-wire fence: serving its purpose without obstructing the view’.… and with those flashing cat eyes, body and perfect lips, who could resist!
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