L’Uomo Vogue 40th Anniversary Party. One of the best parties of the season was given by Giampaolo Grandi, president of Italian Conde Nast in honor of Franca Sozzani, editor in chief, of Italian Vogue and L’Uomo Vogue for the 40th Anniversary of the Men’s fashion magazine. In the photograph, Gucci’s Frida Giannini, Franca Sozzani and Jonathan Newhouse, chairman of Conde Nast International Ltd.
Beatrice and Matilda Borromeo
Michele Lupi, Carla Sozzani and Anna Piaggi
The first Italian top models: Alberta Tibuzzi and Isa Stoppi
Mother and Daughter: Allegra Beck and Donatella Versace
Mother and Daughter: Gaia Lucchini and Gisella Borioli. It was Gaia’s father, Flavio Lucchini who first created L’Uomo Vogue forty years ago.
Mother and Daughter: Manuela and Alice Pavesi
Mother and Daughter: Consuelo and Carolina Castiglioni
L’Uomo Vogue 40th Anniversary Party. Italian Vogue and L’Uomo Vogue creative director, Luca Stoppini is not only the best art director, he is also a very talented artist and photographer, in his own right. Luca magnificently designed the 40th anniversary edition of L’Uomo Vogue picking the coolest shots over the past forty years, “Thank you Luca, for my double page spread of Terence Stamp.” Luca also designed the spectacular exhibition of the Italian men’s mag. at Palazzo Litta. In the gilded and stuccoed salons of the baroque eighteenth century palazzo, he set up diagonal mirrored walls where “ticker tape” images, taken from the magazine, flowed slowly and where reflected on an opposite plain mirrored wall. These sets reminded me of a modern day version of the hall of mirrors in Versailles.
Noona Smith Petersen and Luchino Visconti
L’Uomo Vogue 40th Anniversary Party – detail. The candlelight gala dinner took pace in the cloisters of the courtyard of Palazzo Litta. A very long table went all the way round. The décor was spectacular, very chic and very Vogue.
Georgia Gay
Mariuccia Casadio and Jack Pierson
Uberta Zambelletti
Kris Rhus and Carla Sozzani
A detail. A detail of Kris Rhus’s one of a kind, knuckle dusters.
Serge of Yugoslavia and Stefan Bartlett
Mario Bellini
Eva Herzigova
L’Uomo Vogue 40th Anniversary Party – detail. A detail of a place setting at the gala dinner of L’Uomo Vogue's 40th anniversary party, held in the suggestive courtyard of Palazzo Litta. Note: the individual glass of crudities and the little dish of baby mozzarella, placed by each table setting. These amuse bouche are a great idea, ideal to munch on while you wait for dinner to be served, instead of eating the whole bread basket, as is so often the case.
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