Brix Picks
Hey there you, welcome to my web log! Each week I pick 17 new awesome things that I'm sure you'll love. This week's picks are below, but you can browse the archives all the way back to 2005.
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- La Dolce Vita Theme on Nov 23, 2009 in Songs 1960s Instrumental Soundtracks
by Nino Rota (1960) Nino Rota made beautiful music for films, and never more beautiful and fanciful than when working on a film by Federico Fellini, and never more whimsical and wonderful than his theme to the classic La Dolce Vita. It’s a piece of...
- Il Buco on Nov 23, 2009 in Restaurants Mediterranean NoHo
47 Bond Street...
- Valentino and Giancarlo Giammetti on Nov 23, 2009 in Designers
Couturiers It would have been quite impossible not to choose Valentino and his partner Giancarlo Giammetti as this week’s style icons after watching Valentino: The Last Emperor. Their career and legacy of making beautiful couturier clothes for exqu...
- Dreaming in Print: A Decade of Visionaire on Nov 23, 2009 in Books Art Magazines Style
(2001)...
- Valentino: The Last Emperor on Nov 23, 2009 in Movies 2000s Documentary Style
directed by Matt Tyrnauer (2009)...
- Silvana Mangano on Nov 23, 2009 in Actors
Actress I went on a recent binge buying cheap vintage magazines on eBay and while flipping through a Vogue from 1972 I was struck by the spectacular bohemian elegance of Silvana Mangano, a “secret star” who “rejects fame to live on a country fa...
- Bow Ties for Girls on Nov 22, 2009 in Spend a Couple Minutes Accessories Shops Style
Great Accessory...
