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ONLY BE ROMAN
Only-Be Roman
AltaRoma Fashion Festival
Fashion defines reality. And that has little to do with what you buy and wear, what the others wear and you watch in shop windows, shopping centers… nothing to do with at all. Fashion generates aesthetic senses that strongly influence reality. Catwalks, despite being ephemeral, are always covered by international media including printed, radio, television or internet. A fashion show, even if it seems illogical, is a political “statement”, is the next step, a portion of the future that goes through your eyes. The risk in the parades ranges from the material of the designs, the cutting of fabric, accessories and of course the models themselves, who are creatures from another reality, who do not belong to any human species. Here goes one of the contradictions of this vision: what bodies is fashion being designed and what is the purpose of these designs. What is the message below the clothing? Is it that the suit is dressing up the model and not vice versa? The fashion risk at a level of creativity and performance should be considered a performance art indeed. Of course AltaRoma Altamoda is an essential event if you want to know the best and latest in design. The AltaRoma takes place twice a year in the Monumental Complesso Santo Spirito in Saxia, and combines elements of traditional fashion shows with a series of unconventional events and experimental performances, seeking to further remove the fine lines that now exist between art, fashion and entertainment. Thus, the catwalks show classic collections of renowned designers, as well as the most daring creations made ??by young talents, who dare looking...
Cyndi Lauper ‘Memphis Blues Tour’ in Rome
The Foundation Music for Rome presents on July 11 this extraordinary concert Memphis Blues Tour by the controversial singer Cyndi Lauper, to be held at the Auditorium Parco della Musica. The organization has considered this concert as the most important musical event of this summer season in Italy, and seeks to take Lauper together again with the Italian public and lovers of music and the voice of this unique singer, who has Italy in her genes. Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper, known as Cyndi Lauper, was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1953. She did not have an easy childhood, her mother of Italian-American origin, who she inherited her expressiveness from, worked as a waitress after a marriage breakdown. Cyndi grew up listening to the music of Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holliday, Judy Garland and the Beatles, an explosive mix for a girl who loved urban sounds. At the early age of 12 she began writing her own songs, besides playing guitar with virtuosity. The sounds of adolescence and the bustle of the suburbs were the first stimulus to compose love songs. Her desire to excel led her to experiment with clothes and hair, transforming her image radically with odd trends and hair colors, which were then her sign on stage. She didn’t highlight in the studies and, despite having been accepted into a special school for the training of young talents in audiovisual, she left without finishing her degree. Determined to finish her studies, she made her way to Canada, but her intention was also unsuccessful. She finally finished her art studies at Johnson State College in Vermont. Her first...
Tamara Lempicka in Rome
Until the 10th of July, the Complesso del Vittoriano Museum in Rome is showing “The Queen of the Modern,” which is organised around the work of the artist and figure most famous within the modernism movement of the 20s and 30s: Tamara Lempicka. The exhibition was commissioned by Lempicka expert Gioia Mori, and comprises of 90 paintings, 30 drawings, and 50 photographs which belong to private and public collections from all round the world. There is also documentary footage depicting the era, and the artistic scene. The show has been supported and sponsored by museums National Varsovia, Malraux in Le Havre, des Beaux Arts in Nantes, Blanton Museum of Art in Austin and the Musee d’Art Moderne de Saint Etienne Métropole. Many of the works in the exhibition have never been shown before – such as the five paintings belonging to the private collection of Jack Nicholson, and another from 1923 which has only been seen before in black and white photos. Tamara Lempicka was born in Varsovia in 1898. The daughter of a wealthy Polish family, she developed an ease with fitting in with the great salons of the era, and socialising with the bourgeoisie and artists of the time. She married lawyer Tedeusz Lempicki in St Petersburg, but the October Revolution forced them to uproot to Holland, where she assumed a liberal, open lifestyle, and took up with young lovers, bringing an end to the marriage – though the couple didn´t actually separate until many years later in Paris. Paris changed things for Lempicka. It transformed her tastes, relationships and her interests – and it was there...Roman Colosseum
Built in the first century after Christ, the Roman Colosseum is a unique work admired by the whole world for its architecture and history.
Fontana de Trevi
When visiting Rome, visit the Fontana de Trevi to throw a coin in and make a wish to the most famous and beautiful fountain in the world.
Quirinale Palace
Quirinale Palace belonged to priests, Popes, kings and governors of the city of Rome. It houses a unique history that you can´t not get to know.
Monument to Vittorio Emanuele II
The monument built in the honour of the first king of unified Italy, Vittorio Emanuele II, is a symbol of old Rome that all tourist should get to see.
Saint Peter´s Square and Basilica
St. Peter´s Square and Basilica are the most important Christian symbols in the world and also universally historic icons and, because of that, it receives millions
Piazza Navona
Piazza Navona is a work of art of Bernini and other worldwide known architects. It´s a must see for the thousands of tourists that go to Rome.
Imperial Forums
In their time, emperors constructed different buildings that today are part of the Imperial Forums in Rome, the ruins of which are all over the city.
