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Anna Battista



Anna Battista was born in Pescara, Italy. She is a writer, freelance journalist and film lecturer. Throughout her career she has written for American, British, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish publications about topics as disparate as culture, fashion, lifestyle, politics and social issues, but one thing has remained unchanged in her life, her unbound admiration for Elsa Schiaparelli. Anna’s latest venture is her blog, Irenebrination: Notes on Art, Fashion and Style, inspired by iconic I

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Latest Contributions By Anna Battista

Giles, Be Our Guest

05 November 2009

Shoes in Their Walls

28 October 2009

Multi-Coloured Jacquard Art

12 October 2009

New Tough on the Block

07 October 2009

Style Star Shortcuts

29 September 2009

Message in a Bag

22 September 2009

Chatting with Mr Mademoiselle

11 September 2009

Running in Art Nouveau Heels

09 September 2009

A Fashionable Dance Season: Freddy Vs Topshop

09 September 2009

Federico Sangalli’s Atelier of Dreams

07 September 2009

Pierre-Louis Mascia's Aesthetics of Refinement

02 September 2009

A Life Less Ordinary: Diabolik and Eva Kant

01 September 2009

M as Mila

25 August 2009

From The Triadische Ballet To The Giudecca

21 August 2009

Maiden Art

14 August 2009

“Vintage” Atmospheres: Franco Franceschi

12 August 2009

Isabel Toledo: Fashion from the Inside Out

05 August 2009

Daring to be Arty: Workshop Missoni

04 August 2009

Fashion in Film Festival and Artcycle team up

29 July 2009

Exploring “Fashion & Politics” at the FIT

27 July 2009

Masculinity and Androgyny: Laitinen S/S 10

20 July 2009

Purposely Tacky: Umit Benan

03 July 2009

New Dada, New Menswear: Leitmotiv

03 July 2009

Francesco Scognamiglio for Allegri

01 July 2009

Invasion of the Brits at Pitti

25 June 2009

From Marras to Margiela: Sardinia and Fashion

24 June 2009

Sartorial Zen: Giuliano Fujiwara and Closed

23 June 2009

Night of the Graces: Undercover’s S/S 2010

22 June 2009

Happy 10th Anniversary Cavalli Menswear

19 June 2009

Quality Against the Crisis: Milan’s White Homme

16 June 2009

When Resistance turned into Fashion

15 June 2009

Dazzling with style: Bulgari’s 125th Anniversary

03 June 2009

Vintage Angel: A.N.G.E.L.O.

28 May 2009

Wearable Glass art: Marina and Susanna Sent

27 May 2009

Oversized Monsters and Co: Daniel Palillo

14 May 2009

Ademar Ferrera’s oNONO

08 May 2009

All Is Transformed: Ilaria Venturini Fendi

07 May 2009

Christian Lacroix The Costumier

30 April 2009

The Message Within: Super Fertile

24 April 2009

Scott Ramsay Kyle A/W 09

02 April 2009

Paris Hilton: Fantasy and Simulacrum by IKé UDé

02 April 2009

Extreme Beauty in Vogue

30 March 2009

Opposites attract: Sandra Backlund and Maglificio Miles

18 March 2009

Visions of Beauty and Pleasure from Africa

13 March 2009

Cunnington & Sanderson’s “emotional constructions”

12 March 2009

Powerful opulence: Francesco Scognamiglio A/W 09

05 March 2009

Going Bananas in Milan with The Rodnik Band

05 March 2009

Fluidly flowing: Klavers van Engelen A/W 09

03 March 2009

Austere body architectures: Gaetano Navarra A/W 09

02 March 2009

Make History Award: Rossella Dimichina

02 March 2009

When Richard met "Theo"

24 February 2009

Emphasis On Details: Red By Wolves A/W 09

20 February 2009

Styling is where your heart takes you: Brett Baile

20 February 2009

Moschino Goes Virtual

18 February 2009

Between Pop Art and Diabolik: Ruthie Davis

12 February 2009

Vreelandesque

10 February 2009

Mori & Mimosa on Rookies Coaching Rookies

10 February 2009

Markus Lupfer A/W 09-10

05 February 2009

From Vivier to Warhol: Mark Schwartz

03 February 2009

Thom Browne A/W 09

02 February 2009

MaxMara Womenswear Design Prize

02 February 2009

Bebaroque Goes Dark

29 January 2009

Architecturally Yours: United Nude

23 January 2009

Marithé + François Girbaud A/W 09

21 January 2009

White Homme A/W 2009-10

20 January 2009

In a League of its Own: Awaydays

16 January 2009

Functionally Fashionable: Oliviero Toscani

14 January 2009

Independent at Heart: Che Camille

12 January 2009

Rabii and Bespoke Denim

09 January 2009

Between the Lines: Lines Lab

08 January 2009

Creativity in times of crisis: TudiCofusi

05 January 2009

The Joys of Being Kidnapped: Cibelle

23 December 2008

Rising from the East: Mareunrol’s

17 December 2008

Lightness of Being: Aroma30

11 December 2008

Roberto Capucci’s Warrior Fantasies

10 December 2008

The Perfect Cut: on Camilla Wellton’s designs

09 December 2008

Recession-resistant: Priestess NYC

08 December 2008

Pop-up with style: Glasgow’s Reposition

05 December 2008

Fashion Philology: Gabriele Colangelo

28 November 2008

Welcome to FrenchTrotters Homme

27 November 2008

Photo Memories from Hip Times: John Hoppy Hopkins

21 November 2008

Happy Birthday Diabolik

18 November 2008

Inside Jamie Bruski Tetsill’s world

04 November 2008

Fascinating Knitscapes: YSL and Pour Toi

03 November 2008

Beyond Espionage: Fashion under Socialism

30 October 2008

Seriously Playful: Mori & Mimosa

20 October 2008

Brian Lichtenberg's Holographic Life

13 October 2008

Delfina Delettrez’s “Delirium”

02 October 2008

Francesco Scognamiglio S/S 09

29 September 2008

Klavers van Engelen S/S 09

27 September 2008

Dutch Touch in Milan

26 September 2008

Pucci S/S 09

26 September 2008

Travelling with Elsa Haertter

25 September 2008

Pollini S/S 09

25 September 2008

a.Ve S/S 09: Liberating the Form

23 September 2008

WHITE in Milan: Beyond the fashion salon

22 September 2008

5preview's Bold T-Shirts

19 September 2008

Mila Schön (1916-2008)

10 September 2008

Bebaroque Elevates Hoisery

05 September 2008

Pasquale De Antonis' Vision of Italian Fashion

01 September 2008

And The Emperor Cried...

29 August 2008

The Fashionable Heart of Romania: Rozalb de Mura

19 August 2008