Love Story At The Backstage of Frankie Morello

Being the masters of seduction, we helped two lonely hearts meet and beat as one. Paul and Thais found each other at Frankie Morello's show after a while and fell in love. Paul states in the interview: "I waited for a few hours, but nothing was happening. I think it was destiny that got us back together after 2 years! It happened at Frankie Morello's show. She was checking me out and I couldn't stop staring at her, so..." Love... Isn't that such a great feeling?

Yummy Breakfast: unordinary pancakes!

A cup of coffee and a brioche is what you usually get for breakfast every morning; changing the routines every now and then is what we adore, so when we saw Jim's Pancakes, we thought it was definetely worth sharing. You remember the time when you were a little child and your parents would try all the tricks to get you eat something? (Well, in my case I was quite greedy so there were times at which they would beg me NOT to eat but that's another story!) Jim does a great job in seducting his daughter to have breakfast; you can see her happy smile in most of the pictures posted on the website. Here are some of the pancakes he created. Jim, if you hear us, please do send us some!

Jose Roberto with his killer smile at Frankie Morello Men SS 11 Show

Good morning! Here's Jose Roberto from Future Models who was one of the models who cheered up the audience with his killer smile. We're happy to share a few shots taken from the backstage.

The Hot Blonde Model Sebastian Sauve for Frankie Morello

His favourite movie is Pineapple Express, his best feature is his height (his lips come the second?), his guilty pleasures include sleeping in and skipping class; so he says in an interview done for FTape. He presented a variety of looks at the Frankie Morello Men SS 11 show, then we had the pleasure to meet him in person at the Frankie Morello Afterparty. He's down to earth and very fun to talk to. Here are some backstage pictures from the show to cheer your morning up!

Lady Gaga's 'Alejandro' On the Runway For Frankie Morello Men SS 2011

'I know that we are young, and I know you may love me... But I just can't be like this anymore. Alejandro.'

Who could ever forget that icy glaze of the brasilian top male model Evandro Soldati in Lady Gaga's latest music video 'Alejandro' ? Given that Lady Gaga was singing out loud that she couldn't be with him anymore, Frankie Morello decided to save Gaga and took him away to where he belongs: Brasilian beaches... You'll see how amazing he looked as he walked off the runway as soon as we publish the pictures! It was a pleasure to meet him in person at the backstage of Frankie Morello SS 11 show. Here are some seducing eyecandies for our followers...

Seduction: Chiara Ferragni

The other day we had the rather famous blogger Chiara Ferragni from 'The Blonde Salad' as our guest in the showroom for an exclusive photoshoot for Vogue Turkiye. As she was trying on different Frankie Morello outfits, we did a small interview with her on seduction. Here are some exclusive pictures as well. Enjoy!
What does seduction mean to you?
It means feeling comfortable with your body no matter what you're wearing.
How would you seduct a person?
Just with my smile and positive thinking.
What's the craziest thing you've ever done?
Done so many, but i regret absolutely nothing.
If seduction were a song, person, place, public transport; what would it be?
Sexy chick, my boyfriend, the beach at the sunset and motorcycle! :D

Macadamia Nut Brittle

Teatro Piccolo Eliseo Patroni Griffi, Roma. 18-30 May

George Orwell in one of his most famous works '1984' had foreseen the effect of 'Big Brother' on today's generation however he hadn't had the smallest idea that we would be this eager to get 'Big Brother' watch us; updating our status every 5 seconds, archiving all our acts with tagged pictures, chatting with people of different cultures, of different ethnics, of different characters all thanks the wonders of social networks in the internet. Is this seek for attention necessary for our own existence? Stefano Ricci states that we exist in each other's gaze; once the gazes turn elsewhere, we lose our role in the society and we die into the inexistence.
'Macadamia Nut Brittle' by Ricci / Forte was one of the plays that I was dreaming to watch for a long time now; but thanks to the excess of attention the play gets every time it hits the stage, it was almost impossible to find tickets, which was what happened at PIM, Milano. When I arrived to the ticket counter to get two tickets for the next night's play, I was informed that all the tickets for each and every five show were already finished. However, once one sets his mind onto doing something, there's little that can stop him. So using up my passion and my social network skills, I contacted them and they were so kind to have me as their guest for the play.
The show starts off with three actors doing a kind of a choreography that resembles the general indications that air hostesses show to the passengers right before the plane takes off. It was a perfect play, even right off the start because the metaphor of a plane taking off as the first scene was an exact trailer of what was to happen in the following hours; Ricci / Forte took us on a plane ride to unknown destinations in the land of consumer culture, identity, passion, sex, violence and above all... love. At each stop, we jumped from one feeling to another. I found myself laughing with tears in my eyes, crying up a well, hopping in my chair with fear, closing my eyes hard to avoid certain scenes, opening up my ears to hear what the actors were to say... At the end of the play, I was about to drown in the river of feelings; I was happy yet very depressed, confused but also relaxed, anxious yet excited, sad but hopeful... Those two great minds Ricci / Forte and their amazing cast knew how to amaze the audience and not let them remain as passive voyeurs but active participators.

The next day I met Stefano Ricci for a small interview since I had some questions that were bugging me. After the play, having seen all characters in search of affection, waiting for a call from their one night standers; I was wondering if love did really exist or did we hopelessly dream that it did so that one day all our broken heart stories would be mended and our story would reach that happy ending? Ricci answered my question in a way that it made me think even more on this issue: 'Love does exist, of course it does but it depends on how you define love. What is love for you? Is it a Walt Disney movie? Is it someone that brings you breakfast to bed every morning? Or something totally different? The problem is not that love doesn't exist, it is just that sometimes our definitions of love don't really match. And sometimes we just want to love so we decide on compromising; maybe we don't really find the one that makes us breakfast but the one that makes us tea. Not the one we were dreaming of but someone in a way close to that picture we have in mind. Love is all about corresponding to each other's needs at the same moment. If both are looking for the same thing and decide to settle, then this can be considered love.'
Then another question would be: how come all four protagonists suffered from the same thing? Of not being called from their one night stander? If everybody expects a call, how come nobody receives it? Ricci was clear on this: 'Because as much as we love desiring a person, we love being desired as well. They were suffering about not being called but then again they weren't calling either! They were passively waiting for the call rather than asking for his number to call him afterwards.'

'Macadamia Nut Brittle' leaves a sour taste on your tongue; it turns the mirror to the audience and rather than creating a tale of fantasy, it uses the truth that we hide inside ourselves, in our consumer culture without which we don't know how to survive. After all, we shop therefore we are. I thought about the different generations of youth throughout the years; when I was a small kid, the elderly was complaining about the youth that was not producing anything but rather killing time in front of the tv. I've grown old and I hear them whining about how they never leave the pc screen and how they kill time online. But the thing is, the passive tv youth is now grown into an active blog nation: they write, they produce, they are always in action. But is this really considered a production?
Ricci said: 'The social networks are important in our life. There are certain advantages and certain disadvantages to it; it all depends on how you use it, for what purpose you utilize those networks. We use myspace and facebook that keep us in contact with our audience. But then again I don't see writing a blog as a production. The truth remains always hidden. It's so easy to write on the net, chat with tens of people simultaneously... We'll never know who the person behind that blog is, or who is chatting with us. You can be anyone and everyone on the internet. This puts us away. TV was a cuddling service for us. You know, you could pick up a certain episode of Sex & The City and cry with the protagonist, just relax watching other lives. If we felt down, there was tv to cheer us up.'
One of the scenes that truly sent shivers down my spine was when one of the protagonists talked about a woman that was about to die and her cat would die away with her, he would lose all nine lives at the same time because he was existing in her glaze and with her death, he would just sweep into inexistence. And her son would lose his role as 'a son' and given that he didn't know any other 'role' to fit into, he would die as well. I asked if we would ever be able to choose our roles and if we were destined to play along with those given to us by the society. He told me that sometimes we found it easier to accept the roles we were given rather than creating one for ourselves.
At the end of the day, the play was amazing in every single sense. I would even dare to say that it was better than any classic theatre I saw on stage; because 'Macadamia Nut Brittle' in its innovative, aggresive, depressive, not pornographic but utterly graphic nature is a tale of our everyday lives, our delusions, our expectations; it's a mirror turned at us to face our own truth. In a world where the value is measured by the length, success by the money and love by the sexual scores in bed, where did we hide our feelings?
Returning back to the fashion world, Ricci's view on this was clear: fashion should never be a way to hide oneself in a pre-decided confection. Each brand has a certain image that is associated with itself, one who wears it should know that he'll be associated with that but should never be described solely by it. It's like a seduction, it's a way to get yourself known to another. Fashion is a way that uses this.
Then I held another small interview on seduction with the director and the actors. It was so much fun.
- Which of the five senses is the most important one in seduction? Taste
- Can one seduct with art as well? Not using the known methods of body interactions? Sure, seduction is when you don't fake, when you are who you are and that's more than enough.
- If seduction were to be a place? Shopping Mall
- If seduction were to be a song? This Love - Craig Armstrong
- If seduction were to be a person? A priest
- If seduction were to be a public transport? Train
Ricci / Forte will be going first to London then to Rome with their plays and then this summer they're starting to work on a new play about Grim Brothers Tales. The pictures used are a courtesy of Mauro Santucci.

Burlesque

The origins of the word burlesque come from the french ‘burlesque’, derived from the italian ‘burlesco’, inspired by the spanish word ‘burla’.
In fact, the whole show is based on a joke in which the erotic dancer plays with her own identity often “feminizing” some typical gestures of men. Starting from England this phenomenon is expanding rapidly across Europe and has arrived in Italy at the beginning of the twelfth century. The particular performance was well known to english audience who admired the enchanting dancers at the Olympic and the Gaiety theaters.
The thing about burlesque that interests people is the erotic yet not pornographic atmosphere that it creates with the help of vintage lingerie, colorful feathers, 50s makeup, female taking up male leads and inventive use of stage props.
The list of famous burlesque dancers starts off with really old stars like Gypsy Rosy Lee who was an inspiration for the world famous Gypsy Musical; Fanny Brice who was portrayed by Barbra Streisand in Funny Girl; Blaze Starr who was described as ‘the hottest blaze in burlesque’ for her inventive use of stage props.

Then again, there’s Betty Page - the pin up girl, remember? - who was never categorized as an authentic burlesque dancer but thanks to her parts in three films ‘Striporama’, ‘Teaserama’ and ‘Varitease’, she had the opportunity to show off her skills in burlesque acts.
Today, the crown belongs to Dita Von Teese . Her shows are a delight for the eyes as she uses a huge martini glass full of colored water (or alcohol? hmm…) to bathe in. For quite a few years now, when one wants to see burlesque in its most elegant form, this 37 old glamorous lady is the first name that comes into minds.
But for those of us in Milan who are not that lucky to take the first flight to the states to see Von Teese perform, there’ll be another event of burlesque in Connie Dougles on the 24th of April. This show will cheer you up with shows of Duchess Dubois, Slinky Sparkles, Trixie Malicious and the Italia’s first burlesque boy! For more information please visit: www.conniedouglas.com

L’origine del termine burlesque è attribuibile alla definizione francese ‘burlesque’, derivata dall’italiano ’burlesco’, ispirato a sua volta dalla parola spagnola ’burla’.
In effetti, l’intero spettacolo si basa su uno scherzo erotico in cui la danzatrice gioca con la propria identità. Spesso “femminilizzando” alcune movenze tipiche degli uomini. Partendo dall’ Inghilterra questo fenomeno si espande velocemente in tutta Europa e approda in Italia agli inizi del XII secolo.La particolare performance era ben nota agli spettatori londinesi che potevano ammirare le ammalianti danzatrici nei teatri Olimpic e Gaiety.
L’aspetto interessante della burlesque è la sua atmosfera erotica ma non pornografica che viene a crearsi con l’aiuto di capi di lingerie vintage, piume colorate, trucco anni ‘50.
I primi grandi nomi degli inizi dello spettacolo burlesque siano Gypsy Rosy Lee, fonte di ispirazione del famoso Gypsy Musical, Fanny Brice, interpretata da Barbara Streisand in Funny Girl, Blaze Starr, descritta come ‘il fuoco più caldo del burlesque ‘che animava i suoi spettacoli con l’uso di oggetti di scena.
Poi, c’è Betty Page - la ragazza pin-up, ricordi? – Pur non essendo mai stata definita come una ballerina burlesque con i suoi tre fillm ‘Striporama’ , ‘Teaserama’ e ‘Varitease’, ha avuto l’opportunità di mostrare le sue abilità in questo raffinata e maliziosa arte dell’utilizzo del prorpio corpo e delle proprie armi seduttive.

Oggi, regina incontrastata di tutte le burlesque è senza ombra di dubbio a Dita Von Teese.
I suoi spettacoli sono una delizia per gli occhi, immersa in un bicchiere da martini gigante pieno di acqua colorata (o alcool? Hmm …) muove il suo corpo in modo delicato e sensuale.
Questa ragazza di 37 anni ormai da qualche anno viene immediatamente associata a questo particolare tipo di performance.
Se come me non avete la fortuna di poter salire su un volo alla volta degli Stati Uniti per assistere ad un suo spettacolo vi consiglio di fare un salto al Connie Douglas a Milano il 24 Aprile.
Questo spettacolo vi allieterà con protagoniste come Duchessa Dubois, Slinky Sparkles, Trixie Malicious e il primo ragazzo burlesque d’ Italia! Per maggiori informazioni visitate il sito: www.conniedouglas.com

Chloe

It’s finally Friday and a new erotic thriller has just made it into the theatres. Think of a perfect married couple with a young son and a surprise party gone amiss because the perfect husband loses his flight and can’t make it to the party. Of course, in situations like this, the mind never happens to stay calm, which is exactly what happens: the paranoia of being cheated upon drives the wife to hire a prostitute to seduce her husband so that this young seducer can report everything back to her and prove if he’s the cheater type or not.

Yes, you’ve got it right; I’m talking about the new Atom Egoyan movie “Chloe” starring Julianne Moore, Liam Neeson and Amanda Seyfried. The movie grabbed a lot of attention from the media even before the theatrical release for different reasons like:

1) It’s a remake of Nathalie, a french movie, which was directed by the acclaimed director Anne Fontaine. And the movie had some big stars like Fanny Ardant, Emmanuelle Beart and Gerard Depardieu. So there was quite a bit of a doubt if a remake could beat the success of the original one.

2) The wife of Liam Neeson, Natasha Richardson, had a skiing accident during the filming and although it didn’t seem like a serious injury at first, it caused her death at the age of 45. Neeson left the movie set to take care of his wife for which the script of the movie had to be changed. Right before the final filmings, Neeson decided to return to the set and finish up what he started so the film is shot according to the original plot. (Note: I’m sorry for his wife but I’d definately get my thumbs up to have the other ending of the movie included in the dvd version; it’d be kind of cool to see how they changed the whole story to subsitute the absence of Neeson.

3) The lesbian kiss scene between Julianne Moore and Amanda Seyfried.

It’s good to see Moore back in a thriller since she always does a good job of setting up the atmosphere with her excellent acting skills. Although the film ‘Forgotten’ didn’t recieve a lot of positive feedback from the reviewers, her performance was amazing. Seyfriend on the other hand is getting quite a good grasp in acting with her latest performances; it’s always hot to see two beautiful women kiss but I’m not sure if this kiss in ‘Chloe’ is better than the one Seyfried had with Megan Fox in ‘Megan’s Body’. What’s with this kissing thing anyways? I want one, too!

The movie starts off with the perfect marriage and parties and a beautiful family with a cute son. But nothing is perfect as it seems (or so the protagonist decides). She hires this beautiful young girl and asks her to “run into” her husband in a naturel way and see if he responds. The girl starts reporting every encounter back to the wife and the story between the girl and the husband takes upon a sexual level. But the wife will soon understand that the girl is not really trust-worthy and she’s making up most of the stories to keep the game going on.

As the movie rides to its sexual climax with the erotics scenes between Moore and Seyfried, the thriller doesn’t lose its power. The movie, that was a tragic story of a betrayed wife, turns into an erotic thriller in which the protagonist loses her power over the control of the things and finds herself in a rather dangerous game with the young girl.

I’d definately advice you to go check this movie out since it’s almost weekend and it’s always a pleasure to see some erotic film in the big screen with a nice twist in its storyline. Don’t forget to have fun afterwards!

Chloe

Finalmente Venerdì!
Un nuovo thriller e’ appena uscito nei cinema : Chloe .
Una coppia perfetta, sposata con un figlio piccolo e una festa a sorpresa
andata male perché il marito (perfetto) perde il suo volo e non potrà
arrivare in tempo per i festeggiamenti.

Da questo contrattempo si innescheranno una serie di paranoie nella mente
della moglie (Julianne Moore) nei confronti del marito (Liam Neeson) che la
spingeranno ad ingaggiare una prostitua (Amanda Seyfred) per mettere alla
prova il suo consorte.

Curiosità:

‘Chloe’ è il remake di ‘Nathalie’, un film francese diretto dall’ acclamata
regista Anne Fontaine che vede protagonisti grandi nomi del cinema come
Fanny Ardant, Emmanuelle Beart e Gerard Depardieu.
Non perdetevi la scena scena di amore saffico tra Julianne Moore e Amanda
Seyfried.

Baci a confronto:

E’ sempre un piacere vedere due belle donne baciarsi…….. ma a mio
modesto parere il bacio in ‘Chloe’ non riesce a battere quello tra Amanda
Seyfried e Megan Fox in ‘Megan’s Body’….e visto che qui si baciano tutti,
ne voglio uno anche io!

Consiglio: Andate a vederlo!

Un thriller coinvolgente con un pizzico di erotismo che non guasta mai,
meglio se in compagnia del vostro parner o … del vicino di posto,
abbandonatevi alla visione del film ma non rinunciate a sguardi fugaci e
maliziosi!

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