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| Fashion Legend Anna Piaggi |
As
a fashion fanatic, I looked forward to seeing which character would show up in the front
row. Her signature strand of blue hair was always topped with an incredibly
unique top hat. Though she claimed she wasn’t photogenic, her bold eye shadow,
famous red hearted lips, and layered scarves and accessories made her one of
the most photographed faces in fashion.
"She's a great performer, but she is also the author of the play," describes longtime friend, Karl Lagerfeld. This brings me to the reason why I felt it was important to dedicate a post to Anna on my blog. Here was a woman, who until the age of 81, remained deeply connected to her inner child. Her theatrical fashion style was anything but sexy. She didn’t dress to impress, but rather to celebrate the pleasure dressing up gave her – just like a four year old. Her costumes were styled almost the same way a child layers her accessories during dress up. She loved every detail and took great pride in consistently delivering another unexpected look guaranteed to shock and awe, which only Anna Piaggi could pull off.
As we enter adulthood, we say good bye to our inner
child. We disconnect from our purest self because we’re conditioned to believe
that maturity is required and expected. Yet shutting down the communication
with our inner child is what makes us lack compassion, sensitivity, and raw
love with ourselves, as well as others. We didn’t know the act of judgment when
we were 3. We didn’t know racism and hate as toddlers. The awakened inner child
allows human beings to act from a state of loving kindness.
Every image of Anna Piaggi reminds me of the joy that ‘dress up’ brought to my childhood. We could all use a little Anna is our personality. Her carefree approach to simply being her innovative and experimental self, no matter what the papers wrote about her, was priceless. The fashion world will definitely be duller without her.
See you in a rainbow Anna!
"She's a great performer, but she is also the author of the play," describes longtime friend, Karl Lagerfeld. This brings me to the reason why I felt it was important to dedicate a post to Anna on my blog. Here was a woman, who until the age of 81, remained deeply connected to her inner child. Her theatrical fashion style was anything but sexy. She didn’t dress to impress, but rather to celebrate the pleasure dressing up gave her – just like a four year old. Her costumes were styled almost the same way a child layers her accessories during dress up. She loved every detail and took great pride in consistently delivering another unexpected look guaranteed to shock and awe, which only Anna Piaggi could pull off.
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| Image: Tessted.com |
Every image of Anna Piaggi reminds me of the joy that ‘dress up’ brought to my childhood. We could all use a little Anna is our personality. Her carefree approach to simply being her innovative and experimental self, no matter what the papers wrote about her, was priceless. The fashion world will definitely be duller without her.
See you in a rainbow Anna!
