It's easier to create your own fashion archive when you have friends scouting things for you. This issue of Italian monthly magazine Bellezza from February 1949 is the latest addition to my personal archive. It arrived via Silvia Petrucci Dal Co' in Rome who knows I collect old magazines (possibly with some connections with Irene Brin/Pasquale De Antonis - and there are quite a few pieces written by Brin in this issue and illustrated by De Antonis' images).
The magazine is not in a desperately good condition, but it features a lovely cover featuring an illustration by René Gruau (who, at the time, signed his works for Italian magazines as Renato Gruau) portraying an elegant and poetic woman in a wide brim hat. Though simple, the cover is striking as Gruau played with different lines and planes, partially hiding the woman's face behind the magazine title. A lovely present and a welcome addition to my archive.
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