Rumor, Scandal, Fame, Revolution

"Who's that girl?"  Were the exact words echoing in my head when I first saw Anna Dello Russo.  She was not a person she was the extravaganza. Ex... tra... va... gan... za...  Taking delight in every single piece of the word, the same as she took delight in every single piece of fashion she was wearing.  I took her name to mean excess.  But "the right kind" of excess.  Of course I don't like everything she wears, but I agree on every look she chooses, for she shows coherence all the time.  What is more important:  she is aware of what she is wearing all the time.

“I take risks with my clothes, I don’t have a problem with people looking at me. If I did, I guess I would be in trouble.”

Two years later, news is on the street: "Anna Dello Russo for H&M".  
Rumor?  Scandal?  Fame?  Revolution?

At first glance I didn't have a doubt.  I felt as if my heart was moving back to Versailles.  Kirsten Dunst and Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette were the closest reference to the images that are still coming to my mind when I recall the amazing designs of the italian fashionista.  Pieces in gold, with the almost only company of turquoise for excess, extravagance, sophistication.

Marie Antoinette defied both royalty and the commoner by living like a rockstar (so as much as Sofia Coppola put it for her film, released by Sony Pictures).  And I can only think of her figure, that of the one who broke protocol to encourage literature and protect arts, as the strong enough personality to dress for success no matter what the excess.
Rumor?  Scandal?  Fame?  Revolution?

 Note: the pics from the motion picture Marie Antoinette by Sofia Coppola, are property of SonyPictures and taken from their webpage.  Pics of Anna dello Russo Collection for H&M are property of Magnus Magnusson (as stated on the pictures) and taken from the wonderful The Budget Babe blog.