Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Yes, It Really Is All About the Clothes

The famous ecclesiastical fashion show from Fellini's Roma:



A brilliant skewering of the Catholic aesthetic, and of the old Roman nobility.
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4 comments:

  1. Rick+July 21, 2009 at 10:36 PM

    OK... bizarre and a bit creepy. I've not seen the movie.

    I will say, however... now, that's what I call Man Lace!

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  2. Göran Koch-SwahneJuly 22, 2009 at 4:36 PM

    A majestic dottiness... No wonder the film is famous ;=)

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  3. June ButlerJuly 22, 2009 at 10:52 PM

    Hilarious! The Sisters of Charity with their wings were only slightly exaggerated. And Pius XII!

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  4. CounterlightJuly 23, 2009 at 7:38 AM

    Where can we sign up for "The Little Sisters of Purgatory's Temptation?"

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