Barbara D'Urso and Chiara Ferragni, the black thread that unites their return

Barbara D'Urso and Chiara Ferragni. Two very different women united by a recent return to the screens after the “forced absences” in which they were protagonists. The first removed without warning from Mediaset last year, the second closed in a self-imposed media silence after the Pandoro-gate tsunami. It makes us think that both, albeit with very personal interpretations, have chosen how uniform for their television appearances in a total black lookaccessories included.

What does the non-color par excellence want to communicate in these cases? We asked ourselves, and as usual, we also answered ourselves.

Chiara Ferragni guest of Fabio Fazio at Che Tempo Che Fa.

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If the recent white shirts worn by Ilary Blasi and Belén Rodriguez (and before that by Victoria Beckham) to tell their version of the betrayals suffered by their respective spouses, had suggested the idea of ​​a purifying outfit and bearer of authenticity, the total black clothes of the presenter and the digital entrepreneur have taken on another, precise function: that of an injection of self-esteem-à-porter.

Even though it is the non-color par excellence, black is a shade that adds, rather than subtracts. It gives security, authority, control. And especially, candies. Just as Pierpaolo Piccioli declared on the occasion of the Maison Valentino fashion show held on the same day as the two interviews, totally monochromatic: «In black I wanted to recreate feminine clothes for women of power. I use black to look for light in the darkness that surrounds us.” It's easy to understand that both D'Urso and Ferragni needed precisely this to affirm their positions in front of the public mainstream of two highly followed programs such as Sunday In And What's the weather like.

The close-up of the black dress worn by Barbara D'Urso.

The close-up of the black suit worn by Chiara Ferragni.

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If the black dress of Maria Carmela (Barbara D'Urso's real name) is enveloping and a little flirty, with the slit showing off her shapely legs and the zip slightly open on the bodice, the trouser suit of (future ex? ) Fedez's wife is rigorous and well-shaped, with the blazer worn almost skin-deep and slipped over an impalpable lingerie-style lace top. A typical example of power dressing, which serves to underline her figure as an entrepreneur and CEO of her companies, as Chiara often remarks during the interview with Fabio Fazio. At the feet of both of them are pumps with stiletto heels, also black, to complete the outfits in a perfect match.

A couple of outfits chosen undoubtedly because they were reassuring, perhaps even a little predictable, but certainly full of meaning. It should not be forgotten, in fact, that for Western culture black is also the color of mourning. And this is also a subtle, but decisive fil noir which unites the two women, marked by pain for the events in which they found themselves, willingly or not, and for everything they lost, be it contracts, followers, money or visibility. At least the elegance hasn't been lost.

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