Close your eyes and think about Sophia Loren: It is easy for many to see her on the Croisette in Cannes, or in the streets of Venice during the Film Festival, wearing a Cinderella-style dress, with sweetheart neckline and highlighted waistline.
Personally I see her at the stove, busy preparing the ragù, with a jacket, trousers and scarf, elegant as if she were wearing a put for a great evening. Impeccability seasoned with Neapolitan authenticity, a magic ingredient of perfect recipe that is Sophia Loren.
“The legendary Sophia Loren is the personification of being a woman, who exudes confidence in her femininity,” Stella McCartney once declared, making everyone agree.
From the Solfatara of Pozzuoli to the peaks of Hollywoodeveryone knows the story of the most famous Italian diva (or rather, she would prefer Neapolitan) in the world who is celebrated on September 20th, at every latitude and longitude: the multiple Oscar-winning actress (and much more), with a strong personality and talent cultivated with perseverance, turns 90.
For decades it has graced red carpets and international stages with his sense of style: Sophia was and is one of those rare women who make every look their own. She has worn the creations of the greatest designers, but she has always emerged ahead of everyone: Loren.
Every week the story of a dress that made us dream. This time it’s the dress designed for Sophia Loren by Marc Bohan of Dior: a cloud of powder pink organza that envelops the actress in the 1966 thriller
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We immediately remember her lace, the halterneck dresses typical of the aesthetic Dior in the 50s: she loved wearing tailor-made clothes made by the designer of the fashion house of the time, Marc Bohancomplete with diamond necklaces.
During the 1960s, she added to her wardrobe sheath dresses which completed her new image of teased hair and feline eye makeup. She wore coats Guy Laroche and cocktail dresses, bags Gucci, turbans, the jewelsbucket hats, oversized sunglasses, in the name of more is better.
On the red carpet, the diva historically prefers flashy ball gowns, adorned with dozens of crystals and sequins, but she is not afraid to opt for more casual styles such as shift dresses and elegant suits. She has been a muse for some of the most revered names in fashion including Cristóbal Balenciaga, Emilio Schuberth, Valentino Garavani.
Today she is very faithful to stylists like Giorgio Armani, who has dressed her with extreme elegance for decades and who will also dress her for the party for this special birthday (which the actress has decided to spend at the suggestive Anantara Palazzo Naiadi Roma Hotel which has dedicated a suite to her), and Dolce&Gabbana who wanted her for several commercials, as well as dedicating an entire Haute Couture show to her in 2016, over time Sophia Loren has kept her color palette basic, rarely moving away from the white, black and red that she seems to prefer.
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So as he celebrates his 90th birthday, Let’s retrace the 9 most beautiful moments of Sophia Loren’s style, on and off the set.
1. Like a princess
At an event in 1954, Sophia wears a tiara and a dress created by Emilio Schuberth for her.
2. Maxi all-over
In the movie Ready-to-Wear directed by Robert Altman in 1994, Sophia wears look Diorlike this famous one, with a maxi polka dot bow and very wide-brimmed hat by Jean Barthet.
3. Passion red
Red is a shade that is often found in the actress’s most elegant looks to date and which we also find in the princess-like dress with puffed sleeves worn at the Cannes Film Festival in 1983.
4. In pantone Oscar gold
At the 2009 Oscars in a gold princess dress by Armani Privé and Damiani jewels.
5. Sparkling
Winner of her second Academy Award in 1991, Sophia wears a long sequined dress by Valentino.
6. Chic dressing gown
The Christian Dior blush pink organza dress that Sophia wears in the film Arabesque from 1966 has remained in the collective imagination as one of the most desirable dresses seen on the big screen.
7. The casual Sophia edition
Sophia’s sense of casual: at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival she wore a red chiffon suit, her favorite shade.
8. Designer Lingerie
As Epifania Parerga, Loren stuns in a corset, opera gloves and a wide-brimmed hat in the 1960 film The billionaire, film in which she is dressed by Pierre Balmain.
9. Fur Coat 4.0
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Sophia has often sported fur over the decades. In 2020 she wore a vegan one from Stella McCartney’s Spring/Summer 2021 collection, becoming an ambassador for a new eco-course also for the most beloved item of clothing by ladies of the past.
Source: Vanity Fair
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