Today I had the great pleasure of meeting one of the most gorgeous woman I've ever seen: Diane Pernet, from A Shaded View Of Fashion.
For those who doesn't know who Diane Pernet is, I just would say that she's one of the most gorgeous fashion editors that Elle and VOGUE had in their history; as a respectable fashion filmaker who's been promoted new talents from her own fil festiva, the ASVOFF Festival.
This festival would come to Barcelona next January, and there will be 3 competitions: Official, Students and a Mobile Fashion Film Competition. Today was the announcement of the opening and the launch of the ASVOFF Barcelona website; and I went there with Matt, one of my friends (that I must say I met at Acampadabcn!).
With Mrs. Pernet was Liz Monfort, Valenti Farras and Alex Murray-Leslie, who is like the coordinator of all the festival.
during the presentation, they showed a short spot of the festival. I leave you the video here too, 'cause it's really nice!
Diane was really nice with us, and we talked about fashion, cinema and the future of arts for about 20 minutes! Seriously, one of the most gorgeous and interesting persons I've ever met.I hope and wish we could meet again and talk a little bit more!
By the way, The Brandery is almost here and I cannot wait for seeing all the new things they're offering in this edition! It's gonna be great!
Yesterday Smith Street was taken over by Bastille Day festivities: a day of music, petanque tournaments and iced Lillet sangria (yum!).
You could spot party goers by their white straw boaters (given out free to shade residents from the 80 plus temperatures).
The place to be was on the tree-shaded avenue beside Provence en Boite, where tables and bunting lined the streets and a three-piece jazz band had everyone dancing well into the night...
Countries around the world take very different stances in regard to their "ruins." Some set out to reconstruct or rebuild as much as possible. Some want to preserve the site as a "ruin" and pretty much leave it be. I think Iran's stance is somewhere in the middle. Reconstruct what you can and then try to preserve all the stuff that is on the site without disturbing it. The problem arises when some work is done, complete with scaffolding and good intentions, and the money runs out. The scaffolding remains, propping up the partially reconstructed building or obscuring the ancient bas-relief. You'll see examples of this in the sites below.
There are many ancient ruins in Iran, many of them way off the tourists' trail. Fortunately, we were able to see the most accessible and famous sites. Visiting Persepolis is, to my mind, a "must-do" in one's life time. We also visited two excellent archeological museums, the National Museum of Iran (no photos allowed) in Tehran and the Azarbaijan Museum in Tabriz, both of which had artifacts from excavations dating back to the 3rd millennium BCE, such as the one shown above. In this piece, you can see a battle between two lions and a bull. The bull is losing. Watch for the same iconography in Persepolis on the Apadana Palace Stairs.
In the post below, I have started with the oldest ruin we saw whose construction started in 550 BCE under the Achaemenian rulers and move on through to the most recent ruin which was originally built in the 5th century by the Sassanians.
Just a quick note for clarity: In the following section on ruins, Bisotun has two entries, one from the Achaemenian period and the other from the Selucid. Naqsh-e Rostam has two entries as well; it has both Achaemenian and Sassanian treasures.
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