Battaglia: In Just-Spring

Not quite sure why Giovanna Battaglia immediately reminded me of this e.e. cummings poem but I thought I would share it with you without too much analysis nonetheless because it is a rare opportunity to read these lovely words:

in Just-
spring       when the world is mud-
luscious the little
lame balloonman

whistles       far       and wee

and eddieandbill come
running from marbles and
piracies and it's
spring

when the world is puddle-wonderful

the queer
old balloonman whistles
far       and       wee
and bettyandisbel come dancing

 from hop-scotch and jump-rope and

it's
spring
and
     the

             goat-footed

balloonMan       whistles
far
and
wee

— e.e. cummings, from Tulips and Chimneys (1923)

Giovanna looks exactly mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful here, does she not? Her shoes are perfect for hop-scotching and jump-roping and marbling and piracies! I think I like both her outfit and the poem because they capture an aspect of the early days of spring, not as colorful as the days that follow but lightening and lifting, savoring the bloom and promising more to follow.

Giovanna Battaglia photograph © 2010 Vanessa Jackman. All Rights Reserved.
"In Just-" © 1920 Edward Estlin Cummings. All Rights Reserved.

More Roitfeld Paris Fashion Week Photos

And now I must sleep but here at last are the Paris Fashion Week photo collections for Carine Roitfeld, Giovanna Battaglia, Julia Restoin-Roitfeld, and more. Enjoy!

Carine Roitfeld, Julia Restoin-Roitfeld, Robert Konjic, Giovanna Battaglia photographs courtesy of purple-diary.com, Condé Nast, and Getty Images.

Roitfeld Paris Fashion Week Photos

Photographs of Carine Roitfeld, Julia Restoin-Roitfeld, and Giovanna Battaglia taking in the collections at Paris Fashion Week along with others chic and stylish are being added to the gallery right now. I typically organize all of the photos and then let you know about it afterwards. Today I am doing the opposite in order to motivate myself so for now here is a cute Polaroid of Julia Restoin-Roitfeld and Robert Konjic at the Stella McCartney show, please check back soon for more.

Julia Restoin-Roitfeld and Robert Konjic photograph © 2010 Jeremy Kost. All Rights Reserved.

Derrière Battaglia

To be recognizable from the waist down and from behind—this is the pinnacle of style. Particularly as it is nowhere near as perverse as it sounds. Giovanna Battaglia, I salute you for making an art of fashion every single time you dress. Special thanks to Fred at Easy Fashion Paris for his kind permission to share his composition with you.

Giovanna Battaglia photograph © 2010 Fred/Easy Fashion Paris. All Rights Reserved.

Roitfeld And Battaglia At Roberto Cavalli

They say that a picture is worth a thousand words and so I will let this one speak for itself. I must ask though, who owns the hand that is about to touch her leg?

Vladimir Restoin-Roitfeld and Giovanna Battaglia photograph courtesy of Fashion Spot