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LUISA CASATI ~ LA CASATI THE MUSE

28 January 2011

“Tall and gaunt with heavily made-up eyes,

La Casati represented a past age of splendor when a few beautiful and wealthy women adopted an almost brutally individualistic way of living and presenting themselves to the public.”

Elsa Schiaparelli

Photo Luisa Casati 1912

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