Marina Rinaldi Experience

The cover of Curvy

“Glamour, denied to voluptuous women, revolves around a small amount of people who have a hyperactive metabolism. Well, the party is over. After years of aesthetic oppression the prawn, bread stick, sole or stick-thin shaped women have to give up and democratically share the style throne with curvy women [...] a soft and seductive reality”.

Now, the fact that curvy women have always been considered sexy is known, so there was no need for us to read about it in the preface of a book. But if two prominent names in Italian fashion that are beautiful, smart and definitely curvy, have decided that curves have made a comeback in fashion (with the intention of staying there), how can you not believe them?

This, and much more can be read in “Curvy. Il lato Glamour delle Rotondità” by Daniela Fedi and Lucia Serlenga, a book that exams the glamourous side of curves, it reveals secrets, stratagems and addresses, tells anecdotes and real-life stories whilst still maintaining that touch of humour that alleviates the weight of being curvy.

This book was advanced by their American agent, Vikie Satlov, she too is curvy, and took shape within a few hours, despite such a busy time, as Daniela Fedi reveals. But then, there are so many things to talk about.

Daniela Fedi and Lucia Serlenga

For example, according to facts “only five percent of women effortlessly reflect the rules imposed by fashion. It is estimated that models are 9 percent  thinner and 16 percent taller than normal. The conclusion is that there is an enormous gap between the real woman and the ideal one” says Daniela. “Don’t forget that curves are a sign of genetic evolution. The famous zero size only makes sense in TV, where figures are exaggerated. But in the future, with anamorphic vision, this problem will no longer exist. That’s why the future will belong to the curvier”.

So, it’s an objective look at reality that has been away from the catwalks for too long. But it’s also a collection of suggestions underlining the most glamorous side of one’s own curves. “No to minimalism” declares Daniela Fedi with no possibility of appealing  “yes to heels, which take off a kg for every centimetre, to the sheath dress and to brace-cut dresses. And of course great attention to lingerie, which I’ve always had a taste for”.

“It’s not easy to dress a curvy woman” she adds. “Marina Rinaldi, for example, deals with fashion glamorously. I find that they do a really good job with wearability”.

If you want to find out more then don’t miss the next date for Friday 10^th June, at 6 pm, at the Chiostri di San Barnaba in Milan, where Daniela and Lucia will be presenting their sharp, ironic and factual book. And – let’s admit it – there was a need for it.