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Impeccable Style: Monica Vitti in L'Avventura

A missing person, Monica Vitti, high fashion, and the leisure class in Michelangelo Antonioni's L'Avventura.

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Michelangelo Antonioni's L'Avventura (the Adventure) is a visual masterpiece that chronicles the search for a woman who mysteriously disappears during a yachting trip. The fruitless search reveals a great deal about the participants' self-indulgent lives and lack of humanity, which boils over into a shocking affair between the missing woman's boyfriend and best friend. Filmed in Rome, Sicily, and the Aeolian Islands, L'Avventura is an intellectually-stimulating masterpiece that turns a critical eye to the idle rich and post-modern life.

L'Avventura also contains some of the finest fashions ever featured on the silver screen. Monica Vitti's blonde locks and perfectly-tailored outfits are the stuff of legend. From gorgeous dresses, fisherman's sweaters, pencil skirts, and deep V back one piece swimsuits, to button-down blouses, bold prints, oversized handbags, and the finest Italian footwear, Vitti's wardrobe in the film is simply stunning.

Released in 1959, L'Avventura stars Gabriele Ferzetti, Monica Vitti, and Lea Massari.

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La Notte: Existentialism & Style

Existentialism, modern life, long-term relationships, custom-made Italian suits, and cocktail dresses. 

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Wrestling with a fledgling relationship? Pondering the meaning of post-modern life? Looking for new fashion ideas? Michelangelo Antonioni's La Notte will make you rethink modern life, style, and the nature of long-term relationships. The second installment in Antonioni's "trilogy of modernity," this captivating film features fine performances by Marcello MastroianniJeanne Moreau, and Monica Vitti

Fashion wise, La Notte is classic and sophisticated. Male actors wear a bevy of custom-made Italian suits, while females don stunning cocktail dresses, and everything from pearl earrings to fur coats. 

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