Weekend Conversation Starters

[Messy Nessy Chic]   It’s been a busy week in Paris! We had the Fête de la Musique on the summer solstice, Men’s Fashion Week is in full swing and [challenging all kinds of stereotypes](, and at the MessyNessy HQ, we just wrapped a Style Spy campaign with Persol. If you’re curious to see the result, check out episodes [one]( and [two]( and [three](, all inspired by movies we love. So a restful weekend is in the cards for me. If you need me, I’ll be watching old movies ([a few of my recs]() after the [babies get to bed](.  Your weekend conversation starters await. Stay curious, [Nessy]   [When in Rome, Discover Hollywood on the Tiber](  [chi-siamo-foto-iniziale-new]( Italian cinema is synonymous with hauntingly special silver screen moments, the stuff that flashbulb memories are made of. Who could possibly forget the larger than life screen goddess Anita Ekberg – all platinum locks, bare shoulders and curvaceous black dress in Federico Fellini’s La Dolce Vita? Or the doe-eyed flamboyant gamine Audrey Hepburn on her…  [Continue Reading](   [The Fateful Lovers’ Suicide that put the World at War](  [loverswar]( On the morning of January 30, 1889, three friends of Rudolf, the Crown Prince of Austria, broke down the bedroom door at his hunting lodge to find him dead, sitting by the naked corpse of his teenage mistress. For more than a hundred years, people have speculated wildly at the events surrounding this double suicide…  [Continue Reading](   [The American Art Scene was a Man’s World, Until They Came Along](  [AIR (1)]( When Francoise Gilot split from Picasso, he prevented galleries from buying her work. Camille Claudel’s lover, Augustin Rodin, signed a number of her sculptures as his own, and after their romance ended badly, it’s rumored he told the Ministry of Fine Arts to stop commissioning her. If you walk through any museum, you’ll often see…  [Continue Reading](   [Cool Down and Reminisce over the Wonders of Ski Ballet](  [3c139ac51a6f93519819f2a72c268f7b-vintage-ski-vintage-winter]( There was a brief time in winter Olympic history when athletes would zip into their snow suites, strap on their skis, cue the music, and dance to victory. Ski ballet is like the love child of figure skating and skiing. Routines lasted for two minutes, and athletes competed alone or in pairs. The result was…  [Continue Reading](   [13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. DCVIII)](  [399be3b948953794d5445075289d712f1518fef8]( 1. This Abandoned French Chateau, on sale.  [Continue Reading](  Interested in Becoming a MessyNessy Keyholder? [Apply now to unlock the Vault!](    [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn]( [Blog]( [To read more from MessyNessyChic visit the Blog]( and make sure you keep getting these email by adding contact@messynessychic.com to your address book or whitelist us. Our postal address: In a Café, Paris 75001 Want out of the loop? [Unsubscribe](.