MODE UND KULTUR

Between a Rhine nixie and Venetian courtesan

The fashion and the musical evergreen

Not without his muse – the fashion designer Stéphane Rolland and the mannequin Nieves Álvarez García before the fashion show (picture: Christian F. Janssen)

By Christian F. Janssen — 4th February 2020
Masterpieces of music are imperishable. The melody of the fairy music in the overture of the romantic opera “The Rhine Nixies” from the year 1864 had been so good, that the Franco-German composer Jakob Offenbach alias Jacques Offenbach had reused it at the barcarole (№ 13) of the fantastic opera “The Tales of Hoffmann” from the year 1881. Nowadays this famous piece of music enjoyed great popularity by fashion designers for presenting their couture collection. Giorgio Armani in the last season was now, for the spring and summer of 2020, followed by Georges Chakra on 20th January 2020, Stéphane Rolland on 21st January 2020 and Yulia Yanina on 22nd January 2020.
THE TEXT IS REVISED AT PRESENT!

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