Dolce Vita Confidential: Fellini Loren Pucci Paparazzi Swinging High Life Rome

About the book \nA romp through the worlds of film, fashion, and titillating journalism that made 1950s Rome the sexiest city on the planet.\n\nFrom the ashes of World War II, Rome was reborn as the epicenter of film, fashion, creative energy, tabloid media, and bold-faced libertinism that made \u201CItalian\u201D a global synonym for taste, style, and flair. A confluence of cultural contributions created a bright, burning moment in history: it was the heyday of fashion icons such as Pucci, whose use of color, line, and superb craftsmanship set the standard for women\u2019s clothing for decades, and Brioni, whose confident and classy creations for men inspired the contemporary American suit. Rome\u2019s huge movie studio, Cinecitta, also known as \u201CHollywood-on-the Tiber,\u201D attracted a dizzying array of stars from Charleton Heston, Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn, Ava Gardner, and Frank Sinatra to that stunning and combustible couple, Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, wh.