ISABELLA ROSSELLINI GLAMOUR ALWAYS…
Daughter of screen legend and one of the greatest filmmakers of his era, Isabella is equipped with a striking resemblance with her film star mother and became in the public’s mind, to be seen as a kind of reincarnation. First costume designer assistant dresser on film sets, a journalist on Italian television followed by small acting jobs, in the 80’s she landed an advertising contract (which paradoxically is its largest), to be the image of Lancôme cosmetics.
The French brand then projects her image worldwide for many years, Isabella haunts the pages of magazines & billboards in halls of airports, her commercial and media triumph culminating in the incarnation of the perfume Trésor. She leaves images of glossy magazine paper for films, where her singular and splendid beauty is especially magnified. Sales related to Isabella’s image are equally impressive. But nobody is young forever and after nearly 15 years of collaboration, Lancôme decides to terminates its star’s contract, just ‘politely’ according to the rumour and this long before the popularity of famous but older faces invades the beauty market ( Catherine Deneuve, Andie MacDowell, Jane Fonda, Charlotte Rampling ). But Isabella is not only a supermodel, her own words, she is also an actress whose choices are sometimes surprising. She played troubled character Dorothy Vallens ( one of her most famous creations ) in David Lynch’s iconic film Blue Velvet and she recently played in fancy suits all kinds of critters to detail their sexuality in what she called Green Porn.
Isabella’s beautiful face is forever remembered as a model with a difference, child of stars, she made her own path in the world of art and commerce. Her full features are the perfect canvas for make-up and characters. A lot of excellent journalists and bloggers have written about her make-up, style and image and I hope this little portrait will encourage younger readers, bloggers, make-up artists to discover or look into her career and get inspiration. Supermodel to science teacher, beauty reinvents itself as there is just one Isabella Rossellini and she is always very and beautifully unique.
Anne Marie x
