Vogue Poland at Netflix's ‘The Leopard' Author Giuseppe Tomasi Home in Palermo AOC Fashion

The November 2024 issue of Vogue Poland [IG] is dedicated to the synergy between cinema and fashion. The fashion story featuring Africa Garcia was styled by London-based Ashlee Barrett-Bourmier, under the title ‘marzenia ściętych głów’ [‘Dreams of Decapitated Heads’].

Looking at the translated title of the story, AOC’s reaction was “what in the world!!” Then we discovered that James Giles [IG] photographed the story in the last home of Giuseppe Tomasi, author of ‘The Leopard’, in the Palazzo Lanza Tomasi, Palermo, Italy.

Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa’s literary legacy, primarily built on his novel "The Leopard," has had a profound impact on the world of literature and Italian culture.

Netflix has taken on the ambitious project of creating a six-part series around its focus on an old world very much in transition.

‘The Leopard’ provides a richly detailed and introspective exploration of Sicilian aristocracy during the Risorgimento, capturing the complexities of historical transitions into a unified Italy in the novel and Netflix series. Across Europe similar movements were attached to the creation of liberal democracies.

Anne assumes the Vogue Poland title context for this fashion story ‘marzenia ściętych głów’ [‘Dreams of Decapitated Heads’] connects to these revolutionary movements.

The aristocracy was fearing for their heads to have an appointment with the guillotine, as revolutionary zeal swept through the European continent.