Anne Enke's Anne of Carversville Tells Women's Stories From Fashion To Flogging

Jamilla Hoogenboom Has A Roman Holiday Lensed By Federico Sorrentino For ODDA Magazine

Anne of Carversville finds fashion to be most interesting when studied through the lens of the larger culture of women artists, women's history and women's rights. My personal history is one of kissing the ground when my plane landed in Italy. 

In my role as Fashion Director and Director of Product Development for Victoria's Secret, my travels put me in Italy nearly every month. The ancient history of Italy enveloped me, along with its sensual lens and predominance of Catholicism throughout the country.  This lens of personal experience is embedded in the heart and soul of Anne of Carversville. 

For the moment I share a recently updated article on Italy's luxury fashion brands, while pull ing together some of AOC's most relevant writings on the impact of Catholicism on me personally and on women's rights worldwide. ~ Anne

Italy's Luxury Brands Lead In Restoring Famous Heritage Sites: Colosseum, Spanish Steps, Rialto Bridge & More AOC Salon

Watching 'The Crown' With the QE2 Falling Apart In Dubai & John Boehner's Tears Long Gone From Trumpworld

Watching 'The Crown' With the QE2 Falling Apart In Dubai & John Boehner's Tears Long Gone From Trumpworld

Could we agree that any woman trying to lead the free world, who cried in prime time, would be run out of Dodge? I finally tuned into the Netflix series 'The Crown', and I assure you that the young queen Elizabeth will be steely and duty-driven -- keeping it together when her father dies. And that is exactly how the second episode ends, with Elizabeth burying her adoring love and grief for her dead father deep in her heart, now masked by royal obligations to her public and the entire British Empire.

Watching 'The Crown' knowing that the electoral college voted on Monday for Donald Trump as America's next president, I can't help thinking about Republican John Boehner's arrival as Speaker of the House.  He wept through his 2010 60 Minutes interview, a reality that did not amuse me in the least, given the Republican agenda for America. In fact, those tears are typically called a charade when a damsel in distress turns on the floodgates.

Indeed when I wrote about Boehner's intentions to lead the charge against abortion and contraception rights in America, it was after after watching a chilling meeting with his chief of staff Mick Krieger accepting one of those tiny plastic babies in perfect form meant to represent a six-week old embryo. In reality, those cells and molecules are a blob about the size of a pomegranate seed, and I don't mean to be disrespectful in any way. But it's another example of post-factual information suggesting that these perfectly formed cereal box creatures (I am not making this up. Republicans put them in cereal and candy boxes at state fairs) are in any way representative of the actual pregnancy process.  To me the meeting signalled the hell that poor women in America would go through as Republicans ripped away not only abortion rights but also access to contraception and general health care for women living all over America in impoverished communities. There is no satisfaction in saying that my instincts were correct.