10 Facts About Irene Brin

Irene Brin was born in Rome from a well-educated Ligurian family of progressive views.

Irene Brin's father was general Vincenzo Rossi, author of two popular military treaties: War in the Mountains and The English Expedition in Tibet.

Irene Brin's mother, Maria Pia Luzzatto, was born and raised in Vienna from a Jewish family, and contributed transmitting to her daughters her passion for languages, art and literature.

Irene Brin was a removed cousin of the daughter of Paolo Rossi, the writer Maria Francesca Rossi, known as Francesca Duranti.

In 1941 Irene Brin wrote her first book "Olga in Belgrade", inspired by her experience during the war in Yugoslavia mainly in Slovenia from 1941 to 1942.

Shortly after Irene Brin found a job as a saleswoman in the art library La Margherita, assisted by her husband who, under the false identity of Ottorino Maggiore, helped her procuring books and drawings.

In 1946, parallel to her activities at Gallery L'Obelisco, Irene Brin began collaborating with La Settimana Incom an illustrated newsreel edited by of Luigi Barzini Jr.

In 1950, during a trip to New York, Irene Brin was stopped by a lady in Park Avenue who asked her where she bought the classy dress she was wearing.

In 1951 Irene Brin worked actively to the success of the first Italian fashion show organized by the Marquis Giovanni Battista Giorgini at his private residence in Villa Torrigiani in Via de 'Serragli in Florence.

Irene Brin collaborated to the second edition that took place in July 1952 in the White Hall of Palazzo Pitti.