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Milano: MINT - 3rd Milan International Antiques and Modern Art Fair

MINT – Milan International Antiques and Modern Art Fair - the venue. The Mint Art Fair of Antiques, Modern and Contemporary Art was in its third edition, last November. It has become an appointment for Italian and International sophisticated art lovers. The Fair took place in a temporary structure in Piazzale Cannone just behind the Sforzesco Castle, in a fascinating scenography which has as its

Milano: Entertaining - Rosita's Birthday Party

Milan: Entertaining - Rosita’s birthday party. Rosita Missoni celebrated her seventy-seventh birthday with an intimate birthday party in the Missoni Milan apartment. The birthday cake was made with two big number seven shaped cakes made with berries and fresh fruit, complete with seventy-seven candles, the border was held together by lots of tiny cannoncini, placed up-side down and filled with

Design and Grappa - The Nonino Collection

Design and grappa – The Nonino Collection UE Grape Distillate Cru Monovitigno Picolit. Collected by the likes of Marcello Mastroianni, Claudio Abbado and V.S. Naipaul, is the Nonino UE Grape Distillate Cru Monovitigno Picolit which each year comes in a limited edition, in a specially designed decanter. This years grappa is stored in a bottle designed by Luca Cendali and crafted in hand-blown

Milan – Design: wallpapers and fabrics The Arjumand Collection.The dolls house. Once upon a time there was a little girl called Idarica Gazzoni who liked to draw houses down to the last detail, complete with floor plans and furniture. Today, Idarica presented her collection of wallpapers and fabrics called Arjumand inspired by the Indian-Muslim Empress of the Mughal Dynasty in a specially

Venice Rental: Wintertime – Credit Crunch special offer.

Why not? Go to Venice in the wintertime and escape all the summer tourists. Wrap up warm and enjoy the cold and grey foggy days in one of the most beautiful and romantic cities of the world. Wonder through the calle, go to the museums, enjoy delicious food and live Venice like a Venetian.The Location. The studio apartment accommodates two people and is situated in the very central San Polo

Venice: Peggy Guggenheim Collection - Carlo Cardazzo, A New Vision for Art

Portrait of Cardazzo by Roberto Crippa 1952 - oil on canvasVenice: Peggy Guggenheim Collection - Carlo Cardazzo, A New Vision for Art exhibition. In this 60th anniversary year of Peggy Guggenheim’s collection in Venice, her museum is hosting an exhibition dedicated to a major figure in the Italian and the international art world of the mid 20th century: Carlo Cardazzo, A New Vision for Art,

Royal Treats - dog biscuits and toy crown

“Royal” doggie treats. Pixel and Jay Peg were given a bag of delicious healthy dog Treats for Nobel Hounds, made from fine, natural and organic ingredients. The biscuits came from Buckingham Palace. Note: the label depicts a photograph of The Duke of York, later King George V and a pug wrapped up in a blanket and headscarf, circa 1895.Also available online from The Royal Collection shop is the

Milano: Levi's Hirst at 10 Corso Como

Seen at 10 Corso Como at The Damien Hirst x Levi’s Collection. Fashion anchor woman, Jo Squillo, Levi’s general manager, Marco Gaiani, singer and showgirl, Jennipher Rodriquez, Articolo 31’s Jad and Oscar and Kris R. of Kris and Kris. Art collectors and denim connoisseurs have a new object of desire; a limited edition capsule collection of ultra-rare Levi's jeans and T-shirts turned into unique

VENICE: Palazzo Grassi - Italics

Palazzo Grassi – Italics. Francesco Bonami, curator of the Italics exhibition at Palazzo Grassi, until March 22nd, 2008, describes Italian contemporary art as a train for which some of its cars would have already crossed borders and oceans and others have been in the maze of the Italian contemporary history. “Italics. Italian Art between Tradition and Revolution, 1968-2008” is a journey into 40

VENICE: Palzzo Grassi - Italics

VIDEO: VENICE - Palazzo Grassi - Italics. Francesco Vezzoli - An Embroidered Trilogy, video screening 12' Francesco Vezzoli defines himself as a “director-embroiderer” given that his art hinges on the relation between his two main interests: embroidery and cinema. For the artist, embroidery is the “private answer to the star system.” A personal refuge, it is also an activity, which, in

Milano: Spring Summer RTW 2009

Milan Fashion Week. What better assignment than to watch and guard outside the fashion boutiques. Carabinieri sit outside the Dior boutique on the trendy via Montenapoleone.

Milano: Spring Summer RTW 2009

Vogue Russia party. A fabulous party in the gardens of the beautiful Casa degli Atellani to celebrate ten years of Russian Vogue. Matthew Williamson and the hostess and editor in chief of Russian Vogue, Aliona Doletskaya.Vogue Russia party. Bernd Runge and Frida Giannini.Vogue Russia party. Neil Barrett and Karla Otto.Vogue Russia party. Elisa and Stefano Giovannoni.Vogue Russia party. Lucia

Milano: Spring Summer RTW 2009

Gianfranco Ferre. Respect for an absolute love of elegance, the spontaneous elegance that comes from self-knowledge and so is never distinct from a secret inner oneiric essence. This is what modulates the Gianfranco Ferre women’s collection for Spring/Summer 2009, the first under the creative direction of Tommaso Aquilano and Roberto Rimondi. Fluid and constructed all in one, the collection

Milano: Spring Summer RTW 2009

Hidden Milan – Palazzo Visconti. Photographed through the iron gates of Palazzo Visconti, this stunning statue is located beyond the granite columns of the ample portal.

Milano: Spring Summer RTW 2009

Giorgio Armani Boutique opening. On the Via Montenapoleone in Milan’s most celebrated and prestigious de luxe shopping streets, Giorgio Armani opened a new boutique. In the photograph, Robert and her "boys"; Gianluca Passi de Preposulo, Roberta Armani and Giuseppe Rinarelli.Giorgio Armani Boutique opening. Mariagrazia Cucinotta.Giorgio Armani Boutique opening. Anna Kanakis and Martina

Milano: Spring Summer RTW 2009

Hidden Milan - Orto Botanico di Brera. Just behind the Pinacoteca di Brera and down a long internal alleyway you come upon the Brera Botanical Garden.The garden was established in 1774 by Abbot Fulgenzio Witman under the direction of Maria Theresa of Austria, transforming an existing Jesuit garden to serve students of medicine and pharmacology. The garden was restored in 1998 after a long period

Milano: Spring Summer RTW 2009

La Triennale di Milano: Design Museum – Salvatore Ferragamo Evolving Legend 1928 – 2008. At the Triennale Design Museum, the exhibition in honor of the eightieth anniversary of Salvatore Ferragamo – Salvatore Ferragamo Evolving Legend 1928-2008 – until November 9th. The exhibition is a tribute to a maker of twentieth century fashion history. It showcases the rich tradition of one of the world’s

Milano: Spring Summer RTW 2009

Seen on the Via Montenapoleone. Carlyne Cerf de Dudzeele and Carlos de Souza. Note: they both have big bags, Carlyne’s by Bottega Veneta and Carlos’s by VBH.Seen on the Via Montenapoleone - detail. A detail of Carlos de Souza’s embroidered velvet slippers by Stubbs and Wootten. Ban the bomb and grass leaves send a strong message.

Milano: Spring Summer RTW 2009

Marni. The Spring/Summer 2009 Marni collection is inspired by British pop artist, Peter Blake. It’s a contemporary take on couture elegance, playing with contrasts and overlaps. A new sophistication defined by weaves of raffia and tulle, the colorful shimmer and sheen of large and small sequins, velvety hues and layered crepon tapes, which take reference from prints. Tall, slim silhouettes

Milano: Spring Summer RTW 2009

Sergio Rossi - front. Sexy very high sandals inspired by the extraordinary landscapes of Africa with its intense colors and unique essence. The ankle is adorned with earth coloured bangles, recalling tribal ornamentation in its most contemporary form.Sergio Rossi – back. The back of a flat pair of sandals. Strands of gold and silver beads form an ankle strap.Sergio Rossi/ Monkeybiz. Sergio

Milano: Spring Summer RTW 2009

Hidden Milan. A peak view of Giorgio Armani’s garden on the Via Borgonuovo. Armani has a duplex on the top floors of the palazzo.

Milano: Spring Summer RTW 2009

Armani. Giorgio Armani and the models dressed for the grand finale.Armani. Cate Blanchett.Armani. Giorgio Armani with Cate Blanchett and her family.Armani. Mariangela Melato.Armani. Giorgio Armani’s nephew, Andrea Camerana.Armani. Simona Ventura.Armani. A few paparazzi await the celebrities.Armani. Mariagrazia Cucinotta and in the background, Mafalda Von Hessen.Armani. Gold medalist,

Milano: Spring Summer RTW 2009

Hidden Milan. A corner of the courtyard of Palazzo Visconti just off the very central San Babila. The eighteenth century palazzo is one of the most elegant examples of Lombard baroque architecture.

Milano: Spring Summer RTW 2009

Maliparmi. Maliparmi presented its Spring/Summer 2009 Collection in the baroque halls of Palazzo Visconti. The collection is dedicated to Breath or Respiro in Italian and draws inspiration from it to interpret shapes created and moved by air with light materials and a desire to free the mind. The president, Annalisa Paresi sits with Maliparmi’s ambassador, the beautiful actress, Ana Cateriana

Milano: Spring Summer RTW 2009

MISSONI - THE GRANDE FINALE. As in a kaleidoscope of futuristic aero-paintings, whirlwinds of colors, designs and shapes respond to new rules of perception. Rhythm and speed tell the story of a new beauty in a world that is dynamic, three-dimensional, energetic, vivacious, creating a mood that is contemporary, extravagant and unexpected.Backstage. Teresa and Angela Missoni.Backstage. Before the

VENICE: 11th Biennale of Architecture: OUT THERE: ARCHITECTURE BEYOND BUILDING

copyright Manfredi BellatiThe Curator – Aaron Betsky: Biennale Architettura – 11th International Architecture Exhibition – OUT THERE : ARCHITECTURE BEYOND BUILDING. Phillip Rylands, director of the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, chats to the Biennale’s curator, Aaron Betsky outside the American Pavilion. According to Aaron Betsky – for six years director of the Netherlands Architecture Institute (

VENICE: 11th Biennale of Architecture: OUT THERE: ARCHITECTURE BEYOND BUILDING

VENICE: The 11th International Architecture Biennale. Enel Contemporanea: Deep Garden a project by A12. Deep Garden is a site-specific project installation by the young Italian artists A12. The installation created to coincide with the 11th International Architectural Exhibition of the Venice Biennale, is on display in the lagoon until November 23rd, 2008. Deep Garden is a tribute to Venice and

VENICE: 11th Biennale of Architecture: OUT THERE: ARCHITECTURE BEYOND BUILDING

photograph courtesy La Biennale di VeneziaTHE AWARDS – Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement to Frank O. Gehry. With this award, the desire is to stress, in line with the spirit of the 11th International Architectural Biennale, how much Gehry’s work is the significant result of years of experimentation. “Frank Gehry has transformed modern architecture”; writes Aaron Betsky in his motivation. “He

VENICE: 11th Biennale of Architecture: OUT THERE: ARCHITECTURE BEYOND BUILDING

“WOOD” # 1 - The Arsenale. Ungapatchket, project by Gehry Partners, LLP. Frank Gehry has long been interested in the exploration of buildings that appear unfinished, that gesture beyond their confines, their sites and their programs, and that are sites of experimentation. He pursues his work through endless models and explores both form and space through multiple designs. As a result, nothing

VENICE: 11th Biennale of Architecture: OUT THERE: ARCHITECTURE BEYOND BUILDING

THE AWARDS – Golden Lion for Best National Participation to Poland for Hotel Polonia The Afterlife of Buildings – Nicolas Grospierre and Kobas Laksa. Curators: Grzegorz Piatek and Jaroslaw Trybus. Welcome to Hotel Polonia: The Afterlife of Buildings. Have some rest, please. Take a seat on the hotel beds. The Polish Pavilion presents six buildings raised in Poland within the last decade.Nicolas

VENICE: 11th Biennale of Architecture: OUT THERE: ARCHITECTURE BEYOND BUILDING

THE AWARDS – Golden Lion for Best Installation project in the International Exhibition to Greg Lynn Form (U.S.A.) for Recycled Toy Furniture. Our world is plastic. It changes shape and takes on qualities seemingly at will. In a more direct manner, more and more of it consists of objects made out of various forms of plastic. Here the architect, Greg Lynn appropriates one of the most ubiquitous

VENICE: 11th Biennale of Architecture: OUT THERE: ARCHITECTURE BEYOND BUILDING

“SPACE” # 1. The Portuguese Pavilion. Out Here: Disquieted Architecture, project by Eduardo Souto de Moura and Angelo de Sousa. The curators, Joaquim Moreno and Jose Gil, invited the architect, Eduardo Souto de Moura and the visual artist, Angelo de Sousa to produce a multidisciplinary proposal that temporarily will be part of the Fondaco Marcello, The Portuguese Pavilion, on the Grand Canal.

VENICE: 11th Biennale of Architecture: OUT THERE: ARCHITECTURE BEYOND BUILDING

“SPACE” # 2 - The Belgium Pavilion. 1907… after the party, project by Office Kersten Geers David Van Severen – curator Moritz Kung. 1907 … after the party, the figures in the title refer to the year when the Belgium Pavilion was built – the first foreign one in the Giardini, designed by the architect Leon Sneyers. The project is a tribute to the historical pavilion and puts it on show in its

VENICE: 11th Biennale of Architecture: OUT THERE: ARCHITECTURE BEYOND BUILDING

"SPACE” # 3 – The Italian pavilion. Going Walkabout, project by Ben Nicholson. The labyrinth is a raw architectural plan without substance, save the invitation to walk in dust. There certainly could be walls and windows, foundations and so forth, but the spatial construct of a labyrinth works perfectly well when the design is committed to memory and set down anywhere that a person sees fit. By

VENICE: 11th Biennale of Architecture: OUT THERE: ARCHITECTURE BEYOND BUILDING

“OUTER SPACE” # 1 – The Arsenale. Astroballon 1969 Revisited Feed Back Space by Coop Himmelb(L)au (Vienna). Enter into the giant, inflatable and transparent “brain”, grab hold of the handles, and see your own heartbeat come into view on giant screens above your head, while your blood pressure swirls on LED screens. The amplified sound that seems to emanate from your body fills the space around

VENICE: 11th Biennale of Architecture: OUT THERE: ARCHITECTURE BEYOND BUILDING

“OUTER SPACE” #2 - Uneternal City: Superstar project by MAD architectural Office (Beijing). Uneternal City is a specific section dedicated to the city of Rome. Thirty years after Rome Interrupted, Aaron Betsky asked twelve Italian and international design studios to re-imagine the city of Rome.Superstar a Mobile China Town. China Towns are out of date. They are historical theme parks, struck in

VENICE: 11th Biennale of Architecture: OUT THERE: ARCHITECTURE BEYOND BUILDING

Photograph courtesy Fondazione La Biennale di Venezia“OUTER SPACE” # 3 – The Arsenale – Hall of Fragments by David Rockwell with Casey Jones + Reed Kroloff. The Rockwell Group, in collaboration with Jones + Kroloff, designed Hall of Fragments, the entrance installation to the main exhibition, at the Arsenale, for the 11th annual Venice Architecture Biennale. Passage through the installation

VENICE: 11th Biennale of Architecture: OUT THERE: ARCHITECTURE BEYOND BUILDING

ENVIRONMENT # 1 – The U.S.A. Pavilion. Into the Open: Positioning Practice. The exhibition Into the Open: Positioning Practice was commissioned by William Menking and co-curatored with Aaron Levy and Andrew Strum. It explores how architects, urban researchers, and community activists are meeting the challenges of creating new work in response to contemporary social conditions and addresses

VENICE: 11th Biennale of Architecture: OUT THERE: ARCHITECTURE BEYOND BUILDING

ENVIRONMENT # 2 – The Arsenale. Towards Paradise – Gustafson Porter and Gustafson Guthrie Nichol. Towards Paradise, is the first major landscape installation featured at the Venice Architecture Biennale. The garden is conceived as a contemporary allegory in the broadest sense. It takes the visitor on a journey through earthly dilemmas, evoking what has been lost and what can be gained. Situated

VENICE: 11th Biennale of Architecture: OUT THERE: ARCHITECTURE BEYOND BUILDING

copyright by Manfredi BellatiENVIRONMENT # 3 - The Japanese Pavilion. Extreme Nature: Landscape of Ambiguous Spaces by Junya Ishigami. Ishigami’s greenhouses, outside The Japanese Pavilion, are not equipped with air control systems and are not sealed off from the outside by a strong barrier, so they do not create a perfect artificial environment. The weakness of the barrier results in an

VENICE: 11th Biennale of Architecture: OUT THERE: ARCHITECTURE BEYOND BUILDING

photograph courtesy The German PavilionENVIRONMENT # 4 – The Germany Pavilion. 080 Technical Paradise by Tom Matton. The desire to escape reality and return to a paradisiacal condition is as old as humankind itself. To at least temporarily satisfy this desire, architects around the world are increasingly creating artistic paradises, often in the most inhospitable places. The construction and

VENICE: 11th Biennale of Architecture: OUT THERE: ARCHITECTURE BEYOND BUILDING

WOOD # 2 – The entrance to the Giardini. Interbreeding Field – project: Somewhere Out There in The Venice Garden by Li H. Lu. Interbreeding Field conceives how new structures combine with old ones to produce a new kind of utilization and function, thus developing a relationship of dependence between the new installation and its external environment. This is not simply a question of form, but

VENICE: 11th Biennale of Architecture: OUT THERE: ARCHITECTURE BEYOND BUILDING

WOOD # 3 – The Italian Pavilion. Masters of the Experiment by Herzog & De Meuron with Ai Weiwei. At the entrance of The Italian Pavilion in the Giardini is an imposing installation of bamboo chairs that are placed along a framework of bamboo poles Called Master of Experiment this massive installation is by architects, Herzog and De Meuron with Chinese artist, Ai Weiwei. During the first few

VENICE: 11th Biennale of Architecture: OUT THERE: ARCHITECTURE BEYOND BUILDING

WOOD # 4 – The Russian pavilion. Beyond Building by Nikolay Polissky. The front and the back of The Russian Pavilion houses Nikolay Polissky’s Beyond Building structures. Polissky is a unique master of Russian land art and his striking revolution in Russian art involves a hybrid of conceptualism and folk craft. His absurdist performers are simple peasants, the inhabitants of the village of

VENICE: 11th Biennale of Architecture: OUT THERE: ARCHITECTURE BEYOND BUILDING

Photograph courtesy Avatar Architecture and Fondazione La Biennale di Venezia“NUTRITION” # 1 – The Italian Pavilion. The Edible Edifice by Avatar Architettura. Eating, sleeping, breathing and protection from the elements will no longer be acquired privileges in exchange for money, but they will become daily actions that everyone can accede to naturally. The waste products from our ways of life

VENICE: 11th Biennale of Architecture: OUT THERE: ARCHITECTURE BYOND BUILDING

“NUTRITION” # 2 – Uneternal City: Rome Limited project by BIG – Bjarke Ingles Group (Copenhagen). Uneternal City is a specific section dedicated to the city of Rome. Thirty years after Rome Interrupted, Aaron Betsky asked twelve Italian and international design studios to re-imagine the city of Rome.BIG - Bjarke Ingles Group - Rome Limited. Luminous maps packaged as pizzas. Today the original

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“NUTRITION” # 3 - The Czech and Slovak Republic Pavilion. The Sideways, Parallel Ways and Worlds, installation in the Czech and Slovak Pavilion, created by Zerozero Untd, shows a row of identical fridges that contain various foods based on the social identity of the inhabitants of the apartment or houses. “In the last months, we have looked into the homes of our friends, their friends, and

Venice: 11th International Architectural Biennale – Collateral Event.

Copyright Manfredi BellatiVenice: 11th International Architectural Biennale – Collateral Event. Andrea Palladio and Contemporary Architects: Zaha Hadid and Patrik Schumacher. To mark the 500th anniversary of Andrea Palladio’s birth Zaha Hadid and Patrick Schumacher have created Aura, which is installed at Villa Foscari, La Malcontenta, as part of the Venice Architecture Biennale. The

Venice: 60th Anniversary of the Peggy Guggenheim Collection.

Venice: 60th Anniversary of the Peggy Guggenheim Collection. A group of young designers, Sam, Marta, Francesca, Valentina and Carine at Fabrica, the Benetton Group’s communications research center, have designed a new collection of items for the museum shop of the Venice based Peggy Guggenheim Collection, celebrating its 60th anniversary this year. Who is Peggy is a mini collection of objects

Venice: LIFESTYLE - A private party for Italian film director Ermanno Olmi

Venice – lifestyle: A private lunch party for Italian film director Ermanno Olmi. Tai and Rosita Missoni hosted a lunch party during the Venice Film Festival, for friends on board their barge Timoteo in honor of the Italian film director, Ermanno Olmi who received the Lifetime Achievement Award, twenty years after his film, The Legend of the Holy Drinker won the Leone d’Oro prize there.

VENICE: Palazzo Grassi - GUCCI GROUP AWARD 2008

Venice – Palazzo Grassi: The Gucci Group Award 2008. Each year at Palazzo Grassi, during the Venice Film Festival, the Gucci Group Award is bestowed to an international-acclaimed artist who has made a remarkable contribution to a film in any capacity within the past eighteen months, as a director, actor, screenwriter, set designer, or costume designer. The winner this year is Steve McQueen for

CONTESSANALLY FEATURED IN ELLE

Contessanally featured in Elle. The Contessanally blog is featured in the September issue of Elle Italia. In a story inspired by my jewelry blog of last year, the story is entitled Natural Born Chic. Luca Lanzoni writes about young aristocratic ladies of style and heiresses who design elegant and cosmopolitan collections. Two of the jewelry designers featured in my blog, Isabella del Bono and

VENICE: Valentino: The Last emperor - Film and Party

La Fenice: The World Premiere of the Movie “Valentino: The Last Emperor.” A standing ovation for Valentino Garavani after the showing of the film Valentino: The Last Emperor, at La Fenice, opera house, during the 65th Venice Film Festival. Matt Tyrnauer, who directed the movie, followed around Valentino for two years. The movie is a realistic and often amusing insight into the world of

Paris in August - Musee du Quai Branly

Musee du Quai Branly. The Musee du Quai Branly was recently built on one of the last available sites in the heart of Paris on the Quai Branly, at the feet of the Eiffel Tower by the 2008 Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate, Jean Nouvel. The building resembles a long bridge, partly covered in wood, with suspended “boxes” which stretch into the trees. It is protected from the noise of the quays

Paris in August - houseboats on the River Seine

Houseboats on the River Seine – the rental. For a holiday with a difference you can rent luxurious houseboats in the center of Paris moored on the River Seine with views of the Eiffel Tower. A tree-lined entrance to the cobble stone quai gives easy access to the barge and the neighborhood with its variety of shops, boutiques, bistros and restaurants. In the evenings you can enjoy a cocktail

Paris in August - Poilane

Poilane – pain decore. Every month, Poilane creates a theme loaf, which can also be made to order. This seashell inspired loaf-representing August and vacation time is particularly attractive. The Poilane boulangerie is the most famous in Paris. On the site of a seventeenth centenary monastery, in a vaulted cellar, below the store in the Latin Quarter of Saint Germain des Pres, six bakers work 24

Paris in August - La Maison du Chocolat

La Maison du Chocolat. La Maison du Chocolat, was the only chocolate “boutique” open during the first part of August in Paris. It was probably open because it’s a global brand with boutiques all over the world. Established in 1997, world famous, maitre chocolatier, Robert Linxe, was the first to open an all-chocolate store. I was attracted to the window by this colorful display of sorbet and

Paris in August - La Grande Epicerie de Paris

La Grande Epicerie de Paris - pastries. La Grande Epicerie de Paris is situated inside the department store Le Bon Marche on the rive gauche. As a gourmet food hall it comes second only to Harrods in London, though somehow I prefer the atmosphere here. It is one of my very favorite stores in Paris and I often go there just to wander around and make my mouth water. Especially appealing are all

Paris in August - La Grande Epicerie de Paris

MOVIE: La Grande Epicerie de Paris – cheese counter. Admire and let you mouth water as you look at this selection of French cheese.

Paris in August - Marche Raspail Bio

Street Market: Marche Raspail Bio – the documentary. While I was there they were filming a documentary for the Nuits Blanches de Paris, scheduled from October 4th through the night to the morning of the 5th. The Golden Retriever in the foreground is the mascot of the film crew. Though it was August a good thirty of the hundred vendors came out on the tree-lined divider of Boulevard Raspail.

Paris in August - Jardin du Luxembourg

Jardin du Luxembourg – the gates. Let’s enter into the largest public park in Paris situated in the 6th arrondissement of the rive gauche, The Luxembourg Garden. It was doubly exciting to visit this beautiful twenty-five hectares park, to see the natural and well kept landscape gardening, flowers, fountains and antique statues, as well as, the contemporary art exhibition, ArteSenat, which

Paris in August - Dog & Design

Dog & Design – Stephane Moisset. Stephane Moisset opened Dog & Design just a couple of months ago. After studies in History of Art, Journalism and a stint as a political PR, he decided that what he really wanted to do is work with his dog, Archibald. His dog accessories boutique on the chic rive gauche on the rue du Cherche-Midi stocks only the most refined products that you can’t find in any

Paris in August - The Search for the Perfect Club Sandwich

Why the search for the perfect club sandwich. My friend, Ivana de Marchi Zanon wants to add a really good club sandwich to the menu in the bar restaurant of her Relais & Chateaux Villa Abbazia Hotel in Follina, Veneto. And, as it was raining and cold in Paris, and most of the shops and good restaurants were closed for vacation, I thought I could do some research for her. This is what I found.The

Paris in August -Musee de l'Orangerie - Jardin des Tuileries

Place de la Concorde and the Musee de L’Orangerie. One of the eight statues representing one of the eight major cities of France, Marseille stands near the Quai des Tuileries on the Place de la Concorde. Behind it you can see the glass roof of the Musee de L’Orangerie. The Fosse Jaunes: The Orangerie has recently been reopened after renovation, it was originally built in the second half of the

TUSCANY - Lucchesia: A garden in Lucca

Villa Massei – the gate and the cypress viale. This is the short “story” of an enchanting garden near Lucca. This gate leads you into the magical world of Paul Gervais de Bedee and Gil Cohen and the garden they created. They planted the cypress viale only ten years ago and it already looks historic. In the spring, pink Pimberton roses peek out through the trees.Villa Massei – the aperitivo and

TUSCANY - Lucchesia: custom-made purses

The purse-maker - Giusi Vanini. This attractive lady, Giusi Vanini started making cloth purses five years ago when a girlfriend showed her a cloth bag she had bought in Paris. Giusi took on a challenge and copied it better. From then, nothing will stop her when she is inspired. On these days, she might get up at 6 am and work right through till 9 pm, even forgetting to eat. Giusi also enjoys

TUSCANY - Lucchesia: A Restaurant

Tambellini – Mescita Lotti restaurant. In the small garden of the Mescita Lotti is the place to be for lunch during the summer months. It is the most understated chic and simply delicious restaurant in Lucchesia. It’s home cooking at it’s very best. It is here one bumps into ones friends who lunch at a near by table. The Tambellini family has been running this wine bar, restaurant, and

TUSCANY - Lucchesia: a painter and an art photographer

Tuscany: the farmhouse. This charming farmhouse, high up in the hills near Lucca is where the artists, Alyssia Lazin and Pavel Kapic spend the summer months of the year. They have been coming to Lucchesia from New York City for the past twenty-five years. Alyssia explains, “Both Pavel and I have a common passion for Italy. When the plane lands in Italy we know we have come “home”. We feel very

TUSCANY - Lucchesia: a super holiday rental villa & pottery

La Cappella – the chapel. This is the door to the small chapel from which the villa and the property takes its name. The seventeenth century villa used to be a convent and was completely restored, with excellent taste, by the owners, Pietro Monticelli and Vicky Ceschi a Santa Croce. Part of the villa is available for holiday rentals and sleeps eighteen people. In the low season, rooms are

VENICE - VIDEO

Party hopping across the Gran Canal. On a warm summer’s night what could be more fun than partying up and down the Gran Canal in Venice. From cocktails on the terrace of The Peggy Guggenheim Collection, after a private view of the wonderful exhibition, Coming of Age, American Art from 1850 to 1950 to the garden of Palazzo Franchetti for the San Pellegrino party in honor of the Cooking Cup. The

VENICE: The Peggy Guggenheim collection - COMING OF AGE

VENICE - PEGGY GUGGENHEIM COLLECTION: COMING OF AGE – AMERICAN ART, 1850s to 1950s. To mark the 60th anniversary of the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice a wonderful exhibition entitled Coming of Age, American Art from 1850s to 1950s (until October 12th, 2008). Over the period from 1850s to 1950s, American art and culture came of age evolving from provincial to international and moving from

Milano: L'UOMO VOGUE 40th ANNIVERSARY - EXHIBITION VIDEO

Milano: L'UOMO VOGUE 40th ANNIVERSARY

L’Uomo Vogue 40th Anniversary Party. One of the best parties of the season was given by Giampaolo Grandi, president of Italian Conde Nast in honor of Franca Sozzani, editor in chief, of Italian Vogue and L’Uomo Vogue for the 40th Anniversary of the Men’s fashion magazine. In the photograph, Gucci’s Frida Giannini, Franca Sozzani and Jonathan Newhouse, chairman of Conde Nast International Ltd.Tom

Milano: Men's S/S 2009 - EMPORIO ARMANI

photograph courtesy Armani pressEmporio Armani Menswear Spring/Summer 2009 - a statement. A “tattoo” of the Emporio Armani eagle logo is stamped on incredibility fit bare torso.Seen at the Emporio Armani show. Giorgio Armani poses with handsome British actor, Ben Barnes. Ben has appeared in the film Chronicles of Narnia and in Stardust directed by Matthew Vaughan. In the film The Portrait of

Milano - ART

The sculptures of Robert Indiana in the streets of Milan. In front of the famous Milan opera house, La Scala is one of Robert Indiana’s tri-dimensional sculptures; Amor. The sculptures are billed as an antipasto for the Robert Indiana exhibition at the PAC, Padiglione di Arte Contemporanea, from July 4th to September 14th.

Milano: Men's S/S 2009 - GIANFRANCO FERRE

Gianfranco Ferre Men’s Spring/Summer 2009 Collection. I’m sure that architetto Gianfranco Ferre would have been very happy with this impressive architectural stage set. The simple yet modern design is the perfect stage for the Gianfranco Ferre Men’s Spring/Summer 2009 Collection.Gianfranco Ferre Men’s Spring/Summer 2009 Collection. A Collection ranging beyond fashion to capture the confident ease