I've been talking about it a lot * it's been two weeks
Opinionated, random thoughts on fashion, style, and culture, dumped from the right-brain with sharp wit and undeniable Italian flair.
Couture has come and gone; it’s Wimbledon now, and in 2025, we can officially doze off, Hug Grant approved.
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THE fashion moment -remember last year’s tomato girl and brat summer and how far they all seem, thank *od? What are the most fashionable girls wearing this summer?Hats, original and special ones, not the baseball caps or those that are wide-brimmed in the front and have a bow in the back that American tourists wear, impersonating their version of Euro Summer while sipping a cappuccino after a meal.
A pearl anklet
Leather thong sandals, no flip-flops permitted, unless I am at the beach rinsing my feet off of sand in the open-air shower of the beach club.
Vintage silk and lace underdress or very light poplin sleepwear, the type you buy at the summer market or my friend Heidy’s Lido World store
Vintage beaded evening purses, but during the day
Silk scarf around the waist (so chic)
Summer readings -or like we call them in Italian letture da spiaggia, because in the Mediterranean we associate summer with the beach, rightfully. Pedro Pascal's reading list is not the lightest, but it’s robust. Classics like Jane Eyre (are you a Charlotte or Emily?) and Crime and Punishment, Watership Down by Richard Adams, Beloved the first ever book I bought and read by Toni Morrison. The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann or Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger … I confess I never read anything by either author.
So you may or may not know that every summer, I dedicate myself to perfecting the art of one cocktail. This time is Brideshead Revisited adjacent: a basket of strawberries and Chateau Peyruguet, quail eggs and champagne. How jolly!
Brideshead Revisited is always a good idea to revisit And Just Like That … man, they left me with no words, no excuses, I mean, after a lifetime friendship, THAT cringey birthday party? Aren’t we happy with The Gilded Age and the first ep. of Real Housewives of OC?
The Weekly I Don’t Cares
Celine’s new salad-from-fridge-leftovers of a collection.
The plethora of people so obtuse and ignorant that loose their shit, don’t calm down and try to fit in, be understanding, empathetic, inclusive, generous. I understand this is like … all people, but the times a day I would like to scream “Intanto ti calmi” are too many to count.
The sustainability debrief
How’s your plastic-free July going? I mean, considering the abominable wedding in Venice, do you still feel proud of recycling your yoghurt cup?