Love at first sight...

Tilda Swinton for PomellatoHave you seen the movie "I am love" by Luca Guadagnino with Tilda Swinton? No? Well, then you need at least to read my post HERE about the gorgeous mansion in Milan where the drama takes place.Yes?Then as of today another short by the same director and with the same actress, who is a testimonial for Milanese gorgeous...

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World's priciest home

 Mukesh Ambani's houseToday I am going far from Italy to another enchanting and fascinating country, India, where Sonia Gandhi, an Italian born politician (she was born near Vicenza but lived in Turin until she married Rajiv Gandhi, son of Indira)  is currently the President of the Indian National Congress Party and the leader of...

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Brillante choice

Shamadan - DriadeDesigned by Mann Singh for Driade, Shamadan is the name of this tree shaped candleholder, quite a sculpture with brass interwoven branches and leaves.  From Driade website "(...) perhaps Indian mythology has similar tales to the eternal and impossible love between Apollo and Daphne, frozen in the moment of vegetal transformation(...)"...

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Kimberley Seldon at Salari Fine Carpets

Kimberley Seldon and Albarosa SimonettiNovember and December are not the best months of the year, speaking of weather, it was already snowing in Vancouver a few days ago, quite unusual for this city, known for  the mildest climate in Canada, and today is freezing cold! but they are also months full of events for art, design, theatre,...

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Andrée Putman!

Meet Andrée Putman (Paris, 1925) the Grande dame of French design.The first right answer came from the outstanding, poetic, unique blog Little Augury, where you can discover unusual people, facts, art, poems, romantic postcards and much more.  Congratulations to all the many people who had the right answer, and you can find all the comments...

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Can you guess who she is?

Mystery ladyThis is an unusual image for a lady known for her extremely elegant, rarefied style, which by the way shows even here, before (or after?) taking a bath in a sleek mosaic tiled bathroom and a vintage style tub. Her sunglasses? Fabulous! When not in a turban she shows an unusual haircut. Flame red lipstick is also her trademark.She...

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Fornasetti: the complete universe

Fornasetti "The complete universe" I have met Piero Fornasetti a few times when visiting his eclectic store which many years ago was situated along via Brera, in Milan, or simply seeing him suddenly appear on his bike wandering around the narrow streets of the city center. He was quite a personality, a real talent, an artist, a designer,...

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Scent of Sicily

Ortigia at Zonda NellisBath SaltsWhat a great surprise to find in Vancouver the very scent of Sicily (Sicilia), a magnificent island in the south of Italy, through the products of an Italian company called Ortigia.  Ortigia at Zonda NellisAmbra nera (black amber)  Ortigia at Zonda NellisPerfumes Ortigia at Zonda NellisBody lotion...

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THE ADDRESS Magazine

The Address magazineSince I started blogging beautiful things happened to me, new clients who found me on Internet, new friends, real or virtual who I cherish and from whom I learn every day and...I was also asked by a few magazines to write articles for them.  Not bad for a person who has English as her second language; at times my...

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