Street Cred Capri

Capri is so endleasly elegant.

So long as you get away from the tourist areas.

When the cruise ships unload their voyagers the fashion meter drops to the appalling level.

This time round it was tourist hell, so the sharply dressed were harder to spot, and when you did find them the view would invariably be blocked by a bus tour or another influx of cruisers.

But here is some of what I did see

Flat gold sandals and a romper

She owned it with that lip

Bored at work

More gold sandals

Big hat, flat sandals, cell phone

Beach ready

Waitress chic

Check out the colors on this dude!

Street Cred Capri

Capri is so endleasly elegant.

So long as you get away from the tourist areas.

When the cruise ships unload their voyagers the fashion meter drops to the appalling level.

This time round it was tourist hell, so the sharply dressed were harder to spot, and when you did find them the view would invariably be blocked by a bus tour or another influx of cruisers.

But here is some of what I did see

Flat gold sandals and a romper

She owned it with that lip

Bored at work

More gold sandals

Big hat, flat sandals, cell phone

Beach ready

Waitress chic

Check out the colors on this dude!

Street Cred Amalfi Coast

I love people watching in Italy, especially seeing what people wear as they go about their daily lives.

Here is some of what I saw on the Amalfi Coast. Italians make everything seem so chic and glamorous. 

Ana Beatriz Barros For Intimissimi Fall 2014

I adore beautiful lingerie.

Whether its simple cottons or more elaborate designs I always believe a girl should be wrapped in beautiful underwear, every day.
Every year when I'm in Florence I stock up at Intimissimi. (I shop them in Paris too, but Florence is my place.) They have the softest, most delicious cottons anywhere.

Brazilian model Ana Beatriz Barros stars in the fall 2014 Intimissimi Campaign, this time shot by Russell James in an amphitheater in beautiful Verona.

Doesn't it make you want to go shop?

images via Fashion Gone Rogue

Italy Is A Dream...

"Italy is a dream that keeps returning for the rest of your life..."
~ Anna Akhmatova

Capri, Italy

Italy is my dream.

I dream it everyday of my life.

And I am blessed to be able to come here every year.

Dreams do come true.

Greetings from Capri
xo

The Kate Moss Left Breast Coupe

I adore Kate Moss.
She has done some pretty wild and wonderful things in her lifetime,
but this newest one may just be the most outlandish of them all.

To celebrate 25 years of Kate Mayfair restaurant 34 has modeled a champagne coupe on her left breast.

Legend has it that the first champagne coupe ever created was modeled on Marie Antoinette's left breast, and this served as the inspiration for artist Jane McAdam Freud when she designed the Kate Coupe.

And how totally rock n roll is she in those killer gold Jim Morrison pants??? They are so totally her. Totally.

There is a part of me that hopes Johnny Depp goes to 34 and drinks himself halfway into a Kate-Coupe-Champagne-Coma. I just loved those two together, even though it was a lifetime ago...

Sunday Morning In Ortygia, The Glam Italia Tour

"To have seen Italy without having seen Sicily is not to have seen Italy at all, for Sicily is the clue to everything"
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, The Italian Journey (1786-1788)

I'm not quite sure what Goethe was up to here.
Sicily and Italy were not unified until 1861.
And each stands alone, completely magnificent.
But I love the quote.

Sicily is my obsession. Since the very first time I ever set foot on this magical island I have not gone one day without thinking about it. It is always on my mind.
Despite the incredibly long travel day to get here from Phoenix, it was the logical place to start the Glam Italia Tour. (as in start our beach time before our waistlines have a chance to register that we are eating pasta...) 

Sunday morning in Ortygia

Ortygia is a little island connected to the city of Siracusa.

The history here is astounding.

The remains of Apollo's temple, built in 732 BC are surrounded by apartments built over the centuries. Some incredibly old, some rebuilt after WWII. Can you imagine looking out your bedroom window at this??

Waiting outside church on Ortygia, Sicily. I just loved her pants. I want a pair!

Walking through the streets of Ortygia

Locals catching some sunshine on the breakwater outside the walls of Ortygia

This little boy sat on the steps of the Duomo in the spectacular Piazza Del Duomo, in the searingly bright sunshine, playing the sounds of the soul of Sicily.
The Duomo is a must see. The original Siculi built a temple to the deities here, the in the 5th century BC The Greeks built a temple around it, and since then in has been added to over the centuries. The current facade is Baroque, but as you walk through you see thousands of years of history

These columns were built in the 5th century BC. Running your fingers over their crenellations you feel 2500 years of history beneath your skin.