Italy is a classic destination for wedding ceremonies, as the country beams with stunning architecture, natural landscapes and heritage villages. Traditions are deeply ingrained in the Italian lifestyle and way of doing things. True to this lifestyle weddings are usually held on Saturdays or Sundays as Fridays are regarded as bad luck. Here are som...

Such is the love that Bill Brockschmidt and Richard Dragisic feel for Sicily that they did a 23andMe test to see if either had Italian blood—only to find that they didn’t. Brockschmidt hails from Virginia, while his husband Dragisic is from West Texas. Both trained as architects (Brockschmidt is a partner in the ED A-List firm Brockschmidt & Colema...

In this time of virus-imposed isolation, it’s comforting to sift through old possessions in forgotten drawers. I recently came across two neatly folded women’s Borsalino hats my mother had bought in Rome in the early 1950s. Still unblocked, but well-preserved for future shaping, they inspired a look into the history and current state of the legenda...

The virtual journey, almost 150 years of history of the Italian industry, advertising, culture and creativity begins on the ground floor. A painting by Renato Guttuso dated 1958 (the artist accompanied his friend Giovanni Pirelli to Egypt to document the construction of the Aswan dam), the Meo cat and the Zizì monkey (made of rubber) born from the...

Italy's beaches might look very different this summer, as the travel industry tries to come up with ways to ensure Italians can still go to the coast despite the coronavirus outbreak. Millions head to Italian beaches every summer, and over a month into Italy's Covid-19 lockdown more and more people are wondering whether they'll be able to do the sa...

My grandparents were born in Italian villages with no running water or electricity. There were no doctors and no telephones on which to call a doctor if an emergency arose. There were no cars because there were no roads. From our store-going, internet-shopping perspective, their lifestyle was one similar to our daily social distancing—cooking, eati...

I am writing this open letter to WWD, and in particular to Miles Socha and his collaborators Samantha Conti, Alessandra Turra and Luisa Zargani, in relation to the excellent piece “Will Flood of Collections Yield to Slower Fashion?” published yesterday, April 2nd. Congratulations: The reflection on how absurd the current state of things is, with th...

Let’s take a look at some Italian conventional habits for a first date, to make sure you can enjoy yours to the full. Every date and every love story is different, but there are certain habits, certain quirks, that seem to be so deeply rooted into the cultural background of people to have become common place. When it comes to organizing, one of the...

As artists increasingly face lost income due to cancelled commissions and exhibitions due to the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, the Magazzino Italian Art Foundation in Cold Spring, New York, is asking eight Italian artists to create a work new work that will be unveiled at the end of May. The idea for the curatorial project was born from “the abs...

The Italian footwear designer Sergio Rossi has died at the age of 84. Having been admitted to hospital a few days ago in Cesena, a city in Emilia-Romagna, one of the regions hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic, it is being reported that he may have died from the disease. Announcing news of the designer’s death on Friday morning, the brand’s chi...