“Being cool is a BORE. Being fun is GLAMORE!” – Giovanna Battaglia How could you not love someone who lives by this motto and whose favorite colors are Rainbow, Sparkle and Shine, Animalia, Flower, Travel and Print? This is precisely…
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“I look back on my life with great joy. I think it was a very successful life. I always did what I wanted and never cared what anyone thought. Women’s lib? I was a liberated woman long before there was…
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“I dedicated myself to my collection. I made it my life’s work. I am not an art collector. I am a museum.”-Peggy Guggenheim Ever since I read Confessions of an Art Addict on my honeymoon nearly 20 years ago, I…
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One of favorite visits during Milan Design Week was the showroom of La Double J, founded by fashion and design editor, stylist, and journalist JJ Martin in 2015. Before we arrived, Instagram was buzzing with her newly launched tabletop collection in…
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“Live the full life of the mind, exhilarated by new ideas, intoxicated by the romance of the unusual.” – Ernest Hemingway I am not sure where Ernest Hemingway wrote this, but I would like to think it was on his…
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“I’ll tell you a Venetian story spanning two centuries. Five generations, six brands, five continents: our history, yesterday, today and tomorrow.” – Alessandro Favaretto Rubelli There is nothing better than experiencing a culture through the eyes of locals. I just…
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