Yesterday, the greatest thing happened to me. I have to tell you all about it. But where to start? Hmmm…. Alors voilà…
Aurora and Viviana are Italian. They are friends and work together and every time I run into them, I fall under the charm of their outfits. Always chic, always fun, often a little rock, with a bit of everything. Some designer stuff, luxury stuff, vintage, but also some Zara, all things i love.
Little by little, we got to talking quite a bit. I think you can see in these photos that these two girls are rays of sunlight. They appeal to my better nature. They told me about a sublime little restaurant in Milan, the Fioraio Bianchi Caffé. Ah. Marvelous.
Okay, in short, two wonderful wonderful girls. And yesterday morning, between a Max Mara show that was breathtakingly dull, and a Dolce and Gabbana show that was outrageously glamourous, we said to each other, hey, why not go get a coffee at 10 Corso Como, where we met up with Scott.
I don’t know if you know just how I curious I get. I love hearing people talking to me about their style, their work. On top of that, Aurora and Viviana have a job that isn’t exactly run-of-the-mill. They’re assistants to Anna Dello Russo.
If you read Scott’s site, you know Anna. Anna is the fashion director of Japanese Vogue. This incredible specimen is always incredibly put together, always sophisticated with a unique allure. Just spectacular. A true rock-star. But really, at least in Japan, quite literally.
Photo : The Sartorialist for Garance Doré (!)
So they’re telling me that the started with an internship, that the admiration that had for Anna started in adolescence. Viviana tells me that it all started with a shoot Anna did in the village she was born in, Bari, where she made all the young people in the village come and help dream up the various shots. To have seen work like this has stayed engrained in Vivian’s memory to this day. She’s just enchanted.
I let myself get filled by these stories, drinking my cappuccino.
And then suddenly, we’re all swept up in a whirlwind. Anna, statuesque in Dolce & Gabbana, she’s got a last minute shopping trip to do. She gives us all warm greetings in the most Italian way. We exchange a few quick words. I have to add here that she loves Scott and his photos. She talks about how fashion changes, that is just wonderful and that he does incredible work, and then she’s gone. We keep on talking with the girls.
I think that is an amazing and important thing to surround yourself with. Between the three of them, it just flows. It’s light and lively and you can just feel it.
They tell me about Anna’s incredible style, her passion for what she calls la muse. Fashion.
And then Anna comes back and honestly, I don’t know if she heard us… But she says to us, “You want to come over to my place? I live two steps away.”
Really, seriously, I’m not messing around here. My heart stopped beating.
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