For many and different reasons this year (and especially the oher, 2020), has been the year of changes. I have made some myself. One big change, many small, some important and some insignificant. Some inside my way of thinking and some the way I feel… You already know how much I love brooches, and you […]
Bakelite… a love! There is no vintage jewelry lover of respect who doesn’t have one piece or more in bakelite. It’s common to find bracelets, brooches and necklaces if you usually hang out at ancient dealers or street markets. It was discovered by an American chemical from Belgium, Dot. Baekeland,at the beginning of the last […]
The summer is getting closer and we are all checking what we have in our wardrobes. I do the same with jewels. There are accessoires suited for winter and certainly, there are jewels suited for summer. I chose them for materials (silver, corals), colours (light blue, yellow, orange and light green), and subjects like fish, […]
2020, many things have been told about this year. The other day I was thinking about the loss that joins many people who live these terrible periods, the painful loss of grandparents. It is an tough loss of love, memory and wisdom. I thought about my grandparents and the period of childhood I’ve been with […]
In these days of quarantine and smart working I had the opportunity to spend some time learning how to make better photo of the jewels we’ve collected in the past years or we’ve made for our clients. Reading posts on specialised blogs and attending web classes, I stated to do some practice and experiments. While […]
It’s January 3rd, it’s cold, it’s windy, but it’s an amazing sunny day. Above all it’s Puglia, Valle d’Itria. The Trulli houses are everywhere. I’m in Trulliland. Alberobello on the top. It is a little bit too full of souvenirs shops for my taste and nothing seem to be genuine. The impression is that all […]
When you bump into antique original pieces, you must think to extraordinary materials and gems, but most of all to their story. Who made it? To whom it belonged? How she or he used it in the years? In which occasion she or he has wear it? I love to daydream trying to give answers […]
Some time ago I left for an event in Venice. It was just for three days, but choose the outfits for everyday is always very difficult. Is it going to rain or is going to be cold? What I wear during the event and in the evening with my colleagues? Elegant? Casual? Usually I keep […]
Despite of the title, in this post New York is not the subject, but it is the location. Last saturday I had a beautiful evening with some of my dearest friend. We all studied Russian language at the University and maybe for this reason we become very close friends. I see some of them sometimes, […]
Last year, Andrea and I went to the beautiful town of Lucca to cheer up an awful November Sunday. Arriving there and looking for an open bar to get our mid morning coffee, we found out that there was a modern art and a second hand market going on just around the corner. Andrea found […]
