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  I'm ready. I've painted my nails yellow with Chanel's Mimosa (hard to get it nicely done, but it's surely my fault). I've ironed my top (with a disaster, brown water came out of the iron, staining the top, so I had to wash it and start all over, I just HAD to wear it today, lol), I've loaded the batteries (and put them in) of my camera and I've checked the map (no need for that, they're picking me up). Going on a daytrip to where one of Italy's most famous brands are being manufactured. I'm so excited! Of course I'll tell you all about it here later. A clue: Family, with a capital letter. cheers, fili....

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swirling

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Inspired by Capri I put my new dress from Brioni on and dance around the house ( take a look at my backstage report during the fashion show) Sometimes the smallest thing can bring that smile back on your face: your favourite song on the radio, a perfume, a colored tshirt, an unexpected call,  a kind word from a stranger, a flower, a handwritten letter. What makes you smile? Bag from Gherardini, leather cuff Brioni, scarf vintage and shoes handmade in Capri(!) ...

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Capri on my mind

The view

What a strange and humid day, on top of that my head is spinning (more than usual!) and have me KO at home. So I travel with my mind instead. Last year I had the honour of being the hostess of the concerts at sunset at Villa San Michele, Anacapri. I got to spend a wonderful weekend at the villa with my family, getting to know a marvellous place and some amazing people, that I hope will stay friends for life. The villa took the Swedish doctor Axel Munthe 20 years to complete, his life's masterpiece, and his soul is still there like a breeze blowing softly in between the columns. Walking through the immaculate garden you can sense his...

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poolside

poolside

If this is the way it's going to continue I feel I have to slip into that suit and walk out in the rain, because at a certain point in summer, I would like to use it..! Covering myself with suncream, 50 on my face, 30 on the body, getting suntanned anyway. But for that I do need T H E  S U N. Thank you, ever so kind. f....

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