I am so happy to be a mum, having the best of excuses around when I want to buy childish stuff. Not talking about clothes, I think that every age has it's dresscode, you'll be more elegant and sophisticated not trying to look like a teenager when you're 40...

We celebrate Mother's day today in Italy and here is my greeting to my mum and all mums out there! I visited the yearly flower show, Orticola,  in a park in the center of Milan: yes once again, Milan offers beauty, you just need to know where to find it! With a sensation of purity, beauty, freshness and lightness, me and my daughter walked around it hand in hand taking in the scenery (well, maybe I enjoyed more than she did, there's a certain age when you start to appreciate and talk about flowers A LOT!) We stopped by the Parents against smog stand and participated in some activities, when I spotted the cow Margherita across the aisle and I...

..at the end of the day, showrooms, shows, appointments and work are all great, but taking off your shoes and relaxing on a blanket in the garden beneath our flat (yes, we're in Milan) watching the kids play and having a drink with a dear friend in the sun is...

In Italy the CBM campagin for Mother's day is now out. With as little as 30 euro and a surgical operation that takes only 15 minutes, a person afflicted with cataract, can see again! Thanks to the amazing work of CBM Italia,  that operates on curable blindness around the world, we can donate the most precious of gifts.  Please join and help an African mother to see her baby for Mother's day: CBM Italia Let's open our eyes! ...