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At 4/24/2006 10:56:26 AM, <$BlogCommentAuthor$> said...

Pink!

 

At 4/25/2006 04:21:14 AM, <$BlogCommentAuthor$> said...

I tried to make cream of asparagus soup once and I was successful! I loved it! I should do that for my thanksgiving dinner...

 

At 4/26/2006 04:39:04 AM, <$BlogCommentAuthor$> said...

Now I can imagine you cooking while wearing lovely shoes!

 

At 4/26/2006 02:33:28 PM, <$BlogCommentAuthor$> said...

I just read your Slow Travel articles on fashion. Very enjoyable. I'm trying to get Peter to appreciate shoes more. I almost had him in a pair of groovy Italian slip-on shoes the other day, but they were one size too small. Drat!

 

At 4/26/2006 02:41:47 PM, <$BlogCommentAuthor$> said...

Trav: You mean you didn't assume that? I have beyootiful shoes!
Hi, Pea, Tell him women look at the shoes second. Don't tell him what they look at first. He's still young and should retain some illusions.

 

At 4/27/2006 03:40:04 PM, <$BlogCommentAuthor$> said...

Judith,
Asparagus is just coming on here. I love spring, and the first veggies. Can't beat fresh soup.
Lee

 

At 4/27/2006 08:09:36 PM, <$BlogCommentAuthor$> said...

Judith,

Do you pay much attention to men's fashion? You may have noted from ExpatTalk that I am going over in August (for a year). I need to figure out what to take and what to leave behind as far as mywardrobe is concerned! I like to be fashionable but not avant-guard. I'm 23. I'm sure there are other younger guys out there that would be interested in knowing what the stylish student-age men are wearing. What do you say? Any suggestions?

Grazie!

A presto,

- Michael

 

At 4/28/2006 04:35:04 AM, <$BlogCommentAuthor$> said...

Do I notice? Am I blind? Am I dead?
(I do wish you'd asked on that site, because part of my job is answering these questions.)
There are guys decorating the street scenes, but they probably aren't students. I do plan to pay more attention next article, because there is always lately the pant length question in summer.
Until it gets hot, well-fitted jeans do for student men very well. No wallet bulging the butt. Guys are starting to wear printed T shirts, but thay rarely know what is said on them and sometimes it's really lame. A nicely pressed shirt, presumably pressed by Mamma, with a pullover flung over the shoulders and big sunglasses is THE classic Italian cool. Still. A good blazer will go a long way, too. I have a very cool and very attractive male friend who wears jeans, a white shirt and a black pullover throughout the warm weather. Remember, it usually cools off considerably at night.
Baggy rears are not acceptable here-- those rapper pants didn't last long and were embraced mostly by 10 year olds. I will not swear to it being fashion, but I think one pair of tropical weight, non-jeans trousers should be available in case of anything special coming up.
In my particular town, middle-aged men break out the fisherman's vest to wear over a plaid cotton shirt at the changeover temp times. I don't know if that is true elsewhere, but it IS only older guys.
Chinos are beginning to appear here, and they are cooler than jeans, but they aren't yet ubiquitous like they are in the US.
Once it gets too hot for jeans, guys will break out thin cotton or linen pants, often white, and the leather sandals. No one can predict the length of those pants. You can always get away with full-length, but the fashion the last couple of years has been shorter, either calf length or fisherman length. They are worn with T shirts or at the beach with tank tops. Short shorts means you are Norwegian. Bermuda shorts mean you are confused. There are shorts, but they aren't short nor tailored like bermudas. They look to me more like drawstring linen pants that got cut off and hemmed. We shall see, we shall see. It just isn't hot enough yet and it won't be until June.

 

At 5/02/2006 06:06:12 AM, <$BlogCommentAuthor$> said...

That's why all the men wear those 'man-purses' in Europe...they can't possibly fit their wallets in their back pockets with those tight-ass jeans. (Plus with all the pickpockets lurking around the métros, etc..)
Cargo pants were a good compromise of the luxury of pockets with a soupçon of style.

 

At 5/02/2006 07:34:20 AM, <$BlogCommentAuthor$> said...

Hey, David!
What I actually see when a friend pays for something is that he reaches into a front pocket and pulls out bills in a money clip. Otherwise he only has to have his carta d'identità and maybe a license. I have one friend who carries a wallet, but in a front pocket. He's very slim but has to have a bubble pack of pills with him and that's what is in it. I guess life is simpler without all the credit cards and the passport etc.
I don't see many man purses here, but I like them.

 

At 5/02/2006 10:35:40 AM, <$BlogCommentAuthor$> said...

Man purses are bad.

 

At 5/15/2006 06:04:59 AM, <$BlogCommentAuthor$> said...

and just when i thought nothing exciting ever happens in italy:
http://www.redbullhomegroove.it/glioriginali/

 

At 5/18/2006 07:52:15 PM, <$BlogCommentAuthor$> said...

Thanks so much for your article! My sweetie and I are running away to Siena to be married in June, and I've been wondering if the pointy shoes are still in style!

Have you taken any notice of what's fashionable in women's purses? The color white is very in style Stateside now about Italia?

Thanks again!

 

At 5/19/2006 04:46:10 AM, <$BlogCommentAuthor$> said...

There are still pointed toes showing, but there seems to be an encroachment of flat clipped off toes. The rounded ones didn't make it. I wanted some, but they all seemed to have disproportionate heels, so I didn't buy. This year I have bought more Thirties style, toe neither pointed nor rounded nor clipped. They look--- normal!
White is good, and the best white purses I've seen had color at the seams, looks like piping but is a finished and dyed edge of the leather. I am too practical for a white purse in a dusty country, but might buy the banana neutral.
Best wishes for the matrimonio.

 

At 5/19/2006 08:41:53 AM, <$BlogCommentAuthor$> said...

love your site J....keep up the good work and will try and come back often when my life settles down and i have internet access with some regularity.

a presto cara and come see me sometime when you make it to roma.

 

At 5/28/2006 06:16:26 PM, <$BlogCommentAuthor$> said...

Hey Judithhhhhhhhh... are you ever gonna blog again?? I miss you darling!

 

At 5/29/2006 09:17:44 AM, <$BlogCommentAuthor$> said...

Helllooooooo... nobody at home?
Tell me that it's warm and sunny in Umbria!

 

At 5/29/2006 11:47:43 AM, <$BlogCommentAuthor$> said...

There is stuff ready to post but I have only recently acquired a working modem. I also just found my camera control software-- under the ironing.
It's garden season. Wanna see some bugs?
It is hot and sunny, Susanne.

 

At 5/30/2006 05:03:26 AM, <$BlogCommentAuthor$> said...

I'm wondering... did you just lift the ironing up or did you actually do it?
May doesn't seem the right month for ironing...
And yes, bugs please! ;)

 

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