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Venice: Master of Distraction

Venice:  Master of Distraction Italian style is unmistakable.  The meaningful detail; a perfect espresso placed on the bar, the slide of a well cut blazer, the fluid drape of a trouser cuff, and a whisper from your soul to your ear  ‘you’ve got this.’  Your style is...

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Five Lessons from the World’s Most Creative Genius

For the first edition of The Su Misura Life there is no better advisor, consultant in absentia if you will, than the venerable Leonardo Da Vinci  ‘His life should remind us of the importance of instilling, both in ourselves and our children, not just received...

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Stand Up. Speak Up. MODA 2018

Lace and velvet….I’m thinking lace layers, shimmery velvet in silk and cotton, lightweight knits over flowered skirts, nubby knits, a frost speckled daffodil, winter into spring,  the promise of summer sliding toward fall. This is the year we lost Givenchy…and saw...

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The Su Misura Life

“The Italians know that everything in their country is imbued with their spirit.  They know that there is no need, really, to distinguish or to choose between the smile on the face of a cameriere and Donatello’s San Giorgio.  They are all works of art, the great art...

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