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Leather Weather: Black (leather pants) + White = Italian Style

I’ll Have What She’s Having: Black leather pants that look so right

Yesterday, we talked about the ageless chic of a black leather motorcycle jacket, and today it’s time to talk about your lower half.

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There’s an off-handedness that Italians have. They could be wearing the most extravagant item — think a healthy dose of gold, a swath of fur, ornate embellishments, or in this

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When In Rome: Flea Market With Vintage Gucci, Fendi, Valentino, Chanel and more

It’s big designer names, names, names made even more enticing under the flea market tarp!

The city of Rome is truly a living architectural museum, but where do all the old fashion relics go?

A good chunk can be found on the right Sunday at the Borghetto Flaminio market.

While Porta Portese is the more widely known flea market in Rome, for me, it’s  a crowded and huge mass of junky new

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When In Rome- Cinecittà Shows Off Classic Italian Cinema At Its Best

 I’ve always been fascinated by classic Italian cinema and the genius of Federico Fellini.

Who knows how that infatuation plays through the tapestry of my life but through the years, I have visited Rome so many times yet never had the opportunity to tour Cinecittà Studios until this trip.

What an enthralling opportunity it is! Particularly since Cinecittà Shows Off!

Just standing in the extraordinary Fellini soundstage at Cinecittà, Teatro 5, makes you

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Fancy Pants Street Chic Sneakers with Roman Style

Shhhh, I’ve been sneaking around and got a taste of  stylish street chic sneakers, Roman style.

Honestly, I’m not a sneaker person. Never was. Being neither Amazonian tall and muscularly lissome, nor the proverbial fleshy tourist, sneakers just never found a spot in my life outside of the gym or a mountain trail.

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Fast forward to a vacation in Rome and a sudden weather

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Save your shoes and go to Rome- the city is repaving streets to be high heel friendly!

If anyone needs further proof as to how much Italian men love women, look no further than this:

Rome’s mayor, Gianni Alemanno acknowledges that the historic cobblestone city streets destroy high heels and ”has announced plans to begin a makeover on Via del Corso, one of Rome’s central (shopping) streets.

The plan is to smooth the sidewalks and roads to make walking along them less dangerous ‘especially

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Fashion, Italian Style. Fernanda Gattinoni Couture from Sexpots of the 50′s and 60′s

"Rome comes to Paris by way of the Fernanda Gattinoni Exhibit at Italian Cultural Center; Richard reports. --S.H.In the 50's and 60's Italian couturier Fernanda Gattinoni designed clothes for the biggest Hollywood and international stars including Kim Novak, Ingrid Bergman, Anouk Aimee, Bette Davis, Gina Lollobrigida, Ava Gardner, and Anna

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Taylor Lautner and Kristen Stewart Who Wears A Stunning Black Cocktail Dress for Twilight Eclipse Photo Call

"I'll Have What She's Having: Kristen Stewart's timeless chic at any ageLets' look at how gorgeous, how timeless, how ravishing and sophisticated Kristen Stewart looks in her very major LBD at the Rome (who wouldn't glow just to be in Rome?) photo call for "The Twilight Saga- Eclipse".This is a wake-up call to the too skimpy, too short, too, tight, orange-tanned, skyscraper platforms that

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Richard’s Euroflash: Purple Reign, Italian Street Style

What They Are Wearing in Rome and Naples:During my recent jaunt to Italy, I

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