Posts Tagged personal
All the signs of Spring are in my back yard . . .
Posted by Pierotucci in Out and about in Florence on March 29, 2012
and not only in my backyard, but also in fashion. This afternoon for lunch I jumped in my car, dodged all the incredibly slow drivers and made a bee-line for my own private oasis . . . my garden. I munched down on some rather bland soup (the things we do for bathing suit season) and then moved myself outside to enjoy the signs of spring.
The first of which are the purple iris flowers that are blooming around the front border of my yard. In Italian these are called gigli (one of those very difficult words to pronounce) and in the Florence area tradition wants them to be purple – the official Florentine color FORZA VIOLA!!) They also come in yellow and white, but since I live with a die hard Fiorentine man, they had to be ALL purple. Here are the first courageous blossoms.
Tuscan Garden and the Viola Iris
Leather messenger bag in purple
Then there is my pear tree, just a wee little thing but with tons of flowers . . . all right tons maybe an exaggeration, but you can’t help but hoping that this years crop will exceed last years (1 pear). This creamy white bloom reminds me of one of the new FORTUNATA handbags that just arrived in a limited Edition series.
Fortunata Tote, Designer Handbag in color Bright White
If you look real hard – and with maybe a bit of imagination – you can see my blossoming rosemary bush. This makes the best ever roast potatoes. This plant is always admired by my envious neighbors because it is incredibly old and very prosperous. The blooms have a faint lilac color, reminiscent of the Chanel inspired handbag by Cosci.
Rosemary roasted potatoes and Chanel, now that's a strange match
Cosci quilted lilac colored leather
Then I have a cherry tree, which is just beginning to show its flowers – the thing about this cherry tree is that it looks adorable, has so many lovely flowers and even looks like it is going to stun us with a huge harvest only to end the season with 10 (yes, you can count them on one hand 10) cherries and even those are hard to come by if the ravens and sparrows have gotten up earlier than you.
I have two apricot trees, one is a lovely, sweet, docile domestic tree that has light pink flowers (about two weeks ago) and large plump apricots – its only a baby so its production is a little limited. Then I have a wild apricot tree that produces flaming pink flowers, grows like crazy entwining itself in the fencing for the dog area and producing a ton of very small but sweet apricots – perfect for making jam and salsa.
Apricot Blossoms in bright pink - vibrant and trendy
Fortunata Trendy Pink Designer Handbag for the Spring
I also have a fig tree, which doesn’t have any flowers – and at the moment it doesn’t even have any leaves. This tree always has fruit that becomes ripe as I am away for vacation – missing out on that delicious sweet delights.
An invite to be part of the creative process from Oscar de la Renta
Posted by Pierotucci in New collection on February 17, 2012
Have you ever looked at a dress and thought ” if the hem line was just a little bit….”
or maybe saw a leather jacket and think “why didn’t the designer add a ….”
Apparently Oscar de la Renta heard you because he has opened up The Board, a place where we can go with all of our designing inspiration, thoughts, ideas, considerations and helpful hints, upload them thus passing them on to the Oscar de la Renta design team.
In this video he explains his reasoning behind opening up the “board” to the public for their input.
But somethings are born perfect, like this leather skirt.
Travel Light in Florence Italy
Posted by Pierotucci in Guest Writer on January 24, 2012
but always with the elegant style of the Fiorentine man. Casual yet precise, colorful yet not loud, mixing and matching textures and fashions, conscious of trends but always making a personal statement and always very, very sexy.
$145 - nordstrom.com
$463 - coggles.com
£160 - numbersixlondon.com
$149 - coggles.com
$129 - orvis.com
$600 - target.com
€600 - pierotucci.com
The hurdy-gurdy man and falling leaves
Posted by Pierotucci in Out and about in Florence on December 4, 2011
Fall this year has been filling my senses for the last two months, and just the fact that it is already December yet I can still find signs of fall every which way. . . well to be honest I just find this breath taking. As I putter out of my house around 8:30 to get off to work I am always struck by the image my cherry tree presents against the yellow lines of the vineyard below. Now this cherry tree won’t produce a cherry to save its life all spring . . . but it makes up for all that disappointment with the brilliance of its colors in fall. Another image that always remains with me during the day, is along the dirt road I travel down to get to the main via. On the right hand side are olive trees (which are much like pine trees in the sense that they are forever green) and rows and rows of grape vines, which are in varying shades of striping down to their bare bones. Then nn the left is a valley that is filled with Mediterranean pines – again forever green and splotches of color where an oak or chestnut tree took roots, like the one below.
And today, another picture of fall, drawing out the pleasures of fall. I had just hopped in my car to go home for lunch, and was sitting in stop and go traffic on the Chiantigiana heading towards Grassina – when the car was suddenly embraced by a “buffera” of yellow popolar tree leaves. It reminded of the words from Sting’s song the Hurdy gurdy man – with all the tossing and turning of the leaves. Of course, hurdy gurdy is an instrument, but the sound of the words reminds me of the whirling and twirling….
She is …. sugar and spice
Posted by Pierotucci in Campo dei Fiori on December 1, 2011
and everything nice. Soft floral colors all wrapped up in Italian leather and cashmere.
2012 Leather Jacket Collection
