And the Ponza adventure continues..

Also my family was very satisfied by their trip to the Ponza island. They stayed in a lovely B&B with a spectacular view, take a look!

One evening my mother, while swiping some vine and enjoying the marvellous sunset on the terrace, spotted a fashion show of a private party in a villa right down in the valley (Ponza is mostly mountainous). After she told me about it I googled a little and I found three or two editorials of the house, where the fashion show was held. Turns out that the villa belongs to Mrs Silvia Venturini Fendi herself! For the record, ladies and gentleman, we are having to do with the woman who created one of the biggest It-Bags of all time, “the Fendi Baguette”! I was so excited for having discovered this hidden pearl! You know I go crazy for special houses! And I found some good material for a possible up-coming "An early morning wake-up with.." post.

The B&B's entrance.



The terrace.



Ponza "streets".
For any information about the B&B (75 euros per night for two) on Ponza island write me on:
iamthrilling@gmail.com
or
mvmbdicesare@gmail.com.




I anticipate you of some of the shoots of editorials I found.
The photographer who did the best editorial is one of my favourite of all time. I will write you about her more in the next post.




These are taken from her personal blog and so they weren't published on the magazined. I'm a big backtsage shoot lover - no matter what the quality is, they alwas look much liver and vibrant thant the final result. (Check out the posts of back-stage shoots of Campari Calendar 2010 and 2011)



















I can't recognize all the people on this shoot but on the extreme right there is Silvia Venturini Fendi and the others should be her sister and daughters. (correct me if I'm wrong).

To be continued...

Casa Daniella

Here is another nice appartment by the seaside, in Sabaudia, (near Rome). This time I had a little bit more time to take some good shoots of the place, as the owner, friend of our's, invited us to stay there for a couple of days. The house is really big: three really spacey bedrooms, two bathrooms, a studio, a big living/dining room and a kitchen. The owners used to live there once but after transferring themselves into a smaller house, they still decided to keep it, as it was very comfortable for spending some nice weekends together with the whole family (the traditional italian way of spending holidays does not exist without bringing your cousins, your mother and father in-laws, your own parents with their parents, your sisters and brothers and both their families with their friends, your own children, their boyfriends and girlfriends with dogs and cats in the end.. all TOGETHER!) In fact it really was very comfortable.

This is the corridor, the entrance is on the left.

The house had not had any makeovers since it was bought and decorated back in the late 70's. For me it was exotic and I liked it, as I love almost everything that's got a retro touch. You could breathe vintage all over the place: the typical seventies safari style was mixed with the traditional classical italian house decor. Maybe there were some things that I would have changed, like some paintings and objects that were too much or didn't go in with the style AT ALL, but in the end almost everything worked.

This is the part of the living-room where you can dine and have breakfast.


The mirror was fantastic- it illusionally made the room much bigger.

I found out that it wasn't so specially designed house at all, as every italian house about thirty years ago had this kind of a vibe and decor, and the young generation infact is really tired of it and desires much more minimalistic and light style for their (summer)houses. (Maybe that's the reason why IKEA is so popular in Italy).
Still.. I adored the house. I felt good there, it's amazing what big cozy spaces can do with you in two days.

Living-room.

For example, I didn't like the painting above the sofa, it doesn't fit a bit, exept for the colours.

This marble plate table was really beautiful.

The apartment is now available for renting: you can get all the information by emailing mvmbdicesare@gmail.com