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winter wardrobe

Eusebia — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 11:46:10 +0000

In this particular time of the year I feel reassured by wearing the same classic simple look during the cold days: marsèll boots and a yellow pumpkin scarf I knitted myself.

what good shall I do this day?

Eusebia — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:57:08 +0000

This is my everyday morning question: what good shall I do this day? Generally I ask myself this question in order to get the habit to make at least one good thing for others each day. There are of course hundred tasks to be accomplished everyday and for me this Sunday it was time to make the transition from summer shoes to the autumn ones. Despite the inherent wave of nostalgia which invades me when I devote myself to this type of operation, I’m almost always happy to rediscover
my other shoes. I love to remember when I purchased or received them, in what context, where I
went with…

Those Robert Clergerie are the only new shoes for this autumn. I know, and you know, that they are from a past collection. At the right time the only thing I could afford it was to look at them! I’m happy not only because I got them at a decent price but also because they are very confortable and
of a good manufacturing.

Taking account of my new physical condition, if I don’t want to look ridiculous or to get hurt, this season I only have to admire the Givenchy shoes I got a couple of years ago.

I cherish this pair of four years old Comme des Garçons. A precious gift made with love. The first time in my life I wanted to sleep with shoes on!

A Christmas gift. Comme des Garçons, bought already used few years ago. Who sees them, loves them right away!

autumn love

Eusebia — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 10:35:45 +0000

I spent few days in Siena and surroundings and enjoyed the first days of one of my favourite season contemplating the simple yet sofisticated beauty of the nature.

I wore the same shoes every day.

I photographed representation of the Virgin and Child I saw on the streets.

I smelled the heady perfume of the autumn.

15 of August

Eusebia — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 09:35:03 +0000

There are two ways of seeing this particular date. The first one corresponds to my grandparents point of view: starting with 15th of August summer ends. It always induced me a nostalgic feeling and I feared each time they say it. The second one express the idea of a new beginning. September with its wonderful light, its colours, its perfume, its quiet beauty. Enjoying the knowledge of expectation, the promises that September brings. This expectation time is even more exciting because I’m five months pregnant and I wanted to share with you this marvellous news.

Meanwhile I spent time taking pictures of my shoes and other small nothings with this iPhone application called Instagram which I discovered few weeks ago (I know I’m late at the party!).

Sofie D’Hoore dress and shoes.

Charles Anastase dress and Jil Sander shoes.

No logo dress.

Chloé, Marni and Dal Sasso sandals.

I also discovered that I have a passion for the icecream!

Stracciatella and raspberry.

Cassata and vanilla.

Extra dark chocolate and figs.
Buon ferragosto to you all!

summer days

Eusebia — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 17:09:11 +0000

These days the heat is hellish, my vacation far away and in addition, two of my close friends have moved: one to Milan and one to San Francisco. I’m not sure which of these three facts irritates me the most. I do not sell anything: I just thought to photograph the very little things that I will carry with me on vacation (those accompanies me also in the city). The tendency is to stick to the basics, travel light. So here’s my summer attire:
Red Porselli shoes (in the shop, the red colour has been described to me as: “a red duck beak”; made me smile!). A printed flower dress, filmy and no logo.
The summer issue of one of my favourite magazines Magazine.
Arte Open Air, a guide through the contemporary Italians sculpture parks and gardens.
Argentina Looney Planet travel guide (no, I’m not going to Argentina; is just a habit I have: buying and reading travel guides).
The Jack Spade bag. Persol sunglasses. Nafi de Luca hat.

Here is an alternative: white cotton dress, marinière Petit Bateau, Anniel shoes.

mes vieilles pompes

Eusebia — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 17:53:57 +0000

I’m not a nostalgic person. I love the feeling of lightness and I do not surround myself with useless objects. I love the freedom it provides. At first glance, this might appear easy. Yet, it took me years to acquire the necessary discipline. Plus, I consider it a salutary exercice. It goes without saying that there are exceptions and the shoes are part of.
Those are my very first pair of Porselli (Italian dance shoes manufacturer) I bought three years ago when I arrived in Italy. I wore them continuously and now that the right shoe has an indecent hole I still use them when I go out with the dog. What makes those shoes so endearing are their comfort and easy fit. (despite everything, I’m not sure they will pass the summer!)

The yellow ones are from Colisée de Sacha (brand of the French shoemaker Charles Kammer) and have almost the same age as the Porselli. Strong and reliable, they still have a long way in front of them!

the joy of black

Eusebia — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 11:17:44 +0000

I attended a store opening last Friday and I saw so many damned beautiful shoes in one place!
My favourite, are black with bold lines, ironic and wearable. They are made in “the golden mine of shoes” which is Riviera del Brenta by marsèll (them again!). For me, this is the never-ending joy of black!

only italian shoes | part II

Eusebia — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 11:55:38 +0000

On the golden age of plastic, I remember I had a pair of sandals of an indefinable blue shade.
They resembled more or less to the black ones here below and except from the insipid colour,
all I can recall, is myself questioning about who invented this form which looked ridiculous to
me at the time. I still have not found the answer but I learned to appreciate the form.
Marsèll, the Italian shoe brand on Riviera del Brenta makes beautiful shoes with an austere appearance. They look simple and easy yet it takes a certain state of mind to stay close to the
purity of the form and courage and self confidence to wear them.

I usually love to call the black sandals (and other related models), pilgrim shoes but I may change that into Sandali di San Francesco. I heard that name yesterday and seemed to me fun and appropriate.

let it be flat

Eusebia — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 11:34:28 +0000

The 1st of March, exactly three years ago I arrived in Italy wearing high heels convinced that flat shoes exist only for practice a sport. How wrong I was?! I feared the flat shoes and the leopard print shoes with the same intensity. I think it was because flat is not flattering and makes the legs appear shorter and leopard prints mainly because I did not know how to incorporate into my existing wardrobes.
And now here I am: not only wearing flat shoes but flat leopard print shoes.

Moreover, I love those cavallino leather shoes or more correctly I should say I love Anniel shoes. They are made in Montebelluna (not far from where I live) by an Italian company that for twenty years has been manufacturing shoes for callisthenics and gymnastics. Honest shoes for an honest price, perfect from the transition from winter to spring. Here I’m wearing them with black Isabel Marant pants and Marni green jacket.

I can feel that the grey version will be one of my preferred summer attire!

london through a red filter

Eusebia — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 14:17:41 +0000

For me, part of the pleasure of travelling is the space and time that separate you from a city to another; from a country to another. The “in between time” makes me feel in a no man’s land where everything can happen. I’m not able to concentrate for a long time in reading and consequently I let myself go. I’m roving. I feel free. Free not to read that important article that will teach me how to live a meaningful and enjoyable life. Free not to update the status on different social networks.

Since red is one of my favourite colours, during a short visit in London I only took pictures with the iPhone’s hipstamatic Kaimal lens. The Y-3 shoes, my prefereted this winter, accompanied me all the time on the streets of London.

Best finding: one penny coin on the train who took me from the airport to the center of London.
I felt lucky somehow.

I’m a huge fan of tea. So I could have not missed a tea at Liberty store.

The second best finding are those watches I saw at The Shop At the Blue Bird. They reminded me about how cool it was to have one while I was a teenager and how badly I wanted to wear one (especially those with the numbers). I still don’t have one and I know that this is naive but I keep thinking that I’ll be the coolest if I’ll have one.
The best part of this trip and the most touching was visiting the Barbican Art Gallery to see the Future Beauty: 30 Years of Japanese Fashion exhibition.
From the early 1980s to the present, the exhibition presents the leading figures of Japanese fashion Issey Miake, Rei Kwakubo and Yohji Yamamoto alongside with subsequent generations of designers: the acclaimed innovators Junya Watanabe and Jun Takahashi, followed by rising stars of the new generation as Tao Kurihara, Matohu, Akira Naka.

The hauntingly beautiful Junya Watanabe’s ethereal red jacket (a/w 2000-01) and the yellow honeycumb-structured skirt immersed me in a world of tale and pure poetry. I’m grateful to Miriam who indicated me the exhibition. A sublime and enlightening experience I never wanted to end. An exhibition that everyone with propensity to seek beauty should not miss.