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Buonissimo!

I was asked recently what one of my favourite eating experiences is. I'm here today at La Lanterna or more commonly Bruna's. It is one of a handful of trattorie in the little village where I have my factory, and Bruna has been hand-making pasta every day since she was 13. The beef for the sugo is often supplied by Claudio my partner here, whose son runs a cattle farm. Bruna's husband, Germano, squeezes a few Sangovese grapes together to provide the wine and all the banter is in impenetrable dialect. I'm left a blessed-out mute every time.

Blog addition: I've also included a photo of Richard Nicoll taking a picture of my socks. See related Nicoll blog.

Buonissimo!

Guest Of Honour

We have our new Guest Editor up on the site: the semplicemente favolosa Valeria Napoleone, a champion of the contemporary art scheme and patron of female artists. She lets us into her childhood experiences in Italy and how they helped shape her love of the perfect accessory. Read it all here.

Guest Of Honour

Paris

I've got the first of our guest editors up on out refreshed website. The artfully fashion conscious Badaude has produced an illustration of what is inspiring her, as she straddles London and Paris. You might be familiar with Badaude's take on fashion and all things fashionable through her weekly Times column. She also illustrates for Shakespeare And Company in Paris and edits an award-winning blog: http://badaude.typepad.com/. The book is due in the autumn.

During a whistle stop trip to Paris last week I managed to squeeze in the Madam Gres exhibition. Working just after the war up to the Seventies, her dresses seem so incredibly modern and sculptural. A draper, she also sketched and the single sheets from her sketch books/hotel letter heads etc are fascinating - tiny, and mostly in fountain pen.

Madame Gres Exhibition, Musée Bourdelle, Rue Antoine-Bourdelle, 75015, Paris.

Until July 24 2011.

Paris