Word: vittorio
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...svelte curves were emblematic of the epoch's streamlined aesthetic; and Piaggia's Vespa 150 GS, similar to the one ridden by Audrey Hepburn in the 1953 film Roman Holiday. Speed also played its part in the golden age of Italian cinema; witness the Lancia Spider that homegrown idol Vittorio Gassman drove in Il Sorpasso, a 1962 road movie dripping with dolce vita style...
...find unless you know where to look and the décor is cozy compared to most high-end hospitality. Which is only right. Anything else would take away from the view of the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, the most beautiful shopping mall in the world. The 19th century Galleria was originally built to connect Piazza della Scala, home to La Scala opera house, and Piazza Duomo, with its magnificent Gothic cathedral. Under...
...spectacular bosom: an actor's passion and skill, a worldly woman's generous, capricious wit. As for Ponti, he had the drive, the devotion and the clout to turn her into a top international star, Her Oscar for Best Actress in 1962, as the ravaged war mother in Vittorio DeSica's Two Women, which Ponti produced, was proof of his and Loren's mutual mission - their shared triumph...
...Vera A menagerie of glass beetles, flame-worked by Venetian artisan Vittorio Constantini, is at De Vera, a SoHo design boutique. tel: (1-212) 625-0838; www.deveraobjects.com...
...three Michelin stars for two restaurants simultaneously, followed an avenue of cypress and Tuscan pines through vineyards and olive groves and found, at the end of it, a chunky 19th century palazzo built as a hunting lodge for Leopold II, the last Grand Duke of Tuscany. In partnership with Vittorio Moretti, a building magnate and wine producer, the Frenchman transformed the ducal folly into a resort, adding an extension, a spa, tennis courts and a golf course, and refashioning an old granary to house the Trattoria. Now bulldozers are flattening a patch of ground for a helipad. The vineyards will...