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Vintage shop 20134 Lambrate Milan, photo Rachael Martin

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My guide to fashion in Milan will be published in spring 2020.

I’m an author at Pen and Sword Books (UK) and am currently writing a guide to fashion in Milan.

Photo: Vintage store 20134 Lambrate in Milan, Rachael Martin

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Mornings like this with old friends. Thank you @piazza.ester ❤️

So after a recent Instagram break (okay, ten days but still classes as a break) that was totally accidental but really quite nice to just leave the world of social media for a while and just hibernate a bit, it’s back to #throwbacktuesday and this. Venice on a rainy day which is possibly one of the loveliest things I’ve ever lived.

Those moments where you just have to slow it all down and say, yes, you are allowed to just sit and read a book. If you’re in Venice this summer, there’s an exhibition of her photography called “Photography as a life choice” at the Casa dei Tre Oci that runs until 18th August.

Favourite train journeys: good morning Venice ❤️

That time of day that’s always so beautiful.

If you go to the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan, you have to go to Pasticceria Marchesi. Milan’s historic pastry shops meets Prada and the result is divine.

After it’s rained heavily, and the colours come alive

Days like these

Of buildings with balconies

Writing about Tuscany, revisiting memories. The antiques market in Arezzo takes place on the first weekend of every month and is definitely worth a visit if you’re in the area. Arezzo is also one of Tuscany’s quieter destinations. It’s just as beautiful as some of the other Tuscan destinations but with fewer maddening crowds that are associated with some of the more popular destinations.

A staircase fit for stars at the Grand Hotel Villa Serbelloni in Bellagio that overlooks beautiful Lake Como. Originally a luxurious villa for a family of Milanese aristocrats, it was sold in 1872 when it reopened and became the Grand Hotel Villa Serbelloni in 1873. Film stars such as Mary Pickford, Clark Gable and Douglas Fairbanks, politicians including Winston Churchill, J F Kennedy and Roosevelt, and royalty and aristocrats have all stayed here.

Lunch with a view, Villa Carlotta

If you go to Como, going up the funicolare (cable railway) to Brunate is an absolute must. View of Como from above.

Breakfast and high waters, Como

Shelley called it “the most beautiful lake I have ever seen.” I’m with Shelley.

Blue skies, Lake Como

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