La giovinezza è felice perché ha la capacità di vedere la bellezza. Chiunque sia in grado di mantenere la capacità di vedere la bellezza non diventerà mai vecchio.
(Franz Kafka)
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Teresa Scognamiglio is the founder and creative director of Teresa Si Couture. Over the past fifteen years, she has contributed her craft to renowned couture houses including Ralph & Russo, Elie Saab, Vivienne Westwood, and Catherine Walker. Today, we are delighted to explore her story, her philosophy, and the world she has built through couture.
Ikebana, the Japanese art of arranging flowers, branches, stems and leaves in vases, best embodies the concepts of wabi-sabi and mono no aware, creating harmony between lines, colours and spaces. Fascinated by this art form during my long stay in the Far East and always eager to deepen my understanding of Eastern philosophical concepts, I recently attended the event Timeless Harmonies - Ikebana between tradition and modernity at the MUDEC in Milan, organised by the Garden Club Milano.
When Dr. Nigel Jollands set sail into the Arctic, he wasn’t seeking escape—he was seeking connection. As skipper of SY Novara, he’s voyaging through some of the most remote and fragile environments on Earth to witness, document, and share the realities of a changing climate.
In the 1970s, in the United States, during a time of great social and feminist awakening, the International Women’s Forum was founded — an initiative aimed at giving a voice to women leaders and promoting gender equality across the political, economic, entrepreneurial, academic, and scientific spheres.
Enrica Maria Ghia, a lawyer based between Rome and Milan, leads the Italian chapter of the IWF and speaks about the models and visions of womanhood that have the power to change the world — a conviction shaped by a long-standing awareness.
There is something magical in the air when Japan dresses in pink: it is the time of cherry blossoms—the famous sakura—that transform the country into a living masterpiece. In the first half of April a few years ago, my husband and I were enchanted by this natural spectacle, embarking on an unforgettable journey from Miyajima to Tokyo.
Originally from Australia, Taylee Lewis moved to Italy in 2017, after marrying an Italian. She holds a degree in Journalism, a Master’s in International Relations and is now completing an MBA with IE Business School out of Madrid. After starting her career as a finance journalist in Sydney she took up a position as a corporate and government affairs consultant with Weber Shandwick. Her role was to assist multinationals from countries like China, Singapore, Canada and France to navigate the Australian market. This was achieved through improving relations with government, as well as enhancing their corporate image in the eyes of the Australian people.
Sometimes, you can talk about a place only if you get to know the people who lived there, fell in love with it and work to make it better. A few years ago I found myself at Gaia House, a beautiful, bright-coloured Balinese-style house on top of a cliff on Lamma Island, overlooking a small beach. It belonged to Bobsy Gaia, a truly inspired man whom I had the pleasure to meet again later, in SoHo. Over a long conversation, we talked about living a sustainable lifestyle, based on diet and its impact on our beloved planet.
In the world of sailing, the name of Giovanni Soldini is synonymous with excellence. Originally from Milan, he arrived at sailing at a very young age, collecting incredible results over the span of 25 years. A few days after his latest venture, we joined him to celebrate yet another success.
440 years after Michel de Montaigne, day by day and following the same route, I retraced his footsteps to escape from the world of Trump, Covid and algorithms. 2500 kilometres from Bordeaux to Rome covered in over five months, from June to December 2020, riding my mare, Destinada (or Desti). This is an extract from my travel diary.
