La Migliore Colazione (The Best Breakfast)

          Florence is full of great fashion and not so great fashion. The latter is usually due to the amount of tourists walking around in sneakers, elastic-waist shorts, and fanny packs. My Italian fashion design class has taken us through the most fantastic italian fashion from the start of Italian fashion (tailors custom-making clothes by hand) to present day italian couture and ready to wear. Our assignments consist of using the first collections of these early designers as inspiration for five or six contemporary looks in a collection. We also keep a fashion journal in which we sketch ideas, paste pictures and write. How does this relate to food? The other day, I was looking for inspiration and I noticed that the VOGUE Italia haute couture limited edition plus the latest avant-garde September issue was out. I have never purchased a vogue in the US let alone one in Italy but I decided now was my time. I ran into the shop bought my five euros worth of fashion photography and articles and walked out towards the mercato. That day I bought only two things from the market: a cup of coffee and a cannoli. As I walked home with my vogue clutched under my arm and my coffee and cannoli in the other, I could not have felt more alive (it’s weird I know, but the things that get me going are food, fashion, caffeine, and walking alone in cities). And so when I got to my apartment, I sat out on the terrace with my coffee, my cannoli, and my vogue. Food, fashion, fabulous: it was the best breakfast I have had thus far. ciao!