The best store in Rome for Hermès vintage bags

If you are looking for a rare vintage Hermès bag  you must go to Antichità Sturni, a very sophisticated antique shop with jewelry, paintings, furnitures, silver and interior decoration. Sturni offers a great collection of Hermès bags very difficult to find. Few shops around the world can compete with this amazing set of accessories. Behind this research Nicla Boncompagni and Paolo Sturni. They are located in Via di Campo Marzio 81, near Monte Citorio. The funny thing is that the Hermès shop is almost in front. Check it out on www.antichitasturni.it

A very elegant Hermès bag for all season and time 

A very elegant Hermès bag for all season and time
 

Grand Tour Shopping loves Trompe l'oeil

  Emanuela Sauve and Cristina Simen are based in Rome and Milan. Specialized in trompe l’œil, they have decorated walls of various apartments and palaces in Italy and abroad. Now they are building up a home collection, proposing very chic underplates. They studied at the famous Institut Supérieur Van der Kelen in Bruxelles, the best in the field, worldwide. A lot of their clients asked them to work on fake marbles and wood plus they can paint on fabrics. Last but not least the decoration of furnitures . A precious address: www.sauvesimen.com

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A 70 years old glamour evening jacket

A masterpiece lasts, even in Fashion. The confirmation comes from London. The Zodiac jacket from Elsa Schiaparelli Astrology Winter collection (1938-1939w ) was sold for 110.000 pounds (around 130.000 euros) at Kerry Taylor Auctions House. The midnight blue jacket is covered in a galaxy of shooting stars, planets and signs of the zodiac embroidered by Lesage. Maison Schiaparelli was acquired by Della Valle group in 2006. On September 30th Marco Zanini was appointed creative director. www.schiaparelli.com

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