Oh Venezia, how you’ve stolen my heart! After I fell asleep, the most comfortable sleep of my life, we yet again woke up just in time to get ready and go to breakfast. Luckily my body has an anti-anxiety wake up call. Ashley and I had to run from our hotel into the larger hotel to eat breakfast. It’s the strangest thing because we’re all in the hotel, all connected, but there is no connection to about 6 rooms except the front. Let me explain to you the breakfast now, best yet. The room is all white with strong black counters and dark wood floor. Fabric covered dining sets with tropical red flowers. The food itself was 700 times better; I ate the eggs and ham! Honestly the modern cleanliness speaks to me; it makes you feel clean and important.
Our journey began by walking across town, and by across I mean over bridge and through alley, to Rubelli, who is a fabric and textile company centered in Venice. Their showroom was in the palace of the family and maintained for their clients. The women there were so sweet and made us feel so welcome. Isabella showed us the historical antiquities and collection from the very first pieces until current day. I loved the clothes that they had, a little boys coattails and a corset. It was amazing to see the metal and cardboard with the beautiful fabric and ties. I was surprised that something like that could still look so beautiful if it’s well preserved. It makes me want to protect everything! After this they showed us their current lines which are designed after Italian cities. My favorite was the collection on Rome which was very modern patterns, geometric, and bright funky colors. The fabric was so beautiful as well as the palace. We had a heyday with touching these high, high, high, end textiles. The really cool ladies just let us wander and told us about samples they were selling. Naturally we had to look and possibly purchase. Now realize that these fabrics cost 1,200 Euro a meter! Some of them are even sewn from silver and gold strands. I’m going to post some of these pictures, but know that they do not do it one ounce of justice. I seriously loved it, totally my style.
We had a lunch break and tried to find a place so we ate a pizza slice on the go. Best pizza yet! It had a thick crust and American style. Prego (that means thank you, not with child)!
We got back to our hotel for a minute and sat on our bed, and what did I want, oh yeah, a nap. Too bad it didn’t happen; we had an appointment at Fortuny so our entire group had to jump on a water taxi or vaporetto and head clear over to the other side of the city to their factory. We met the manager and looked at the small showroom. I loved the old time feel you got from the rolls and rolls of fabric on the wall, the paper lanterns and wood beams. What’s cool about Fortuny is that their founder, Mariano Fortuny himself created a method of dying and printing these high end fabrics with his own machines. The man was a genius and created his own dyes out of natural items, created a dome light in theaters, and even dabbled in fashion with his Knossos dress. The secrets of his method are still held tight in their factory and they are very selective about what questions they will answer due to that. The manager was such a nice guy and took us back to the spa gardens. They were gorgeous with rows of ivy and cobblestone paths to a majestic turquoise tiled pool. My favorite aspect of this pool was the circle steps on columns. I had never seen that before and it was marvelous design, the logistics and safety I’m not sure about. The group called it a day and we headed back to our hotel, except a few of us girls decided to do some shopping in the glass shops because Venice is famous for their glass work. Now we blog of the day! Happy travels.
Our journey began by walking across town, and by across I mean over bridge and through alley, to Rubelli, who is a fabric and textile company centered in Venice. Their showroom was in the palace of the family and maintained for their clients. The women there were so sweet and made us feel so welcome. Isabella showed us the historical antiquities and collection from the very first pieces until current day. I loved the clothes that they had, a little boys coattails and a corset. It was amazing to see the metal and cardboard with the beautiful fabric and ties. I was surprised that something like that could still look so beautiful if it’s well preserved. It makes me want to protect everything! After this they showed us their current lines which are designed after Italian cities. My favorite was the collection on Rome which was very modern patterns, geometric, and bright funky colors. The fabric was so beautiful as well as the palace. We had a heyday with touching these high, high, high, end textiles. The really cool ladies just let us wander and told us about samples they were selling. Naturally we had to look and possibly purchase. Now realize that these fabrics cost 1,200 Euro a meter! Some of them are even sewn from silver and gold strands. I’m going to post some of these pictures, but know that they do not do it one ounce of justice. I seriously loved it, totally my style.
We had a lunch break and tried to find a place so we ate a pizza slice on the go. Best pizza yet! It had a thick crust and American style. Prego (that means thank you, not with child)!
We got back to our hotel for a minute and sat on our bed, and what did I want, oh yeah, a nap. Too bad it didn’t happen; we had an appointment at Fortuny so our entire group had to jump on a water taxi or vaporetto and head clear over to the other side of the city to their factory. We met the manager and looked at the small showroom. I loved the old time feel you got from the rolls and rolls of fabric on the wall, the paper lanterns and wood beams. What’s cool about Fortuny is that their founder, Mariano Fortuny himself created a method of dying and printing these high end fabrics with his own machines. The man was a genius and created his own dyes out of natural items, created a dome light in theaters, and even dabbled in fashion with his Knossos dress. The secrets of his method are still held tight in their factory and they are very selective about what questions they will answer due to that. The manager was such a nice guy and took us back to the spa gardens. They were gorgeous with rows of ivy and cobblestone paths to a majestic turquoise tiled pool. My favorite aspect of this pool was the circle steps on columns. I had never seen that before and it was marvelous design, the logistics and safety I’m not sure about. The group called it a day and we headed back to our hotel, except a few of us girls decided to do some shopping in the glass shops because Venice is famous for their glass work. Now we blog of the day! Happy travels.
Kylee! I am so jealous of you! I want to hear all the details when you get back!
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