Rainy Day Outfit
An outfit idea to keep warm and dry from the wintry London (or anywhere wet, chilly and windy) weather. Rainy Day Outfit by manuela-calascibetta featuring green bags
View ArticleCasual Work Outfit
What to wear when I don’t know what to wear. Casual Work Outfit by manuela-calascibetta featuring blue jewelry
View ArticleThe Ethnic Trend for Spring/Summer 2014
For the past six weeks I’ve been attending a fashion journalism taught by the lovely Harriet Worsley at the London Journalism Centre. Last week’s homework was to identify a trend in this year’s fashion...
View ArticleFashion Rules: Frocks Fit for a Queen
A couple of weeks ago I wrote this article which was published on LUX Worldwide. To view it, click here. From the elegance of a 1950s gown to the bold drama of a 1980s dress, Fashion Rules exhibits all...
View ArticleA Monday Night in the Beau Monde
Monday 2 December marked the night of the Buying Luxury, Acquiring Style – Georgian Menswear event at the British Library, where Patrick Grant and Hannah Greig discussed what it meant to be a...
View ArticleStitched up for an Embroidery Class
When it comes to crafts, I am bad. I may want to be amazing, a master of creativity and manual abilities, but it would appear that will power is not everything. Little treasures I found in Laura Lees’...
View ArticlePork Cotechino with Polenta and Green Lentils
I am often asked what the typical Italian Christmas dinner is, and the truth is: there isn’t one. Every family has their own traditions depending also on where in Italy they live, so it’s hard to...
View ArticleWhat to Wear When It Rains
What to wear when it rains by manuela-calascibetta featuring a blue nail polish
View ArticleUpside Down Fruit Pie
A while ago, while visiting my family in Italy, I asked my mum, who is a cook, to show me how to bake a wholemeal-flour pie. Despite her pointing out that using only wholemeal flour would be tricky, I...
View ArticleEddy Anemian Wins H&M’s Global Design Award Prize
Roll up, the results are in! And the winner of H&M’s global Design Award prize is… Eddy Anemian. The fashion student at the prestigious La Cambre in Brussels has bagged himself €50,000 and, most...
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