Category Archives: Foto

Salvatore Ferragamo: Shoemaker to the Stars

Posted on July 14, 2016 by babbityjean

When Salvatore Ferragamo died in 1960, many people feared that his immense artistic empire would fall apart between family disputes and lack of continued entrepreneurship.  Instead, the name and the patrimony lived on.  But it was Salvatore who founded the … Continue reading →

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Terra di veleni e complotti … e terra di ribellioni

Posted on June 23, 2016 by babbityjean

(adattato da un articolo del Corriere della sera) Teste di capretto infilzate sul cancello, persone armate con passamontagna che bussavano alla portafinestra con il calcio dei mitra (orario di cena, la famiglia a tavola).  Incendi, canali costruiti per provocare allagamenti.  … Continue reading →

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Land of Poisons and Plots

Posted on June 23, 2016 by babbityjean

Goat heads skewered on fence posts, armed men with face masks who knock on the door with the butt of machine guns (at dinner time, the family at table).  Fires, channels built to cause floods.  Death threats:  letters, cell phone … Continue reading →

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