(Venice, Italy)
My Pretty Venice was created by three pretty smart ladies: Isabella Campagnol, Elisabeth
Rainer and Beatrice Campagnol.
Classy and sassy, My Pretty Venice is published in three languages with three different subtitles -- La Venise exclusive des Vénitiennes, La venezia vera delle veneziane and A Girl's Guide to True Venice -- for out-of-towners of any gender who want to know where real Venetian women get their goodies.
The book was launched in the top-floor bookstore/exhibition/cultural Espace at Louis Vuitton Maison, which, to me, is like a little oasis off Piazza San Marco.
Isabella Campagnol is part of a rare breed: a scholar who can communicate with earthlings. She's Venetian, a historian specializing in textiles and fashion, who lectures throughout the land. I first met Isabella at Palazzo Papadopoli aka Aman Canal Grande where she entertained us with the research she had compiled about the risque habits of Venetian nuns that resulted in a book called,
Forbidden Fashions - Invisible Luxuries in Early Venetian Convents.
Now, together with her sister Beatrice, who did the very-cool illustrations, and communications whiz Elisabeth Rainer (
who is actually from Merano, which rivals Venice for my heart's affections), Isabella has turned her talents to guiding travelers where to find the good stuff in Venice -- clothes, food, perfume, art, everything -- in
My Pretty Venice. Sprinkled throughout the shops and restaurants are tasty bits of history and information that, amazingly, has not been gathered together before.
Just when you think it is not possible to write anything new about Venice, someone does. It's nice that this time they're actually Venetian.
Ciao from Venezia,
#VeniceBooks
Cat Bauer
Venetian Cat - The Venice Blog
Just when you think it is not possible to write anything new about Venice, someone does. It's nice that this time they're actually Venetian.
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