Packing for a month. PART 1. Here.

Not only packing for varied temperatures, the swings were big from 68 to 100, but also for wildly different moods and activities. Serious business meetings, not so serious ones, photo shoots, a day at the beach, a week of vacation, the opera, Crazy Horse, fabric shows and working on the fall 26 collection, and a book signing.

I’ll break it down, try and be helpful. You’ll be the judge if it is so, but remember it’s all relative and highly personal.

I will break it down. Travel NYC to Bari, Italy via Rome. But wearing Milano MXP airport socks. Why not? Packed a good read, and sweater layers for the plane.

The Plane

Landed. Luggage thrown in to the room, we head out to dinner at Osteria. Chef Giovanni, the father of Francesca and Guiseppi the brains behind the project Casa Caroseno, greets us with a meal that is heaven on earth.

The jet lagged evening:

Next morning, up and early, headed straight over to the cabinetry workers. I’m nervous, we’re about to ask them to try on some clothing and pose for pics. The father and son are total game for this, ditto at the flour grinders and at the milk/cheese farm. It’s hot as hell, I’m going from sawdust, to flour dust, to hay- three terrains on top of cobblestone.

The first day of shoot:

2nd day: Farmers market and stone masonry.

All the ingredients make for dinner that evening at Casa Caroseno. Guiseppi made us pizzas - and the mini skirt and sweatshirt were just the right balance for heat with temps lowering later in the night. Zoom in on the window for something a little creepy.

3rd day, Sunday, we rest. Head over to Puglia for beach, clams, and rest before the trip to Milan the next day.

Monday morning: Fly Bari to Milan.

I don’t usually fly in shorts,but these are a bit longer than a short short and it was 1 1/2 hour flight. All good.

The photo booklet of days Thursday-Sunday: