………………….I have often mentioned and posted many pictures of my trips to PRAIANO, ITALY,I went there for over 15 years, twice a year…..Praiano is the next town south from the famous POSITIANO……I would go to Andrea Pfister and Jean Pierre Dupre’s villa to work. Andrea was a brilliant shoe designer, and made very high end shoes and bags for women. He was hired to collaborate with me on the Anne Klein Couture shoe collection…..The photo is off Andrea and Magda Ferrari on the left, and Jean Pierre and me on the right…..We decided to give Jean Pierre a break from cooking….a marvelous cook…..and walked up the 250 STEPS to get to the top where the “la brace ristorante” is. It’s a tiny restaurant, one flight up from the street, with a terrace. We knew the owner and all of the waiters, which makes it so much more fun…..Sometimes they brought dinner down to the villa, which gave another night off for JP……Magda, worked for a wonderful fabric company that I did a lot of business with. Season after season they created exclusive fabrics for my collections….She came all the way from northern Italy to Praiano to show me the new developments, and stayed for the weekend……We always had a great time…..laughed a lot and ATE WELL!….la brace made incredible simple food…..If they are still there I highly recommend visiting the ristorante….If you’re ever in Positano….visit Praiano….it’s a short drive!!….The movie, “Under the Tuscan Sun” was shot there too!