………………….The ROMA necklace up close so you can see the beautiful details of ancient Rome………Remember, the large coins on the reverse side are different so you can wear the necklace on both sides!…………….enjoy…………………………..much Love……………………..Luigino
………………….I named this necklace AMALFI after the Amalfi coast where I spent many years working. I made many trips to Praiano, which is the village next to Positano. I spent many glorious days at Andrea Pfister’s villa collaborating with him on the Anne Klein Shoe Couture collection. His white villa with huge arch window and multi layer terraces was famous in the area. It was perched at the edge of the cliff and straight below the beautiful sea. It was 250 steps down from the main road and another 300 steps down to the sea. It was one of the few villas to have a pool…. Sometimes Jac would join us, and spend the day at the pool over looking the Mediterranean, and Capri. We would all meet up for lunch on the terrace where we had wonderful food and ice cold white wine……….great memories……………………….The Amalfi necklace, J478583 is made of a series of large and smaller coins separated by multi color, cobalt, carmine, ambra, verde and nero glass beads. All of the coins are double sided, and the large ones have different images on each side so there is no right or wrong side when you wear it……Again, it looks great on its’ own and fantastic mixed with the other necklaces…..Maybe wearing it will bring you to the beautiful Amalfi coast…..If you ever get to Positano take a very short ride down the coast [5 to 10 minutes] to Praiano and have lunch or dinner at the Bracci, a small family owned restaurant…..one flight up from the road!…P.S “Under the Tuscan Sun” was filmed right next door!……………………enjoy………………………much Love……………..Luigino
…………………………More photos of the AMALFI necklace………..click “OLDER” to see more photos!
…………My Jac standing pool side at Andrea Pfister’s villa……….Positano is in the background….Capri is straight ahead in the Mediterranean……….Praiano is a Heavenly place…………..Oh, to turn back the clock……….
……………………….The TREVI FOUNTAIN is in the heart of Rome…………..I think the Trevi Fountain may be the most beautiful fountain I have ever seen. You walk down a street in Rome, that looks like all others….you turn a corner…..and there it is….out of no where! The most Magnificent and surprising site you will see. There is a legend behind the “three coins”. The legend claims you should turn your back to the fountain and throw THREE COINS over your right shoulder. The first coin guarantees your return to Rome. The second coin will ensure a NEW romance, and the third coin will ensure marriage…………..From this legend a movie was born, “Three Coins in the Fountain”, and an Academy Award winning song by the same name. I have thrown many coins in this fountain………….and all of my wishes came true…………………….