{"id":4328,"date":"2015-04-07T14:11:48","date_gmt":"2015-04-07T12:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rickzullo.com\/?p=4328"},"modified":"2022-06-08T18:57:44","modified_gmt":"2022-06-08T16:57:44","slug":"italian-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rickzullo.com\/italian-style\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian Style Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cTo dress badly, you don\u2019t <\/em>need<\/span> to follow fashion\u2014but it helps<\/em>.\u201d – Ottavio Missoni.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Today I\u2019m engaging in a bit of an experiment. After threatening to do so for almost a year, I\u2019m just about ready to launch an audio podcast for my blog, which will be a sort of \u201cQ & A\u201d addressing various topics of travel and culture in Italy. I\u2019ll be soliciting some \u201cQs\u201d soon, and then I hope to recruit some of my fellow Italy experts to help me come up with the \u201cAs.\u201d Should be fun, so stay tuned.<\/p>\n
As a warm-up to this, I\u2019ve created an audio version of my silly little guide for Italian style, \u201cDress Like an Italian,\u201d to help me get familiar with some of the tools required to create and upload audio content.<\/p>\n
If you\u2019d care to check it out, just fill in the\u00a0form below, and the link will be sent to you automatically. You can download it as an MP3 file, or listen to it on the SoundCloud platform. I\u2019ll also send you an email when the podcast goes live, in case you\u2019re interested.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s free, of course, but I\u2019d be very happy to receive some feedback on this little test project. Specifically, I\u2019d appreciate any comments on the technical aspects<\/em> rather than the content itself. (Yes, I\u2019ve already discovered a few verbal stumbles upon review.) But any input regarding the quality of the sound, the ease of downloading, or the usability of the audio file in various types of players would be very helpful.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s a little transcript to give you an idea of what you\u2019re in for. You\u2019ve been warned.<\/p>\n
Three Basic Rules of Italian Style<\/h2>\n
As I\u2019ve already implied, the delicate nuances of Italian fashion will take some time to figure out. But if you start with three basic criteria, you\u2019ll be well on your way to dressing with all the relaxed style and elegance of our Italian friends.<\/p>\n
Rule 1: Keep it simple.<\/strong> This applies to both men and women. This means that you might have all the most exclusive Italian labels in your wardrobe, but if you throw it all together without taste and criteria, people might actually wonder if you casually rolled yourself in the closet with the lights off, and then reemerged with whatever remained attached to you.<\/p>\n
This is, unfortunately, a common mistake.\u00a0 Remember, you want to look like a Michelangelo painting; not a Jackson Pollack.<\/p>\n