Looking forward to those warmer days, brands are taking up summer destinations and restaurants are preparing their outdoor tables so guests can benefit from the view and while away those lazy afternoons.

Here, WWD Weekend looks at not-to-miss spots at a few of Italy’s leading summer destinations.

FORTE DEI MARMI

Along the Mediterranean coastline in Tuscany, positioned within the Versilia area, Forte dei Marmi is certainly one of Italy’s most characteristic luxury destinations.

Villa Grey

The four-star hotel Villa Grey, positioned at 84 Lungomare Italico, comprises a central villa, the Dimora, the Michelin-starred restaurant “Il Parco,” and a personal beach with its own bistro. The establishment is owned by the Larini family, who restored the villa.

The 23 rooms are decorated with elegant furniture in a neutral color palette of white, gray and taupe. The restaurant, in the interior garden of the villa, is led by executive chef Giovanni Cerroni. Seafood and vegetables are the leitmotif of his cuisine. Along with two tasting menus, Catharsis and Mimesis, Cerroni offers risotto al calamaretto spillo (small squids) with spring onion and parsley, or monkfish with verjus (a type of cider) sauce and fennel.

Villa Grey Hotel
Viale Italico, 84 – 55042
05-84-78-7496
villagrey.com

Lux Lucis Restaurant

To enjoy a view of the Tuscan city, the Lux Lucis restaurant is positioned on the roof of the hotel Il Principe Forte dei Marmi. Under Michelin-starred chef Valentino Cassanelli, the restaurant seats 28 guests and has floor-to-ceiling windows. Marble sculptures by Korean artist Park Eun Sun and tables which might be a part of the Maxalto collection by Antonio Citterio, with their characteristic parallel legs, stand out within the restaurant.

The food results from a collaboration between chef Cassanelli, strongly influenced by the local tradition, and maître sommelier Sokol Ndreko, because the dishes often include the aroma of wine.

With sustainability key to Cassanelli, he’s eliminating disposable materials and dealing with suppliers who provide local ingredients, resembling a special carrot called Pastinoncello di Seravezza, for instance.

Lux Lucis
Viale Ammiraglio Morin, 67 – 55042
05-84-78-3636
principefortedeimarmi.com

Borsalino 

Via Carducci has been enriched with a glamorous opening. The famed hat brand is presenting the most recent collections of hats, caps and accessories for men and girls in a 430-square-foot boutique. The brand, which is owned by Haeres Equita, has been expanding its retail network within the last 12 months, resulting in the opening of recent stores in locations including Milan, Rome-Fiumicino International Airport, Monte Carlo and Mykonos.

“Borsalino’s tradition of elegance and magnificence has found a house in Forte dei Marmi in an ideal location by way of prestige and visibility,” explains Mauro Baglietto, general manager of Borsalino. “This stretch of the Tyrrhenian coast has at all times been a degree of reference for international tourism, which finds here hospitality and repair of the best level.”

Borsalino
Via Giosuè Carducci, 14 – 55042
borsalino.com

The Longevity Suite

Recently opened, the Longevity Suite is taken into account some of the advanced biohacking and antiage clinics in Europe. Through integrated high-tech protocols, it helps guide guests to create the healthiest and most energetic version of themselves.

The clinic was founded 20 years ago by Dr. Massimo Gualerzi, cardiologist and scientific director, and Luigi Caterino, chief executive officer. The three pillars of the programs on which it is predicated are cold, detox and awareness, which result in mental and physical well-being. Among the many treatments is the Cryo suite, which amongst its advantages helps speed up metabolism and rejuvenate the skin. Detox is predicated on a semifasting that reduces caloric intake by reducing toxins.

Other services in the sector of regenerative medicine range from ozone therapy to IV therapy, after a check-up to set specific goals and targeted tests.

The Longevity Suite
Via Duca D’Aosta, 10/b – 55042
05-84-19-47459
thelongevitysuite.com

CAPRI 

The island off the coast of Naples is an emblem of Italy’s Dolce Vita lifestyle, from its steep hills dotted with luxurious villas to its azure sea.

Santoni

Along probably the most famous shopping street in Capri, Via Vittorio Emanuele, Santoni just opened its doors. The boutique is characterised by orange and lightweight blue on the partitions which, combined with gold glass, creates graphic design elements.

The footwear brand’s signature orange color is predominant on the furniture, each inside and within the windows. Two installations paying homage to a double buckle stand at the doorway.

Along with the ladies’s and men’s spring collections, the brand is offering a capsule exclusive to the shop and available starting in June that features sneakers in Capri’s Blue Grotto (intense blue) for men and a reinterpretation of classic thong sandals and wedges with a rope sole, in soft white and silver leather, for girls. These are embellished with the island’s typical San Michele little bell, meant to bring good luck.

Santoni Capri
Via Vittorio Emanuele, 22 – 80076
08-18-37-0841
santonishoes.com

Chanel 

Chanel is coming back for the season and able to welcome visitors of the island in its seasonal boutique until Oct. 31.

The doorway to the boutique is via a terra-cotta-hued stone terrace, which is furnished with inviting outdoor sofas and armchairs and heady with the fragrant summer scents of citrus and bougainvillea.

Mineral stone central consoles and partitions and podiums are clad in pastel tweed. This season, the shop has been reimagined in a minimalist style, awash in luminous white with contrasting accents of graphic black.

Chanel
Via Vittorio Emanuele, 61 – 80076
chanel.com

MILAN

Milan is at all times renewing itself with latest shops and unmissable exhibitions.

Modes

Modes has expanded its store in Piazza Risorgimento to achieve 10,800 square feet, adding elements resembling aluminum, galvanized metal and chrome steel presented in The Assembly Project by Modes unveiled during Salone del Mobile 2022, reused on this latest space.

Since Modes blurs the excellence between women’s and men’s wardrobes, inviting everyone to precise themselves freely, the brand new store, imagined and designed by Gonzalez Haase AAS, reflects this approach. “Your entire Modes community, together with our spaces, is a vibrant celebration of diversity — a melting pot of ideas where innovation thrives,” says Aldo Carpinteri, founder and CEO. “The brand new space in Piazza Risorgimento has been constructed using existing materials, a testament to Modes’ unwavering dedication to sustainable practices.”

Modes
Piazza Risorgimento, 8 – 20129
modes.com

Larusmiani

Larusmiani has inaugurated an experiential space in Via Verri, near Via Montenapoleone, where its storied boutique was previously positioned.

The shop covers 3,240 square feet on two floors with an industrial ambience and automotive references which might be a part of the brand’s world. The strongly Milanese, sober and refined style pays attention to craftsmanship, fabrics and details.

On the bottom floor, the everlasting project called “The automotive gallery” displays exclusive cars, concept cars and art cars from museums or private collections.

Larusmiani carries menswear capsule collections and what the brand calls “a gentleman’s essentials,” accessories entirely handmade by artisans, in addition to artworks, resembling photographs by artist Riocam.

The concept of the boutique was conceived by Sirio Barillaro Studio and the inside was designed by architect Benedetto Camerana, who for the primary time worked in fashion retail.

Larusmiani
Via Pietro Verri, 10 – 20121
larusmiani.it

Yolo

Yolo, an acronym for “you simply live once,” landed in Milan last month. Situated in Via Torino, the shop is predicated on the concept that garments have value for his or her quality and never for his or her logo or label. It offers a number of garments from greater than 100 Italian and international brands, from current or past seasons or prototypes for future collections. But they bear no brand names, so the pieces are sold at lower and more accessible prices.

The retail identity of Yolo was created by designers Elena and Giulia Sella, founders of the creative agency Postology and includes interactive and playful elements, motivational messages, charming patterns and impactful graphics. The brand identity was created by Caimbra.it, a multidisciplinary collective specialized in visual identity.

Yolo
Via Torino, 60 – 20123
yolostore.it

Sebastião Salgado, “Amazônia“

The exhibition of Brazilian photographer Salgado runs until Nov. 19 at La Fabbrica del Vapore. Through over 200 shots and a seven-year project, the artist captures the vegetation, rivers and mountains of the Brazilian Amazon forest in addition to the ways of lifetime of the people he was capable of study during his stay.

The aim of the exhibition will not be only to focus on the Amazonian landscapes, but in addition to underline its richness and the importance of protecting it. Actually, the 2 macro themes of the exhibition are the landscape, with sections starting from flying rivers — so called due to water vapor transported into the atmosphere — to mountains, passing through tropical storms and Indigenous peoples and their homes.

The visit is accompanied by an audio track composed especially by Jean-Michel Jarre and inspired by the authentic sounds of the forest, while the curator is Lélia Wanick Salgado, travel and life companion of the nice photographer.

Fabbrica del Vapore
Via Procaccini, 4 – 20154
fabbricadelvapore.org

Bill Viola

Fifteen masterpieces of video artist Bill Viola are being showcased at Palazzo Reale until the top of June. The exhibition is promoted by the Municipality of Milan-Culture and produced and arranged by Palazzo Reale and Arthemisia, with the collaboration of Bill Viola Studio.

The interplay between past and future reveals how Viola’s work was intended, from the outset to be an effort throughout the image (the video itself) and an inclination toward the surface (video as a hybrid medium open to dialogue with the space by which it’s installed).

The central themes of the exhibition are touched on within the very first projection, “The Quintet of the Silent” (2000). A bunch of 5 men is seen standing close together as they undergo a wave of intense emotion that threatens to overwhelm them.

Viola’s give attention to the formalization of emotions is clearly visible in other works: “Fire Woman” (2005) is a picture seen within the mind’s eye of a dying man. The darkened silhouette of a female figure stands before a wall of flame.

Palazzo Reale
Piazza del Duomo, 12 – 20122
Tel. 02-88-46-5230
palazzorealemilano.it

ROME

Within the capital there are at all times some news, project or latest restaurant to try.

Allegrío Restaurant

Rome has a latest destination where food, lifestyle and residential decor merge, opened by the Italian-British Sabrina Corbo, who has a passion for art, architecture and interior design. Corbo conceived a restaurant that adapts to the mood of its guests through the 4 rooms by which it is split: joyful, lucky, intrepid, in love.

The lighting, a crucial concept for the restaurant, was entrusted to architect Massimiliano Baldieri while artist Moritz Waldemeyer created the site-specific sculpture “Where the Stars Align.”

Each room is decorated in accordance with its name; for instance, the room dedicated to like is furnished with 500 Capodimonte porcelain roses made by the historic Neapolitan workshop Barra in 1922.

Even the menu is different for every room — on the helm of the kitchen is executive chef Daniele Creti and the sous chef Marco Melatti, while the pastry chef is the Neapolitan Mario Di Costanzo, who respects the Italian pastry tradition.

Allegrío
Via Vittorio Veneto, 114 – 00187