This past week we took a 4 day long class trip to Tuscany. It was such a beautiful and memorable trip jam packed with tons of museum trips and factory tours! It is nearly impossible to fill you all in on all of the amazing experiences, but i will try:)
The first day we arrived, we spent the day traveling around Florence. After we dropped our bags at the hotel which was situated only a block away from the beautiful Duomo of Florence, we set off to view what seemed to be a pop up of all of the famous works of art in my art history book in the Piazza della Signoria. From there we trekked up a large hill and went to the Bobili Gardens and the Museum of Roberto Capucci, a historic Italian Designer. The next day we left early on a bus to go to the small town of Pronto about an hour outside of Florence. Pronto is known for their woolen factories and we were able to tour the most prestigious yarn spinning factorys as well as a famous wool recycling factory. We finished off the day off with a trend researching presentation in a well known fashion bookstore right outside of Pronto. The next day we took the train to Pisa where we got to walk around the museums, churches, and utterly famous Leaning Tower of Pisa. After a relaxing morning we went to Emilio Cavallini factory,
the most famous Fashion Designer for Hosiery & Bodywear. This was one of my favorite visits by far! The trip was also filled with visits to the Uffitzi Gallery Museum, Gucci Museum, and Stefano Ferragamo Museum with private tours in English! It was such an inrpiring educational experience that I will never forget.
(I apologize that the pictures are out of order. I am still trying to figure out how to work this blog. Just read the captions.)
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| Ponte Vecchio Florence at Night |
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| Dyed wool ready to be spun into yarn |
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| Finished result of spun wool yarn |
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| Yarn spinning machinery |
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| Famous wool recycling company in Pronto |
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| Part of the long process of preparing old wool garments to be re spun into new yarns |
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| Leg chandelier at Emilio Cavallini |
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| Extra tight mannequins at Emilio Cavallini |
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| The leaning tower of Pisa! |
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| Church of Santa Maria Novella In Florence |
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| David Sculpture in the Piazza della Signoria |
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| View of Florence from the top of the Bobili Gardens |
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| Me, Kourtney, and Yoshi at the top of the Bobili Gardens |
