Venice:
Lifestyle – Dinner chez Carla and Fabrizio Plessi. In a magical palazzo just off Campo San Polo,
at the home of artist Fabrizio Plessi and his wife Carla, an intimate, cozy,
private dinner party was held, in the kitchen, in honor of Spanish fashion
designer Agatha Ruiz de la Prada whose opening at the Correr Museum was the day
after, in occasion of International Women’s Day.
photograph and copyright manfredi bellati
Lifestyle –
Dinner for Agatha Ruiz de la Prada chez Carla and Fabrizio Plessi. In the
portego of the piano nobile the catalogue of the exhibition, Greatest Hits,
Agahta Ruiz de la Prada sits on a side table with the inscription “Que ilusion
estar aqui” or "how wonderful to be here".
Host and
artist whose media is video Fabrizio Plessi and Spanish fashion designer Agatha
Ruiz de la Prada.
Hostess Carla Plessi
A corner of
the sitting room.
Drinks and
delicious mozzarella wrapped around sun-roasted tomatoes, made by nine year old
Maria Sole, sit on Murano hand blown plates.
Deep fried
Zucchini flowers are placed on a square black Japanese plate.
In the
portego a side table topped by a children’s toy horse, is flanked by Corinthian columns,
under which four antique terracotta vases are placed.
Venezia
News’s Fabio Marzari
Dinner was
served in the kitchen.
Lifestyle – Dinner for Agatha Ruiz de la Prada
chez Carla and Fabrizio Plessi. Guests sat
around a long rectangular stainless steel industrial table, in the foreground
shoe designer Roberta Rossi on which a long line of tea candles where choreographically placed to create a beautiful soft light.
Lifestyle – Dinner for Agatha Ruiz de la Prada
chez Carla and Fabrizio Plessi. Simple yet
elegant place settings with white plates, crystal glasses and San Marco design
cutlery, on pale grey knobbly mats, one shade lighter than the industrial steel
table.
Moroccan
style chicken
steamed
vegetables
cous cous
Roberta and
Maria Sole with the strawberries Maria Sole carefully arranged, which were served
with homemade ice cream.
To end the
meal, Turkish Delights straight from Istanbul.