I go to Positano every summer to visit Giambattista Valli. This year, Victor Alfaro, Melvin Chua, Carlos Mota, Justo Artigas, Carlos de Souza, Hervé Bougon, and Anne McNally came along. We had a blast taking little boat rides to have lunch and dinner along the coast. My favorites are La Conca del Sogno, a 20-minute [...]

What: Casa by Carlos Mota silk floral arrangements, all under $50
Why: With a shelf life undeniably longer than that of the Gerber daisies you sometimes remember to pick up from the bodega, these trompe l’oeil bouquets (we may have sniffed one, which was embarrassing) offer a more permanent, not to mention water-friendly, solution to dressing [...]

It wasn’t too shocking to bump into Francisco Costa [seen here between Carlos Mota and Justin Portman] on the Fasano Hotel rooftop last night—he is Brazilian, after all. Still, the launch party for a fashion week devoted to swimwear wasn’t the first place I’d think to find the Calvin Klein designer. Turns out he was [...]