Between Latin and English possessive: classical culture and the present-day. This is the primal suggestion that immediately surfaced when I thought of a design that would define her. Her composure and the thousands of sharp questions that aim at the core. In this manner, not so much as with flowers and trimmings, but with pollen: the fertile one that expands, moves fast and free, reaches into unfamiliar areas and, sure enough, so many times reveals the unexpected, human faces of her guests.

Piercing, perceptive look, her words on art a wealth of expertise. This is how I imagined Make Poise: the hummingbird is one of the tiniest and lightest of birds, one of the most colourful. It can “stay in flight” with a precision and determination that are rare in nature: to reach its destination the rapid flutter of its wings guarantees it poise and steadiness. A true leader. In flight over the beauty and complexity of the art world.

It is the story of a Great Family and its passion for sophisticated, cultured tourism, informed, like a sample at “tastevin”, savoured slowly. This was my search engine when researching for their Dzoyé. Michil is Slow Movement, the bicycle, the courage to climb not just on alpine slopes, but also on the old traditional model, the one with the enormous front wheel. For Joe the old-fashioned daisies taken from the miniature decorations of the Aosta Valley code by Giorgio di Challant and from Tyrolean ornaments. It’s true we live in different corners of the Alps, but we’re close...