2day Como/Milan Trip

Day trip to Como, another city in fast-forward but all along great!

We visited the Ratti Factory that makes and prints on silk fabrics for high fashion houses. It was founded in 1945 and is still prestigious and prosperous!

They used to do everything for creating the fabrics, even raising the silk worms. Now they do everything else but that.

It was so amazing seeing fabric being massed produced. There were tons of machine looms, printers, dryers, etc. making all of this beautiful fabric.

We had a tour visiting the many steps and ways the fabric was being made and printed.

There were thousands of print templates displaying brand names like Louis Vuitton and Dolce and Gabanna.

It is wild seeing layers of designer fabric just lying around.

Just a wonderful day of seeing wonderful fabrics. We then visited a massive archive of antique fabrics. It was collection of all the intricate, extraordinary hand woven, embroidered, beaded, and painted fabrics from the most luxuries garments of the past.

Outside of this fantastic museum was Lake Como. It was such a peaceful, beautiful lake to have lunch next to and feel the wind from. We were able to see several hydroplanes land from flying around the amazing mountains surrounding the lake; such a great place. (and I think George Clooney lives there.)

We spent the night in this wonderful little hotel that had us take a bus up the mountains to find. Como is a the most lovely city.

After a great sleep due to our black out electric shutters ;), we went to Milan!

In Milan we went to the Triennale Design Museum. The most fantastic place ever! We had the most perfect tour guide. She was so humble, intelligent, open-minded, and of course cute! She led half the students to tears in her great presentation of the exhibit.

Then we just happened to stumble upon Milan fashion week. Somehow neither I or anyone else from the fashion school knew it was fashion week when we were in Milan.

As we were leaving the museum so were all these models etc. from this fashion show. Everyone was flashing their picture as they made ridiculous serious faces of half opened mouths in their daisy dukes. So of course we had to make some smiling, goofy faces in the background. It was fun seeing that models really do act like that.

We then explored through Milan visiting many designer shops etc. etc. Fun Fun Fun.