I was just in Venice last week for the carnival. As usual there were lots of wonderful costumes to be seen! The weather was poor and on the last day there was a minor Aqua Alta and St Mark's Square was part flooded along with some streets! Here are just a few photos of the 700+ photos I took!
The Island of San Giorgio Maggiore
Some lovely costumes!
This lady was my favourite. I think she comes every year but this year her partner was not there when I saw her.
The dogs had to join in of course!
And some more lovely colourful costumes!
Looks like a lot of fun SA.... Venice is such a unique place and I admire their Carnival tradition. Thank you for sharing the pictures.
ReplyDeleteThe pics are beautiful - the carnival in Venice is always amazing. I saw the photos of the hermesque-design shop in Venice on the web which you posted - might you provide more info related to that shop, as I anyhow travel often and my main reason is that I have not been able to snatch some beautiful H designs in their boutiques, therefore I might consider buying a copy, just to feel the experience of certain designs, KWIM? Thanks in advance, Anna
ReplyDeleteThank you SMR - glad you like! SAx
ReplyDeleteAnna I will get the details for you and post them here as reply shortly! There are several branches of the shop in venice alhtough I got the impression the design was on its way out! SAx
ReplyDeleteScarf Addict, your love for Venice is incredible! I'm going next April for a week to remember the old times when I used to live there as a student. Did you wear your Carnaval de Venice scarf? it would have been a wonderful contribution to my blog. Thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteHi Birkinmary - no I didn't take a Venise scarf with me - as it happened it was a bit rainy as well so not silk weather - it was so cold I needed my wool scarf LOL! Enjoy your trip it will be lovely in April I am sure! SAx
ReplyDeleteAnna - the scarf shop is called Trevisan there are 2 on St Mark's Square one on either side and one on the Mercerie and another in San Marco but I have no street names and you know how odd Venice addresses are! HTH, SA.
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot, dear Scarf Addict! I hope to travel to Venice soon, as weather forecast if finally, finally optimistic and spring-like! I like arriving to Venice, than returning back in the same day, then I keep all memories with me when already back to "real world". Hugs, Anna
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome Anna - have a lovely trip to Venice and I hope you find what you are looking for! SAx
ReplyDeleteThere are several things I am looking for and have not been successful so far - e.g. have you anywhere on your travels seen Carre en Carres in twill silk recently? I have not been successful at all and would like to buy it from boutique...sounds impossible...at least as far as I know. Hugs, Anna
ReplyDeleteHi Anna, sadly no I have not seen CenC in a boutique recently - I got a twill via a friend from an Hermes sale and I know there were 4 cws avavailble at the sale. It was a very popular design but I believe there may be something along a similar design coming out for AW11. They did a jersey CenC last season.
ReplyDeleteHTH SAx
Thank you for sharing these beautiful photos, dear Scarf Addict. I have never been to Venice during carnival, but hope I will one day.
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome MaiTai - there is nothing quite like Venice at Carnival time and I am sure your DS would love it! SAx
ReplyDeleteThanks for your kind reply. I still hope for CenC in silk twill. At the beginning, my hope was focused on the combination with red, now my criteria dropped and I would accept most cws. Gosh, you got it at sale, unbelievable, but I am happy for you, as I see you do appreciate scarves a lot. Looking forward to for your further posts. Anna
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome Anna!
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