I am very  lucky with landlords, or rather, landladies. When I worked in Almaty in 2007-2008, I rented an apartment from a woman who later became my friend.  My landlady in Tropea, Callabria became like a sister within two days of staying at her place.  One of my latest blessings was my last landlady in Florence, Italy who was half Italian, half Austrian and that half-and-half mix of cultures was a beauty of its own. Her Italian half  was evident in her genuine warmth that she spread around. However, when I saw her apartment with all appliance instructions filed in one folder,  towels neatly organized in closets and the apartment so clean and sparkling  I knew there was something  unusual about this level of organization for Florence, Italy. Later I discovered that her Austrian blood was responsible for that. With time we became friends, I got to meet her children including the one to whom I devote this post:  Teresa Fontanarosa.

Teresa is an architect who recently graduated from Università degli studi di Firenze. While she was doing her degree in architecture she was also designing clothes and recently launched her first swimming suit collection on Etsy, store name Baluardo32 – just in time for a beach season!  My first reaction to the swimsuits, especially to “Fontana” swimsuit,  was “sexy”. Now it is for you to judge and, hopefully, to buy.