Year XVII - January 2021 274 The English-speaking news magazine in Florence www.theflorentine.net

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AREZZO Goldsmith POGGIBONSI Wood and furniture Made in Tuscany is a bellwether of style and functionality. We start 2021 SINALUNGA by bigging up the brands who make a Wood and furniture difference in our daily lives.

The sun is rising over the cypress trees with Proraso shaving products, both Savour a lunch served on Richard Finish the day with an immune-sys- as you stretch in the comfort of your manufactured by Ludovico Martelli Ginori 1735 plates and the table laid tem-boosting tincture by wrought-iron Caporali bed, made in in Fiesole. Dress in an Ingram shirt, with historic Busatti woven linens healthcare company Aboca—if you’re Subbiano, since 1885. Pad into stitched in Sansepolcro, high fashion from , Pampaloni Florentine feeling a little under the weather, your the Officine Gullo kitchen, a timeless trousers by the likes of Gucci or Puc- silverware, creative centrepieces by doctor might have prescribed medi- masterpiece emblazoned with the ci, and a contemporary sweater using IVV in the Valdarno and stemmed cines by Menarini—and apply Sesto Florentine giglio and produced on recycled fibres by Bob Company, with eco-crystal glasses from RCR in Col- Fiorentino’s Idea Toscana face cream the premises in Antella, near Florence. handmade footwear by Saskia Witt- le di Val d’Elsa. Back at work, arrange concocted from organic local olives. Switching on the La Marzocco coffee mer, Stefano Bemer or Florentine to have your company’s own Tus- Turn off your low-impact recycled Re+ machine, meticulously engineered in behemoth Salvatore Ferragamo. can-made goods shipped anywhere in lamp by Maniplast and dream of a the Mugello since 1927, it’s time to fill Don a scarf by Nora Kravis’ Chianti the world by Savino del Bene, estab- Viareggio-constructed yacht (San- lorenzo or Mangusta, perchance) the sleek Mini with the best of beans Cashmere and a bright orange Casen- lished in Scandicci in 1899. On return- exploring the open Mediterranean in lovingly sourced around the world tino wool coat by Tessilnova. Strap on ing home, curl up under a blanket by Prato-based Lanificio B while reading the sweet summer of 2021. Or more and roasted in Florence by D612. your reassuring timeless by Locman The Florentine (of course! In print or realistically, a Laika camper van from (Elba Island), U-Boat (Lucca), Visconti Wipe down your Carrara marble digital) and La Nazione, one of ’s San Casciano Val di Pesa… worktop with Regina kitchen paper (Florence) or Panerai (Florence) be- oldest newspapers, founded in 1859. from Porcari, near Lucca, then sip fore hopping on your Pontedera-pro- some Acqua Panna, fresh from its duced Piaggio motorbike or taking fourteen-year journey through the the Pistoia-built AnsaldoBreda tram. Tuscany’s focus on international trade is borne out in the share aquifer and springing forth in Scarpe- Cleanse with lavender-scented hand of Tuscan exports compared to total Italian exports, with a ria. In the bathroom, shower with sanitizer by Lucca brand Erborio Tos- percentage of over 7.5%. Fashion, engineering and precious Calenzano-headquartered Manetti & cano before starting your working day metalworking sectors are the primary sectors for exports. Roberts toiletries before refreshing at an inspired desk designed by Novo (Source: ISTAT, Italian Office for National Statistics) with Marvis toothpaste and preen Italia in Quarrata.

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