Franco and The Sweet Life
From D’Annunzio to Dolce & Gabbana, ‘La Dolce Vita’ has always been complicated
It was lunchtime in Rome, and as he does every day, Franco was closing the shop where he restores antique furniture and retouches damaged sculptures and paintings. I was delaying him with my questions.
“You still pay rent, right? You still pay taxes. You still have to eat.” I wanted to understand why Franco shuttered his shop every August, two weeks eac…
