SUMMER IN GENOA

HERE IS MUM IN PIAZZA DE FERRARI, ONE OF THE MAIN SQUARES IN GENOA.

SHE WEARS A PRINTED FLORAL DRESS THAT SHE MADE. PATTERNS WERE EXCHANGED AMONG SEAMSTRESSES AT THE ATELIERS WHERE SHE WORKED. THE PATTERNS WERE OFTEN "KNOCK-OFF" VERSIONS FROM THE LATEST FASHION CATWALKS FROM PARIS AND ROME.

FASHION MAGAZINES WERE SOURCES OF INSPIRATIONS, QUITE EXPENSIVE THOUGH.

IN THE BACKGROUND IS THE CARLO FELICE THEATRE, IT WAS DAMAGED DURING THE WWII BOMBARDMENTS.

THE SQUARE WAS THE SCENE OF FIERCE BATTLES THE DAY BEFORE GENOA WAS LIBERATED FROM GERMAN OCCUPATION.