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FASH on the cover: Leticia Vigna Ph. Stefano Padovani

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Stefano Padovani Editor & Ideator production@fashink.com Lucia Capelli Director Cristina Balestrini Creative Director advertising@fashink.com Andrea Tisci Fashion Editor fashion@fashink.com Elena Gentile Beauty Editor Stefano Guerrini Fashion consultant

Talita Savorani Writer & Accessories contributor Isabella Gaspardo Foreing Consultant Anisoara Constantin Fitness & Healthcare Specialist Michelle Dorrell Baking Master Filomena Galietta Senior Logistic Coordinator

info@fashink.com STAFF CONTRIBUTOR

Emilio Bergomi, Claudio Ciliberti, Mario Chiarenza, Davide Gariboldi, Samuela Nova, Davide Messora, Martina Pennacchio, Andrea Perego, Shelly Wahweotten, Lara Zibret

SEASON CONTRIBUTOR

Dario Colombo, Giulia Cesarini, Monica Cesarini, Mariano Fabrizi, Camilla Fratesi, Massimiliano Gordolini, Mattia Guanieri, Phaedra Haramis, Diego Lanzone, Viola Lanzone, Carolina MicĂł, Albert Nagler, Davide Rossi, Ignacio Sagnier, Steel , Sandra Strazzari, Roberta Tagliavini, Iman Tarawneh , Mara Terenzi, Irene Trimby, FrinĂŠ Velilla, Angelo Zhao

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CONTRIBUTORS

ISABELLA GASPARDO

She really likes talking, reading and writing in other languages besides Italian, so one of the things she does is being in charge of foreign affairs at FASHink.

MATTIA GUANIERI

A citizen of the world whose final destination is still unknown, he is fascinated by the system of thought of design, madly loves cars and has just started exploring the world of cooking and photography.

STEEL

Steel, a two-year old Czech wolfhound, is the protagonist of our men’s fashion shoot. He definitely embodies the essence of freedom and wilderness.

Iman Tarawneh

Iman Tarawneh, born in Milan in 1995. I’ve been an art lover ever since I was a teenager and I started out doing graffiti and pencil drawing. Today I see myself as an artist and my only purpose is to become a tattoo artist, so that I can turn my drawings into tattoos.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Fashion Moment p. 10 Mind My Own Business p. 14

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We Believe p. 24 Tattoo Icons p. 36 Fashink People p. 48

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Autumn

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The Outsider p. 102 Wild Elegance p. 110

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Little Big Bags p. 122 Decò Chic p. 134 Fashink Beauty p. 150

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EDITORIAL Stefano Padovani

Once upon a time… there was a fashion photographer working with top Milanese and international names who gave himself body and soul to his job, striving to produce images capable of moving and exciting their onlookers and of conveying specific messages. One day he decided to create his own little world, full of colours and imagination just like his artistic vision, and he called it FASHink. It didn’t take long until this name came to stand for the unprecedented merging of two worlds, fashion and tattoos in the first and only magazine entirely focusing on fashion and lifestyle, presenting people and contents sharing tattoos as a common denominator. The attempt to overcome the barriers of image and of prejudice, which often causes tattooed people to be filed as ‘outsiders’, might bring more colour, creativity and a touch of eccentricity into the world of fashion while still respecting its essential canons of beauty and elegance. He would have never thought that prejudice and resistance might come from the fashion business, but he was wrong. A beautiful tattooed model was cast for a fantastic cover story, to mark the moment of change and innovation in the world of models, who were always forbidden to mess up their bodies. After over a year of struggle, and in spite of the girl’s enthusiasm about the project, her agency gave a final answer and that was a ‘no’, even though in the beginning it had shown support. The most surprising thing was that in their opinion our choice was biased: Fashink intended to use that specific girl ‘just’ because she was tattooed. I was shocked: I felt like a child in a toy store at the thought of taking pictures of her in my magazine.

But like everything that ends badly or unexpectedly, this reaction motivated me even more and led me to create a new feature, ‘The outsider’, starting from the present issue.

Here we will tell without any kind of prejudice the stories of some individuals we have called outsiders, the other ones, meaning those who are not tattooed.

We are obviously being totally frank and ironic in this, steering away as always from all kinds of rules - rules we do not follow now and never will follow in the future. We are proud to have beautiful Brazilian top model Leticia Vigna open our feature of outsiders

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Fashion Moment

by TFG In 1976, a retail store opened on East 59th Street in New York: It was called Fiorucci, a global concept shop Italian designer Elio Fiorucci, who had opened previously in London and Milan. It housed Fiorucci’s own fashion line, which had become famous for baby-faced angels on T-shirts and some of the first stretch jeans, as well as pieces from other designers, beauty products and accessories.

Until it closed its doors in 1984, Fiorucci was a haven for artists, designers, cool kids and anyone who wanted to be involved in it all, meanchile the NYC scene was bursitng with energy and creativity. But it also came to stand for something larger: a mecca where people danced during the day, shoppers paraded around like they were in a fashion show and celebrities like Elizabeth Taylor, Cher and Jacqueline Onassis came for and to be seen. The spectacle was most often orchestrated by its lead salesman and performance artist, Joey Arias. Fiorucci was what many referred to as “a daytime Studio 54” —

a store that came to represent a unique aesthetic at a specific cultural moment.

The legendary photographer and artist Maripol was the store manager; her friend Madonna performed at a Fiorucci party at Studio 54 and Madonna’s brother, Christopher Ciccone, worked there for a time. Andy Warhol, Truman Capote and a very young Marc Jacobs were regulars. Other young people came for the glamour, too — often wearing things they made themselves.

The brand wasn’t always associated with the vivid party atmosphere of the New York City store. Elio Fiorucci who formerly owned a shoe shop founded the fashion line in 1967. Inspired by a trip to London and the stylish people on Carnaby Street, he opened the first two Fiorucci stores in Milan, before turning back to the city that started it all: London.

Much of Fiorucci style has been inspirational for many tattoo artist

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Claudio Ciliberti

Let me tell you a story... nor anything even remotely illegal. This doesn’t help though and the officers decide to hold me in custody for a few hours. My journeys all seem to start with some kind of trouble... Once I am released I can finally join my wife, who had been waiting for me all this time just beyond the baggage carousel and by now was panicking. By now it has got so late that there are no more railway or underground trains into Tokyo, but we manage to catch a bus to the main railway station. From there we take our first Japanese taxi to the hotel, where we are welcomed with the proverbial warmth typical of this country; our room is extremely tiny, but comfortable and clean.

The following morning, as soon as we’ve had our breakfast we start to look for the address of my friend Nishikawa, but the language barrier immediately makes itself evident and we can get no information at all, so we decide to start wandering almost at random in such a huge metropolis looking for my friend - just

This new adventure of mine is about my journey in Japan – a journey which starts in the best possible way. As soon as I land at Tokyo airport, at the baggage carousel I am approached by a policeman and his police dog and ordered to follow him into a room, where I am shown a multilingual document explaining my rights. Obviously I have no clue of the reason why this is happening, but in the meanwhile the agents are thoroughly searching my baggage, looking for who knows what. When I require an explanation, the agent I assume to be the chief officer tells me I am a mafioso: everybody knows that in Japan tattoos are strictly connected to the local mafia and to the world of crime, so it’s dawning on me that he probably thinks that I’m a mobster because I’m Italian, or perhaps because I’m tattoed –in both cases, it doesn’t look good. Their insistence is getting on my nerves, so I decide to take my clothes off to show them that I’m carrying neither weapons

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language with us.

We feel relieved and heartened: things are beginning to work out for us at last, and after dinner we walk back to the hotel to enjoy Tokyo by night. The next morning we are woken up by a pleasant surprise: Nishikawa is on the phone and wants to see us. Our actual meeting later that day is memorable, because we start reminiscing every single memory we share, included our first encounter in Greece a few years earlier.

Nishikawa invites us to spend the rest of our time in Tokyo as guests of the family of his brother’s boss and we immediately accept this extraordinary offer, sure that staying with a Japanese family will be an unforgettable experience. Besides, our new residence lies at the feet of Mount Fuji. My friend has one more surprise in store for me: he says he will stay with us for an entire week to ensure we visit his country in the best possible manner.

The first day Nishikawa takes us to the local lake, a spectacular place charged with a very special energy. When we get back home in the evening, Akato, our host, asks me to tattoo him. I can’t believe my ears: I would have never imagined to come to Japan and be allowed to tattoo a Japanese. As our journey continues I almost feel that I’m living in a fairy-tale – my first experience of the land of the rising sun couldn’t have been more magical

my style. The first impression we get as soon as we enter the underground station is that of a universe of colourful intersections making up a dish of spaghetti. Somehow we manage to get to the outskirts of the city, where according to the scant information in my possession my friend’s house should be. As we exit the underground I see a an officer whom I take to be traffic warden, so I candidly ask him if by any chance he happens to know Nishikawa.

Surprisingly, he takes a sort of phone book from his bag and writes something on a piece of paper, obviously in Japanese. Feeling more lost than ever even though we have what we hope are some directions, we take a taxi and end up in a large housing estate. The driver is so kind as to get out of the car and walk us to one of the buildings – I am exhilarated to see my friend’s skateboard outside one of the windows. Given that we don’t speak a word of Japanese, I decide to press all the buzzers, hoping that my friend opens the window and sees us, but to no avail; however, we manage to give his neighbour our hotel’s card with my name written on it, so that he has a chance to get back to me. Once back in the hotel, we enjoy some well-deserved rest and eventually go out for dinner. We probably feel more or less consciously homesick, so we choose an Italian restaurant, managed by an ItaloAmerican who serves us some good Italian wine, perhaps as an excuse to speak our

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prestigious location; I worked there for four years, during which I got married and had a beautiful daughter, Jan – the name I chose for her means ‘my precious gem’.

My name is Peerasak Prungkerd and I was born in Prachuap Khirikhan, a small region in the Hua Hin province in Southern Thailand, the sixth of eight children into a family of farmers.

As a child growing up in the middle of nowhere, I was forever dreaming of travelling and seeing new places.

When I was sixteen I went to Pattaya, a city bursting with life on the northeast coast of the Gulf of Thailand, for the summer holidays: the huge crowds, the shops, the beaches, the myriad of tourists struck me so deeply that I immediately decided that that’s where I wanted to live.

After this first experience I would return there every summer, waiting for the right time and occasion to make my dream come true.

At the age of twenty I left for my twoyear military service and three years later I finally moved to Pattaya.

My first ever job was at the Royal Cliff Hotel’s French restaurant, where I worked as a waiter. Four years later I had gathered enough work experience and qualifications to be successful when I applied for the post of catering manager at the Montien Hotel, a much more

One day I saw an ad in an English newspaper regarding onboard staff for the ‘Song of America’, a Royal Caribbean cruise ship, which I embarked on as a bartender. I worked on board for two years, but I felt that sailing the Caribbean Sea was not enough: I wanted to see more of the world. When I returned to Thailand I met the owner of Norwegian Cruise Line, who was there on a leisure journey, and after hearing my story he offered me a job on one of his ships, the ‘Black Watch’, on which I worked for five years.

Life onboard is strictly regulated and almost feels like life in the army, but on the other hand it allows you to make new profitable experiences and to meet a lot of interesting people.

In the meanwhile I became more and more interested in cooking, also because I love to eat, and I started to learn its techniques and its secrets.

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Fashink: Precisely how did your passion for cooking start?

as an unconscious memory of the primeval task of preparing food – an essential element for survival.

Perhaps professional cooks have always been men because given that men never really had to cook, or were never inclined to cook, when they do they are more creative and therefore come up with more unusual recipes.

Peerasak: In Thailand we use a lot of herbs and spices in our traditional dishes, and given that our country’s culture is very tourism-oriented I thought it might be interesting to introduce tourists to the pleasures of our typical cuisine.

In the beginning I didn’t remotely imagine that this might turn into a proper job for me, and in fact even today I still see it as a great passion of mine, aiming at showing people new things.

I was thirty-two when I started out on this adventure: at the time I was managing a food and beverage distribution company operating within the catering industry –my job was surely related to food, but it had nothing to do with working in the kitchen.

F: The recent plethora of television cooking shows has made this profession immensely popular and cool. Do you think that cooking, both at home and as a job, has become a fad?

F: In the collective imagination cooking is a woman’s work, yet in real life top chefs all over the world have always been men. What do you reckon on this subject?

P: Well, it’s hard for me to say, because as far as I’m concerned my personal interpretation of Thai cuisine is that every single dish must be created using your heart, so to say. Surely these tv shows have shown people the reality of the job of somebody who prepares food for other people.

I’m not sure that this can be called a fad, though, because to do this job you need to be really passionate about it, given that it implies great sacrifice.

P: To me women are naturally driven to cook for their families, probably

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the demands of European taste and eating style? What about Italy in particular, the country you live and work in?

own personal threshold of tolerance for this particular taste. I am keen on respecting the tradition and the originality of the food I prepare: as I said before, the main reason why I became a cook was to let people discover our typical dishes.

P: No way! I have never altered an original recipe, and I never would: the only aspect I am sometimes asked to modify is the hotness of a dish, since every customer has his

F: When did you decide to leave Thailand for Europe, and why?

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P: Well, I partly explained that in the answer to your first question.

What I can add is that it would have been useless for me to remain in my country, where there are so many restaurants offering the same kind of cuisine.

Coming to Europe was inevitable for me, given that my main purpose was to diffuse our culture.

it on his body. In fact in Thailand only the men who have actually fought against the Burmese and the Cambodians are allowed to be tattooed.

According to our Buddhist culture, women cannot be tattooed because our God cannot touch a woman’s body: this takes us back to the original meaning of tattoos, that is a message of protection coming from Buddha. I have seven dragons tattoos, which stand for the seven seas, to protect me from any kind of danger at sea.

I also have a snake tattooed on my hand: I’m scared of snakes, you know, so I asked Buddha’s help to vanquish this fear of mine, and he told me that having a snake drawn on my hand would keep all snakes away from me

F: What about your tattoos?

Do they have a particular or deeply personal meaning?

P: For us Thais tattoos have a magical meaning.

We need to believe in what we draw on our body: Buddha sends us a message and we must follow it and respect it.

The entire history of our nation has been characterized by wars.

For a Thai a tattoo is a symbol of divine protection: it is Buddha who inspires and teaches him to use it to guard himself from evil by wearing

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we believe by the Fashink Group

Photo by Stefano Padovani

The Lanciano’s Aldo Lanciano was born in 1958 in Castrovillari, a small town in the region of Calabria, in Southern Italy.

He falls in love with motorcycles very early in his life and the age of fifteen he gets his first bike, a Laverda 750 FSC. He then joins a racing team in Milan, aiming to run on the Monza international circuit, but unfortunately this is something he can do only for a short time due to the lack of funds, despite the financial help in travelling up to Northern Italy to race provided by his older brothers.

He therefore decides to remain in his native Calabria , where he opens his first garage in 1980 to work on reconditioning exclusively American motorcycles. The US have in fact always been the land of his dreams, and in the end they will turn out to be his final destination.

During one of his countless journeys from Calabria to Monza with his brothers he meets Mauro Valli, a great expert and lover of American automobiles. On finding out about Aldo’s passion for bikes, Mauro decides to involve him in an adventure that will lead to Aldo being in charge of the import, sale and customization of US bikes for the Italian market, which was in full growth at the time.

Laying the foundations of a longterm project consisting in managing both his first garage in Castrovillari – still open and in business today - and his new side venture with Mauro in Northern Italy brings him closer and closer to living his dream life.

Finally, on the strength of decades’ worth of work experience and knowledge, Aldo opens his first garage in the States, in Pampano Beach, Florida, where he is joined 24

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earlier, and each time he arrives in Pampano Beach and sees the writing with the name of his business, ‘American Dream U.S.A.’, his heart leaps up with joy. Aldo doesn’t follow any trend or style. Other custom motorcycles builders call him crazy because anything that comes into his mind he tries to realize it, with the purpose of creating totally unique pieces. Just to give you an idea, at the moment he’s working on a turbocharged engine to be mounted on one of his American bikes – something that has never been done before in Europe and that might never have any commercial success at all.

by his two sons Angelo and Andrea.

Even though their father never forced them to do anything they didn’t want to do themselves, they have inherited his passion and have spontaneously chosen to follow in his footsteps and be part of this family business.

The two brothers are in charge of the technical and creative aspects of the business, always under their father’s supervision, while Aldo is constantly travelling in search of both inspiration and items to trade from the US to Italy.

His relocation to Florida echoes the move from Southern Italy to Milan that had taken place thirty years

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at ‘American Dream U.S.A.’ , and this means that accessories produces by their competitors are hardly ever used. They rely on a small network of local craftsmen instead, who build specially-made accessories and elements for them under their instructions. Besides allowing the Lanciano’s total control on their production, this also makes it possible for them to meet any kind of request on part of their clients, even the most maddening or just plain bizarre ones.

His other son Angelo is in charge of assembling the bikes in the garage, so together with his team of mechanics and technicians he follows their production cycle until they are ready to hit the road. Aldo firmly believes that a thorough knowledge of all the elements composing these bikes is a must for the person who builds them, so that by producing really outstanding pieces he can take it to the next level.

The Florida branch also acts as a starting point for Aldo’s research trips all over the US, on a bike of course, looking for special pieces – sometimes vintage ones – to be shipped over to Italy and customized or reconditioned in his trademark ‘made in Italy’ style. Besides, having an American branch is of paramount importance in this field of work,

One of Aldo’s mottos is ‘if no client can be found for one of my bikes, I will become that client myself ’, and in fact he loves to ride the bikes he builds.

‘We manufacture luxury bikes and pieces that are very special, both in terms of aspect and of construction.

As for prices, our bikes range from sums that I consider affordable to over €100,000.’

His business policy, however, is to build American-style pieces, that is bikes that can actually be used; this is a principle he has acknowledged over time while living in the States.

‘Show bikes are amazing, but most of the time they end up as some sort of living room trophy ‘, he concedes, given that he himself is guilty of doing so with a one-of-a-kind piece he built.

Andrea, Aldo’s younger son, deals with special parts. His education includes a specialization in mechanics and engineering and he’s an expert in computerized numerical control machinery such as machining centres and high-tech lathes. The only element of the bike that is not being produced by the Lanciano’s is the chassis: first Andrea designs the parts to be altered or built from scratch using specific software and then he personally forges them with his top-notch equipment.

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are the same thing: today his stock amounts to over fifty vehicles ready to be sold, so in theory there’s no need to work that hard or run around that much anymore - yet he just can’t stand still.

Paradoxically, ‘I no longer do motor races, but now in a way I’m racing against myself ’, says Aldo, meaning that he’s always in search for something more, for that special something that makes him feel good about himself by convincing him that he’s an overall winner - in his sector, in his job and in life in general.

He gets along wonderfully well with his sons, and their shared passion for bikes no doubt plays a great part in their excellent synergy.

Although their roots and hearts will always be in Corigliano, today the Lanciano’s are an American reality

because it provides fresh news on what’s going on in the world of bikes. Even though Italian custom motorcycle builders are by no means inferior to their American peers, especially as far as style and creativity are concerned, the bikes they work on were originally designed and built in the States, so for Aldo receiving immediate and first-hand information on US trends gives him an edge over his Italian competitors.

American Dream also imports spare parts, including those for automobiles traded by Valli Store, the previously mentioned b u s i n e s s dealing with American cars.

As for the future, Aldo intends to keep on travelling across the States, hunting for pieces that are both inspiring for him and capable of whetting the appetite of his clients. He loves his job so much that for him work and fun

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Norina Silvia Dodero was born in 1992 in Santo Domingo to a Dominican mother and an Italian father, but has been living in Milan since she was three years old.

Always attracted by tattoos, she starts dreaming of making a career as a tattoo artist very early in her life.

At the age of twenty, already the mother of beautiful Riccardo, she decides to give it a go and starts to apply for a job as an apprentice in several studios.

Today she’s still working in the same studio that welcomed and trained her: thanks to her commitment, spirit of sacrifice and determination she has managed to make her dream come true and to make a living through her passion.

Federico Cantore, AKA Rems, was born in 1993 in the Milan area. He has been drawing ever since he was a child on a variety of surfaces, from sheets of paper to walls and trains. He enters the world of tattoo as a teenager and after completing his education he starts to train as a tattoo artist.

He opens his first studio in 2013 and a couple of years later he joins Diè Tattoo Studio, where he grows up from an artistic point of view and meets his new soul family. In the beginning his style leans towards Old School and Neo Traditional in colour, but later on, influenced by his artistic father, Diego Lanzone, he decides to give up the use of colour and to work in Black and Grey style.

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Fashink: Despite your young age, you already are a top level tattoo artist.

How important are work experience and talent respectively nowadays, in your opinion?

though a tattoo artist is talented and experienced, without commitment and determination he will never make any progress.

Federico: I don’t believe in the existence of talent: I think that an artistic inclination, a lot of practice, sacrifice and passion for the world of tattoo can lead to great results.

F: As for clients, do you believe they come to you because you have your own well-defined style? Or does your work consist in meeting their requests and wishes instead, like for most tattoo artists?

Norina: In my opinion experience is important as long as it helps you to improve your technique. Both factors are essential, but one may prevail over the other. As far as I’m concerned, what has prevailed is determination, because even

FC: I often change genre and I’m really lucky to have clients who trust me in my desire to experiment all the time. You need to do your best to find the perfect tattoo for your client, the design that really meets his/her request.

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N: I think I have developed a certain style that I’m really passionate about and that identifies me. It took me a few years to understand what I really liked to do, but I do not exclude at all that I might find other styles fulfilling too in the future, but hopefully clients come for what I do.

detail using the Black and Grey technique.

F: Do you follow any trend in particular in your private life which might as well reflect in your work?

F: How important is work experience abroad, for example at international conventions or as a guest artist in tattoo studios outside your country?

N: Absolutely not. My personal taste may surely vary, but not according to any trend. I never followed any, either for the way I dress or for my work.

FC: I’ve been collecting sneakers for many years now and I follow the world of streetwear. In my travels around the world I’ve met a lot of people who share this passion and some of them even asked me to do a tattoo of their favourite sneakers.

I really enjoy drawing them in full

FC: Extremely important. Over the last twelve months I’ve had the opportunity to travel a lot for work, both in Europe and in the US, and in every single place I’ve been I’ve learnt something new.

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N: Travelling surely elevates you, it puts you in contact with different realities, cultures, habits.

The biggest satisfaction is being appreciated away from ‘home’. This interexchange is very important: it’s a good thing to ‘leave the nest’ every now and then to find inspiration and opportunities elsewhere.

started to popularize tattoos, and this phenomenon can only increase in the future. However, this diffusion can sometimes be hindered by the specific culture of a number of countries: for instance, in Korea tattoo is considered a crime.

N: Things are slowly improving, but there’s still a lot of work to do – for example, my aspect very often gets looks of disapproval. Many heavily tattooed people manage to get a job though, which could never have happened a few years ago.

Unfortunately we’re still unpopular, and I hate to have to relate this as if we were a ‘race’ apart. However, I’m confident that the future will see more tolerance and less prejudice

F: Society is quickly becoming more open and more intolerant of prejudice and of systems in general. Today many people get tattoos, whereas in the past a tattoo stood for a wild personality or a disorderly lifestyle. What’s your opinion on these changes?

FC: I think that this is quite simply a consequence of progress. The younger generations have just

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it a dozen times, but never stopped to say hello.

Detroit was it’s normal thing. I was busy, but only as busy as I chose to make myself this time. I had a friend meet me there to keep me company. This friend of mine is also another nomadic spirit. We met a couple years back on the road. I was guest spotting at a shop in my hometown that I was employed at over a decade ago. Now it’s under new ownership, name and staff. I left that shop to go catch up with friends at another shop and get tattooed. While I was gone, a coworker called asking if I would be interested in tattooing someone’s fingers. No one else in town would and by now, this was the fifth shop he had asked.

I was finishing up my tattoo, and on my way back already, and of course agreed.

Should be a fairly easy task to accomplish.

Once I returned, we discussed the tattoo, and immediately connected. He wanted an image that would cover all his fingers, and be readable enough that you could tell what it is without guessing. “Oh, so you mean something like this?” and I showed him the butterfly on my fingers. We agreed on a rose over his fingers. By now, Michigan marked our 4th state I have tattooed him in, with plans to travel more. We are both hoping to meet in Puerto Rico this winter and do a few cool things there.

This year has gone by too fast. It’s almost over.

I have hardly kept track of my miles, takes me forever to catch up on my expenses, and always behind on turning things in. Makes me thankful I’m not in school anymore, but sometimes I wish I were. Seems much easier than the adult life.

Today I am home. When I get here, I don’t want to leave to get groceries, see friends, or go to work even. I just want to stay here and hibernate with puppies, movies and delivery.

Instead, I came home to a recently drained flooded basement. Over the last month there have been multiple heavy rains and my basement has been taking in water. No damage to any of my things, but enough to be a problem. Now that I’m home, I have to clean, rid of wet moving boxes, mop, and had to do some small things like re-light my water heater twice and change the air filter, twice. There is also half a small tree in my backyard now, that has to be cut up and removed, so I can park in my drive.

A friend of mine asked, “what are you going to do with all your free time?? Anything fun planned?” I sent her the unamused emoji face with the response, “there’s no such thing as free time, honey.”

In the last month or so, I went on another trip back to Detroit, and also stopped to visit Cleveland for the first time. I have driven thru

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shop doors. This gave me time to socialize with the other artists and draw for the tattoos I knew I was going to be doing soon.

The visiting came really easy at this place, as I brought new toys with me to play with and learn, as they asked me about how to use them. Then we would check in on each other’s tattoo appointments and see what kinds of work each other was creating. Some of the artists are fairly newer to the trade, and I was categorized more into the granny stages. Hahah! But despite time experience differences, we still all had lots to share over the trade.

Although I haven’t been much in the party phase of my life, we still all went out on my last night there and got drinks at a local place where the shop was sponsoring a burlesque show. I, of course, had a nice ‘mock-tail’ so I didn’t look so out of place!

The bar was small and cozy, but the turnout for the show became rather large, so the show was cramped and rather muggy.

There was lots of shiny pasties, butt-cheeks, feathers, fringe and a couple drag queens in the show. Many and all of the things I like.

After a short week of visiting Wholeshot, I hit the road and zipped over to Cleveland. I’ve been fortunate to make a lot of friends from around the country, as well as around the world, thanks to my buddies and our sailing adventures. Cleveland is just a short 3 hour drive from Detroit and seemed reasonable to see some of my sailing friends while I’m out that way. This time, I didn’t really have any shop connections, and only a handful of friends who may wanna get tattooed.

I made some message contacts on social media and asked around about which shops might have some time and seats open for a visitor. The first contact I made was to The American Tattoo Company. The owner of the shop visited with me about what to expect and mention they have never had a guest artist there before, but were willing to let me in to give it a try.

Upon arrival, I found a nice room in a downtown hotel at a somewhat decent discount and settled in with a few small visits. Then found my way to the tattoo shop the next morning.

Arriving and settling into the work day was fairly easy, as the shop doesn’t get a ton of walk in business, and it was on the brink of the slow season coming around. School started for local kids and parents are hustling to get them ready, so our time is spent catching whatever comes rolling into the

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event, it seemed to be clear enough to see everything for the entire time.

I took a nap from the beginning of the event, to about 20 minutes to totality. When I woke up, you could already see it getting darker, and people were buzzing around their cameras and lawn blankets. I went to the bathroom, came back, got into my car again to see how much of the sun was left. I kept thinking of the movie Melancholia where the moon enters the earth’s orbit and is supposed to miss it, but predictions turned out wrong and the world comes to an end. It was pretty eerie to see it with my own eyes, now, in real time, but only different galactic objects. And the world didn’t end.

Once the “diamond ring” appeared, and the sun disappeared, I shot my sunglasses off my face, jumped out of my car, and cussed immediately from the sheer shock of amazement. It was incredible. I will live long enough to see another one in about 7 years, but the first time will forever be imprinted in my mind.

I drove straight thru Kansas City afterwards, and directly to my parents house to kiss my puppies and see my parents again. While driving thru town, I completely missed a giant storm, only suffering a few raindrops. I stayed with my folks for another few days or so, then came back home to suffer basement

forever so my pups can snuggle when we drive to grandma and grandpa’s house for their stay. As much time as I spend on the road, I’ve found it ridiculously easy to fall asleep in my car with the windows cracked, and a blanket over my head. I think I have slept an easy 6 hours, solid, at rest stops somewhere on the highway at times. Most people might get an hour or so nap in a car, I can sleep a full nights sleep, wake up feeling refreshed, brush my teeth with a bottle of water, use face cloths to wash my face, stretch in the sunshine, and hit the road all over again.

Once I got back to my hometown of Kansas City, I didn’t even make it back home. I took my time to get to town and stopped about 70 miles east of town and pulled back into another rest stop for a nap. This time, it was the day of the solar eclipse. I knew I was on the path of totality, and I wouldn’t be able to see it from home, so I stayed just outside.

The rest stop was PACKED. Campers, tents, lawn chairs, grandparents, tons of kids, cameras, camcorders, people wearing eclipse themed t-shirts, and everyone had some UV safe sunglasses. I didn’t, however.

But I also had some tricks up my sleeve.

My car windows are tinted, and from the reflection on my phone inside my car, with sunglasses on inside, I could see the eclipse progression without a single problem.

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M A S S I M I L I A N O M O N TA N A R I A L E S SIO S A LU C C I ALBERTO TEBALDI

Faith /feɪθ/ is not about belief. Faith in fact has very little to do with what beliefs you hold, other than that it allows you to hold them. Faith is a sacred, deep, emotionally involved kind of trust. Faith is the kind of trust that you enter into with your whole being. Faith is the kind of trust that, when it has been broken, it hurts deep inside… but faith is the kind of trust that finds a way to trust again despite the hurt.

Faith is what allows us to function despite knowing or sensing how little we actually know about all that surrounds us. This is where beliefs come into the definition of Faith. Faith does not equate to beliefs… but it is possible to hold faith in some of your beliefs.

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MASSIMILIANO MONTANARI My name is Massimiliano Montanari, AKA Max, and I was born in Cento, a small town in the province of Ferrara, in northern Italy, in 1972. I decided that I wanted to be a professional barman, so I got the necessary education and I became one, working as such until 1998. In the beginning I worked through agencies, which would assign me temporary jobs, and it was precisely one of these jobs that opened the doors of the motorcycle World Championship for me. In 1998 I was sent to the Mugello Circuit to deal with the hospitality services for a well-known beer brand which was one of Valentino Rossi’s sponsor at the time; the company was so impressed by the skills and the drive I showed during the Grand Prix that they booked me for the following two years. Naturally I had the opportunity to meet Valentino in person and that first meeting marked the beginning of our friendship.

When Valentino saw me at work, following the hospitality and catering services for the team and its guests, he noticed that my manners were very precise and methodical. Given that I was already well-acquainted with him, his team asked me on his behalf if I could be interested in managing his personal catering. These were my first steps towards what I’m doing today within the system that revolves around him.

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Fashink: You earned your position next to Valentino Rossi by starting from the ground up?

M: Within Valentino’s world I drive his motorhome, ‘Casa quarantasei’; this used to be one of Uccio’s duties, before he went on to manage the VR46 Academy and the Moto2 and Moto3 teams. Valentino forbade me to do anything related to hospitality, but as he knows that I’m very experienced in this field now I’m also in charge of his diet on the circuits.

Max: Yes, definitely. In the beginning I spent a few years dealing with PR within the hospitality area assigned to Valentino’s team, during which he appreciated my work more and more. When he finally left Honda for Yamaha he took the chance to ask me to follow him as a PA and no longer as a member of the hospitality staff; I didn’t want to lose my other job though, so we managed to make a deal accordingly.

F: Can you describe is life like inside ‘casa quarantasei’?

M: Strange as it may seem, we have created an environment that is exactly the same as the one we live in when we’re at home. Valentino really needs to keep the world of competitions and his private life apart from each other, so his home on wheels must necessarily be like a fortress, because he spends most of the year in there. I make sure that everything is extremely neat and tidy within the motorhome, because I know that this is essential for his wellbeing and his peace of mind. However, Valentino has his own routines and little rituals, consisting in doing a number of mostly unnecessary things that imply a constant attention to details. For example, every night before he goes to sleep he lines up all his shoes and those of his guests and friends who might be sleeping over.

F: What happened when you took on this new position?

M: Well, what happened was that I soon realized that working for such a celebrity required a lot of time, much energy and an amount of attention that made it impossible for me to maintain both jobs. Unlike the rest of the team, who has been with him for over twenty years now and whose members are all from Tavullia, where Valentino lives and where VR46 is located, I come from almost 100 km away from there, so I still feel I am a sort of foreigner within the group. But I had to make my decision, so in 2011 I spoke with Valentino and his closest collaborators and we reached an agreement, which is still valid today. This is how I was allowed to enter his inner circle, or better still his world, because this is what it is, a world apart.

F: What else do you do for him besides being in charge of his personal wellbeing?

M: The motorhome doesn’t take up all of my time, so I also have organizational duties and I look after his technical gear, which is

F: What does your job consist in today?

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extremely important. If necessary, I stay with him and I am always at his disposal to take him to his many appointments.

when Valentino stops racing bikes he will switch to cars. He’s been having fun with cars for quite a few years now. When the Monza Rally Show is due – an event he has taken part in and won several times -, we all go, just as if it were a MotoGP race including the motorhome, so that Valentino has all comforts at his disposal.

He takes this competition very seriously, as anyone should every time they wear a helmet and are about to operate an enginedriven vehicle.

It is common knowledge that he aspires to take part in highly recognized competitions such as Les 24 Heures du Mans, the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, a number of World Championship rallies’ and the Indianapolis race in the US. In my opinion when he stops riding bikes we will probably be even busier than we are now.

F: What do you do between the end of one race and the beginning of the next?

M: First of all, I see to it that the guys – Valentino, Uccio, Albi and Carlo – go back home or leave for the city of the next Grand Prix, organizing transfers to the airport or anything else they might need before their journey.

Then I start taking down the motorhome’s structure, a very demanding job after which I leave to join the rest of the team.

My job is strictly related to the races, so when we have long breaks between races my presence is not necessary. We are a very tightly-knit group though, so I end up with spending a lot of time with the guys also during these breaks, but in terms of work I am off until the next race.

F: You too got the VR46 brand tattoo. Can you tell us more about this decision of yours?

F: What will become of Max Montanari when Valentino Rossi stops being a rider?

M: Well, it was the entire group of Valentino’s ‘faithfuls’ - Uccio, Albi, Carlo and I – who took this decision. We had already been talking for quite some time about doing something permanent that could represent us and consolidate this brotherhood of ours, a bit like the three musketeers or the crusaders, who fought for their ideal. Valentino is literally a god for me, he represents a religion.

He is someone who is just beyond everybody else, both in terms of personality and in terms of generosity, and he is a true

M: Well, first of all I really hope he keeps on racing for many more years: I love my job, I love our work environment and I love to see Valentino win.

I guess I will remain at VR46, or in any case I hope so, given that there is so much to do.

I might as well work for other riders, doing what I do for Valentino now, but to be honest I’d rather stay here, with the people I am now.

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friend. On Valentino the sportsman there’s nothing I can add to what has already been said, but as for Valentino the human being I totally worship him. He was already an idol for me before I started working for him, but now that we are closer and that our friendship has grown stronger my perceptions about him could only be confirmed by real-life experiences. We all were afraid of the pain, of blood and of needles, but once the decision had been made we went for it and never looked back. Valentino is my life: he always brings about something new, some new experience, and this is the life I love, so for me getting tattooed, or branded, as you say, is an honour.

course, but he’s really keen on constantly being informed of anything that affects his life and his career. He totally trusts his collaborators, precisely because he sees how they work and therefore knows that the error margins are almost inexistent, but he needs to feel that he’s in control – it’s probably his way of being superstitious.

Valentino is very methodical in everything he does and firmly believes that nothing happens by chance. This is why he does the same things he did at the beginning of his career in exactly the same manner: the time of day he chooses to get ready for the trials and the race, the placement of the people who are by his side, the ‘conversation’ with his bike and many other things that include checking details that most people are completely oblivious of. Valentino is extremely meticulous, but he’s also totally switched on with people: he grew up very fast and can immediately sense the person he’s facing, and having learnt much from experience he always makes the best decision.

With Valentino Rossi living a normal, predictable life is unthinkable, because he is the centre of our universe. For example, once Uccio and I had organized a short holiday together in a seaside resort.

Valentino decided to join us, so we had to cancel our plans because in order to guarantee his privacy and provide him with the quiet he needed it was necessary to hire a villa instead.

F: How bossy is Valentino with the people around him?

M: That’s a good question!

Valentino has total control on anything that concerns him. He’s incredible, I don’t know how he manages to do it all: training, racing, focusing on the championship, following VR46, the Academy with all the kids, the merchandise and the lower classes team. He’s really incredible. He obviously delegates the practicalities to us, but he knows and wants to know everything, without leaving anything to chance. Now that I think of it, this might be the secret of his extraordinary success.

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ALBERTO TEBALDI My name is Carlo Alberto Tebaldi, AKA Albi, and I was born in 1969. I met Valentino Rossi in 1994 during a motorcycling race. Back then me and my friends used to drive from Tavullia - Valentino’s home town – to the Mugello Circuit [in Tuscany, tn] for the Grand Prix. Regardless of the fact that it was not that far from where we lived, for us this was a sort of ritual, or better still a sort of adventure. In spite of me being ten years older than him, we became friends, and later on collaborators; with time our friendship grew stronger and stronger, cemented by our incredible love for motorcycling and the many things we had in common. Suddenly one day in 2007 Valentino decided to take our longstanding friendship to the next level and proposed me to take care of the bureaucratic and commercial aspects of his activity. Until then I had been working as sales area manager for a large Italian-Austrian company, so accepting his proposal would mean following the same direction in terms of career.

My problem in the beginning was that I could hardly consider this as a real job and Valentino as my boss.

Today my position within VR46, the company established and owned by Valentino, is that of manager and PA for his appointments both within and without the circuits. Besides these already challenging tasks, together with Alessio Salucci (AKA Uccio) I manage the VR46 merchandise and the organization of the VR46 Academy and of the Sky Racing Team – the team dealing with the Moto2 and Moto3 World Championship classes. On all of them we work closely with Carlo Casabianca, another relevant member of our core group, our small family, how we like to call it.

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Fashink: What can you tell us about your relationship with Valentino Rossi?

is not strictly related to the world of motor racing and that might distract or worry him.

Admittedly, in doing so our methods are not properly orthodox.

Albi: It’s quite difficult to me to describe our relationship. What I can tell you is that for example my job doesn’t make me feel that I’m working for myself, that I’m a selfemployed person who works as a consultant or a manager for a company.

For me, and I’m sure the same goes for Uccio, Max and Carlo -the other group members-, working in this ‘family’ means working for Valentino: everything we do always and totally orbits around him.

Our work consists in always putting Valentino and his necessities first, and in allowing him to remain focused on his job –being a rider-, by keeping him away from anything that

F: Who is Valentino to you?

A: Valentino is so many things to me. He’s almost a brother, he’s the person I always have fun with when I’m on holiday and a loyal man who is always there for me if I need help.

I believe he’s the greatest sportsman ever, the constant personification of power and energy, someone to look up to and who’s still incredibly passionate about his job, even though he has nothing to prove to anyone any more.

This is what Valentino Rossi is to me.

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F: You, Carlo, Uccio and Max are somehow Valentino’s shadow men. Do you reckon you are some sort of everyday family to him?

class, but as a matter of fact we are his parallel family, because it is with us that he spends most of his time.

Again, this is one of the reasons why we find it very hard to acknowledge that we are actually working when we are with him.

We have all agreed to have the VR46 logo tattooed, believing that this rather extreme permanent mark is a symbol of an everlasting promise we are making to each other.

The only one who is still trying to escape his destiny is Carlo, who is afraid of needles and pain and is doing his best to avoid the unavoidable. To tell you the truth we all found the procedure rather scary, given that none of us had been inked before, but the strength of our enduring friendship soon prevailed and the tattoos are now a reality.

A: Yes, absolutely, but it’s extremely important to say that it works both ways: this is why we call ourselves a family, because we are family to him but he is equally family to us.

We practically live together also in wintertime, when the motorcycling season is over: we travel together, we eat together and together we discuss all the problems and the main decisions to be made regarding Valentino’s life, his races and his brand’s core business.

He obviously has his real family – his dad Graziano, his mum Stefania and his younger brother Luca, a motorcycle rider himself, racing in the World Championship Moto2

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F: Don’t you think that getting this tattoo is a bit too much, that it’s like getting branded and becoming one of Valentino’s belongings?

A: Well, actually this might be precisely the point: showing the whole world our everlasting faith in and love for Valentino. He really is a religion for us, in a way he embodies some sort of belief.

Valentino Rossi is probably the most popular athlete of modern times and in the mind of his adoring fan he is the sportsman, the champion, the public figure and anything they want him to be. But for the four of us it’s a completely different story. If tomorrow Valentino decided to stop racing, we would still support the VR46 Academy kids, but we would never become fans of another rider. The day he stops racing we will stay by his side, because of our friendship, because of our job and mostly because for us he really is a god to be devoted to as long as he lives.

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ALESSIO SALUCCI My name is Alessio Salucci, AKA Uccio, and I’ve been Valentino Rossi’s best friend ever since we were in nursery school. We were born only two months apart from each other, so we consider ourselves blood brothers.

When I first went to school, the other children started to play around with my surname and eventually came up with ‘Ucci’. Even though this is my surname’s actual ending, in Italian it sounds rather girly, so my closest friends, the socalled ‘committee’, which included Valentino, soon decided that I would be called ‘Uccio’ [in Italian all words ending in –o are masculine in gender, tn]. I have always been probably the closest person to Valentino at a personal and emotional level. We used to play together as toddlers, also because our fathers are close friends and both our families live in Tavullia, a village in the province of Pesaro, in central Italy. When Valentino started to do junior races I would always follow him to support him, just like any other good friend would do, and arguably I’ve been his first real fan ever. You must know that all professional World Championship riders have their personal ‘Uccio’ who takes good care of them: a function that in the past would probably correspond to that of a butler, while today it is more fittingly defined as a jack of all trades, or a PA. Ever since the days of legendary champions such as Kevin Schwantz this position was taken on by one of the rider’s friends or family members. After I’d been following him wherever he went to race for years, in 1997 Valentino proposed me to work as his PA on the circuits, and this is what I started to do. For almost twenty years I managed the logistics, that is driving and taking care of his motorhome during the European races, and the prerace procedure, that is taking care of his suit, his helmet, etc.

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Fashink: Who you are you to Valentino Rossi today?

such as working in the team that follows the VR46 Academy young riders who race in the lower World Championship classes – a project that Valentino is extremely proud of. So today on the circuits I look after both Valentino and the young riders.

Uccio: Well, as I said before Valentino and I have been friends almost since we were born, and besides our families have been friends with each other practically forever. We live in the same village and my entire family has been following Valentino ever since he started racing, especially me and my father, who’s a very good friend of Valentino’s dad, Graziano. To me this is the main factor, this longstanding closeness, this bond between us that is pretty much a brotherhood. After so many years spent together, I believe that my relationship with him and my position by his side are so well-established that I can really consider him the person I love the most. I am always nearby during the races, ready to help him with anything he might need, from the most trivial things to showing him my support when it all gets a bit too much, maybe simply with a smile and a hug.

F: From the outside looking in the two of you look almost inseparable.

U: Well, yes, I guess so: apparently this is how things look like from the outside. We both obviously have our own private lives, yet it’s true that we spend much more time together than we do minding our own businesses, so to say. I have the best time ever when I’m with him, organizing both the races and his life, which indirectly affects my own life as well. I don’t find it burdensome or tiring, and honestly I couldn’t imagine myself doing anything other than what I’ve been doing for over twenty years for Valentino and with Valentino.

I’m convinced that when he stops racing my life will not change that much, because nowadays he does so many other things apart from racing and because I believe that our friendship is eternal. Our attachment works both ways, and we talk in the plural form when we deal with whatever the day brings, because everything that happens is shared within our group, for better and for worse.

In a word, I just cannot imagine my life without Valentino.

F: So has your jack of all trades role turned into something more relevant or more prestigious with time?

U: No, I wouldn’t say so. Somehow I’m still his PA: the only difference is that some of my tasks, such as taking the motorhome to the race locations or dealing with his diet or with all the other necessities that might come up once we are there, are now carried out by Max Montanari, another member of Valentino’s ‘family’. On top of that, I deal with a number of new activities related to the VR46 brand,

F: What is it like working with Valentino?

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U: My job is a sort of formalization of our personal relationship, and if you exclude the bureaucratic procedures I deal with for the VR46 Academy, the team or Valentino himself it’s quite difficult to describe. For example, our meetings often take place while having a pizza at home or at the restaurant: we’re not very formal at all and as I always say we really are a family rather than a work team. Valentino pays the maximum attention to what we say; surprisingly to those who don’t know him personally, he’s an extremely precise person, almost fastidious. He gathers and processes all sorts of information, always in search of something he might find useful. He listens to everything, even the most superficial conversations, and wants to be constantly updated in full detail on our activities.

Sometimes it amazes me how he can focus on

his tough job – being a bike rider and severaltimes world champion – and still be so alert and passionate enough to try his hardest to win again and again, after nine world titles.

At the end of the day, however, it is he who has the final say on just about everything.

Our team’s purpose is to prepare and organize everything for Valentino, so that when the day of the race comes all he has to think about is winning. Over time we have merged into a sort of organism whose limbs move in synchrony. Our mission is quite simply to support him 100%, so my responsibility is so satisfy all of his requests and necessities: this is what I do.

F: What will become of Uccio the day Valentino Rossi stops racing?

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U: It’s a no-brainer. My life will remain exactly the same. Obviously we will no longer deal with racing-related activities, but the Valentino Rossi world is huge: there are just so many things he’s directly and indirectly involved in, from the fan club to the merchandise, from the Academy to the brands he owns besides VR46.

Just to give you an idea, when Valentino had the accident and had to skip a few races, me and the rest of the team went to the circuits anyway because there was so much to do, regardless of the fact that he wouldn’t race.

It goes without saying that we all would have preferred to join Valentino on the couch and keep him company while watching the race on TV, but as we belong to the Valentino Rossi universe we knew that this was not what was expected from us. Valentino has created a real world and we are the inhabitants of this world, so the day he decides not to race any more I’m pretty sure that our jobs will remain the same.

Actually, I have a feeling that we will be even busier than we are now, because he is a celebrity and competitions are just one of the things he does.

but it is definitely happening for him too.

Our decision is an evident symbol of an everlasting promise, so to say, a confirmation of our love and of our bond: I could almost say that for us it’s like a religion or a blood pact - for us it is and it will always be for all our lives.

The day I got the tattoo I was scared shitless, but the decision had been made and I was determined to have it done. On my way back home though, looking at the tattoo on my forearm while driving, I must say I was overjoyed.

I took this step as a token of dedication to the person that is my guiding light, and it was my devotion to him that enabled me to endure the pain. In hindsight, I recognized that getting a tattoo was something that I’d been wanting to do for a long time, so it’s quite likely that I will have more done.

Valentino Rossi is probably the most popular athlete of modern times and in the mind of his adoring fan he is the sportsman, the champion, the public figure and anything they want him to be. But for the four of us it’s a completely different story.

If tomorrow Valentino decided to stop racing, we would still support the VR46 Academy kids, but we would never become fans of another rider.

The day he stops racing we will stay by his side, because of our friendship, because of our job and mostly because for us he really is a god to be devoted to as long as he lives

F: Obviously you too got the VR46 brand tattoo.

U: This is a fun story, because everybody knows that I shit myself just thinking of needles and physical pain. Having said that, you can imagine how hard it was for me when Albi, Max and I all agreed to take this major step in our lives that is having a tattoo done.

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Evanescence Building Extreme speed itinerant architecture

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“Abandoned factories and forgotten, construction, railway stations, modern buildings, man-made architectures for human but immortalized free from his presence, the “non-places”, where the space is empty, where the corners, facades, heavy metals, glass and cuts that willingly blend with the sky create a single body, waiting to be frozen in a moment.”

Croatian photographer Lara Zibret sharing her moments.

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Special thanks: Monica Cesarini, Giulia Cesarini, DORNA S.A., Massimiliano Gordolini, Phaedra Haramis, Carolina MicĂł, Albert Nagler, Ignacio Sagnier, Sandra Strazzari, Irene Trimby, FrinĂŠ Velilla.

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UK 04/01/1993 Height: 185Â cm Weight: 70 kg Profession:Â MotoGP rider website:

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Carrere: Started on Mini Grand Prix from 2001, currently MotoGP class Winner of 2004 FAB-Racing Metrakit 50cc British MiniGP championship

Results: Winner of 2004 FAB-Racing Metrakit 50cc British MiniGP championship.

On 22 June 2008 became the youngest ever world championship Grand Prix winner, aged 15 years and 170 days,[1] when he won the 2008 British 125cc Grand Prix at Donington Park.

2008 Aprilia RS125

2009 Aprilia RSA 125

2010 Suter-Honda Moto2

2011 Suter-Honda Moto2

2012 Kalex-Honda Moto2

2013 kalex-Honda Moto2

2014 Honda RCV1000R MotoGP

2015 Honda RC213V MotoGP

2016 Ducati Desmosedici GP15 MotoGP 2017 Ducati Desmosedici MotoGP

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Fashink: You have often been compared to Barry Sheene, not only in terms of racing, but also because of your rebel attitude. Nowadays it seems that this kind of image is missing from the world of motor sports. It’s just business now. We don’t see many really “cool” riders, it’s more like you go in, you do your race and then you go out. How do you see yourself fitting into this? You have tattoos, you’re a cool looking guy, in a way you’re not just an athlete, you have an image too.

much of it comes out from the way I was brought up. I didn’t have a lot of money or fancy things; it was a grind every day to get where I am.

I moved out of my parents’ house at the age of fifteen, so I had to learn a lot in life quite fast, and to be honest I don’t really give a shit what the rules are: in the end I do anything I like to do. Every other day people tell me ‘You shouldn’t do this’ or ‘You shouldn’t do that’, and my answer is ‘It’s my choice’. If I don’t wanna go to that speed limit I won’t go, if I don’t wanna wear the seatbelt I won’t wear it, if I wanna go and ride a motocross on a Thursday night I will go and ride a motocross, ‘cause in

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attractive to sponsors, but in the end I will always be myself, and I will always do that. I mean, I think that’s what people remember me for, the crazy hair, the tattoos, being sometimes a bit too aggressive, or saying things I shouldn’t say, but in the end that’s who I am and I cannot change that.

the end it’s my decision, my choice, my consequences and that’s how I look at it, that’s kinda my theory in everyday life. I know there are some boundaries that you need to respect.

It’s not a problem of the sport, but in comparison with Barry Sheene days now we are athletes, we are all working out to become stronger and stronger and it also takes away the personality from the rider himself: you cannot always be yourself, you are told that the sponsor wants you to be in a certain way, and in the end the sponsor is what makes it happen in a way, so you need to respect that a little bit. But me, I’ve always been different, I’ve probably been not so

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F: Your look seems to be very important to you. Do you have any style icon – a designer, another athlete? How do you go about it?

up in the morning, I still breathe like a normal person, so in the end it’s not much different - just I’m doing something I’m good at, like you’re doing with the magazines, doing something you’re good at.

It is different, but I don’t consider myself someone special, for example my tattoos are saying that we are still human, but we are also a bit different, a bit crazy in a way to do that. But I’ve been born and bred to do racing like that, so I don’t really see it as different: it’s normal, it’s everyday life. If somebody took away racing from me I would be a bit stuck, a bit like ‘Ok, now what do I do?’. It wouldn’t take me long to find something else to do, but it’s like... I know that it looks somehow different from the outside, but from the inside, for me it is normal. When I come racing I come to do a job: I train through the week for my job.

When I come home from racing, I close the door, you know, I close the door on racing and I want family time, I want to be with my girlfriend, I want to be with my dog, but I still need to prepare for the next race, so I like to break that into two parts, and that’s the way it works best for me.

S: I don’t really look after myself that much, I’m just being myself.

I don’t try to be someone else, you know. I’m more gypsy style, going to ride motocross in just shorts and flip-flops, then I come home and don’t give a shit if I’m dirty - that’s my style. Then there are times when I wanna look nice and take care of my appearance, but I don’t really feel myself if I have to “try” and look nice. I like to be just ‘What I wanna do is what I wanna do”. Same with my hairstyles in the past: I like to be different. If everyone goes blond I will go blue, just because, why be like anyone else, you know? We’re all different in our own way, so I wanna capitalize on that and be different. Same with the tattoos, it’s like, before there weren’t so many riders with tattoos, but now it’s becoming more and more common.

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My dad has his own family, his own things, sometimes he comes to the races but I cannot turn to my dad if there is something... I know that he cares about me, but he’s not someone I would turn to, so when I look behind [and think] ‘Who do I turn to?’, I don’t have anyone.

So my girlfriend is always the next closest person to me... Also, what we are doing is a dangerous sport and at any point it could [just] end, and that’s the reality of it, so you need to use your time very wisely...

And I mean, yeah, you surely see me changing girlfriend more often than other guys, but if I’m not happy I’m not gonna stay in a relationship, you know.

I’ve stayed longer than I should have with previous girlfriends: it was my choice at the time, I don’t regret it, it’s what I chose to do. In the end again it’s what I wanted to do, and it’s hard for me to find the right person because not all girls... How can I word it? It’s not that they don’t understand the racing, but they don’t understand the work behind it if they haven’t been involved in a high-level sport. You know, you have to travel a lot, you have to have your picture taken with girls and

me of something or makes me feel better about something.

So that’s what makes up my appearance, you know: I just like to be open, be myself, what people see is what they get: I don’t wanna be hiding behind [something thinking] ‘Uhm, maybe I should do this because they’re not happy’. I don’t care. If they don’t like me when I ride in shorts and flip then I go home, it’s no problem. A lot of people are like sheep, you know: one goes left, two go left, they all go left.

F: Girls and racing…

S: I knew that would come along somewhere...with that…(laughing), ok. I mean, I’ve had a fair share, should I say. I found it hard to find the right one for me, because the life I live and the style I have are a bit different. But the reason why I like to have my girlfriends [near me], you see, normally when I have a girlfriend even if she’s quite recent she will be near me, is because I don’t really have anyone else to turn to in my life: like I said I left home at fifteen, my mum left me at five years of age – my dad did pretty much the same later in the days.

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You know, if he wants to let her go I’ll take it, I’ve got nothing against him. I don’t wanna cause trouble, but when you find someone you have a feeling with you know, I mean, even if I didn’t even intend to go there I ended up there, so things always happen for a reason in life and you have to take them and explore them.

And then now I also have this, my new tattoo, the right number from Chiara.

Some people say, ‘Fuck, you’re crazy, you’re only like four weeks together’.

I say, in the end what’s the worst that can happen?

She has the tattoo from Maverick and this it doesn’t bother me because when she did it it’s what she wanted.

This is part of life.

there will be girls you’re attracted to, so it’s normally hard to get them to understand and accept it.

For me, I need a girl that just understands this, lets me be me and knows that I’m always gonna come back, because that’s what I will do.

So I think the one I’ve found now is close to the right one, because she surprises me every day still and she understands very well the racing by being a racer herself: being four times the Motocross world champion she knows the deal behind it.

For me she’s the best person to be with. She’s the exgirlfriend from Maverick Viñales and honestly I would say it to his face that he was stupid to let her go, because you won’t find many other girls at this time who understand this sport in that way as close to a rider.

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I mean, I’m pushing them but I need to respect them and in the end I think that from the sponsor and the investors point of view you are the rider; they see you in the leather, the gloves, the boots and the helmet, so at the end of the day that’s what they want on the front cover, they don’t really care much for the guy without the leather on, so...

I come to race a bike, that is my job this is what I am paid to do, I don’t come to look nice and have a speech every day with a thousand people

MotorGP rider with lots of tattoos, do you reckon this can positively or negatively affect your image, given that now it’s more and more about image and the commercial aspect of it and getting connected to a brand?

S: It’s funny that you say that.

Normally I would say that it has a quite negative influence, but the more this [trend for tattoos] goes on and the more the sponsors want that. Like today I did a photoshoot with one of my sponsor and they wanted it with the tattoos [shown], so in some way if you have to go with [the pictures of] wearing a suit it maybe hinders you a little bit, but in the end it’s still me.

But then when they want to use the [photo of the] tattoos because they find it really raw natural, different, they can use it. In the end most of my tattoos are covered except the left arm, so like I said if I really need to be without tattoos I can always go with the right side: that’s why this arm is quite bare.

Because I do have to respect [rules] a little bit: I cannot come with tattoos on my face and even if I wanted to there are boundaries that I need to respect a little bit.

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OUTSIDER My name is Leticia Vigna and I was born in a very small town in the Brazilian countryside on February 9th 1995. I did high school in my town and then at seventeen I moved to SĂŁo Paulo to start modelling. I worked there for a year as a new face and that was very difficult because everything was new to me. After this first year I went to Barcelona, Spain. This was my first international business journey: everything started to become clear to me and I realized that this was the beginning of my new life. Soon afterwards I moved to Milan to work: this is the place I most enjoyed, both in terms of work and of lifestyle. I currently travel all over Europe, but I see my future as a model in New York. What I love best about my job is the travelling part, visiting new places, because I love studying different cultures and traditions.

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year-old models with the lifestyle and maturity of a twenty-five-year-old person.

From my point of view if you take good care of yourself you can stretch up your modelling career until you are about thirty-five. But we have seen exceptions in the industry: there are women who have been modelling for several decades now.

Leticia: Generally speaking it is very tough. You must stay focussed and never give up, because you live in a highly competitive environment; also, you must constantly and completely take care of your body and mind, and this takes up a lot of your energy. But like for most things in life there’s also a good side You travel a lot, meet new people, get to know new cultures, new lifestyles, make new friends, and of course you get paid to pose, and sometimes people recognize you from magazines or top designers’ international campaigns. But one aspect that many people don’t know about is that sometimes we work in challenging conditions, such as cold or extremely hot weather, as we shoot summer collections in winter and winter collections in summer.

F: Over the last few seasons we have noticed some changes as far as upcoming models are concerned.

Nowadays fashion designers also cast tattooed models for their advertising campaigns and fashion shows. Fashion is taking a new direction. What’s your opinion on this change?

L: I think this is a temporary change.

Fashion is in constant movement.

Tattoos have been around since Egyptian times and now they are going through a phase of high appreciation.

I think this is a moment and like with all moments in the industry things will not remain as they are now. Not long ago models were more feminine and more... let’s say... meaty... And now it is fashionable to be very lean. Society changes as well: now getting tattooed is ‘cool and trendy’, so designers follow this moment of popularity because tattoos sell. One day someone will decide that being

F: Do you think there is a proper age to became a model? And how long do you think a model can work in the industry?

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tattooed is not a good thing anymore and everything might go back to ‘clean’ skin.

F: What do you think is the reason why male models are more accepted than female ones when it comes to inked skin?

L: This is a very difficult question.

Maybe the fashion world has more liberal views on men: you can see many male models with a large percentage of their skin covered in tattoos, and they work very, very well, I mean, they work at top level. I still think that female models will never reach that point though, but you never know.

F: Do you think that tattoed models have less chances to land big jobs?

L: No, I think they stand the same chance as models without tattoos.

And honestly it might be even easier for them sometimes, because they meet new style criteria.

F: How do you see your future? Will you remain in the fashion industry after you are done with modelling?

F: Today there are many brazilian top models. We’ve had the era of the americans and then that of the girls form eastern and northern Europe.

Why this change?

L: Yes, I would like to! I love my work and I love fashion, but at the moment I have no clear idea of what I will do in the future. For now I focus on modelling and then we will see.

L: I believe it has to do with globalization. There are surely a lot of Brazilians, but there are still also many Europeans, Asians, Africans and Americans. Communication is easier, faster and more available now with the internet. Fashion is for everyone, so everyone represents a part of the world. In the past fashion was more intended for local markets,

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DECÓ “CHIC” Roberta Tagliavini has been driven by a search of beauty ever since 1967, when she opened her antiques gallery ‘Robertaebasta’ in Via Fiori Chiari, in the heart of Milan, which mainly deals with twentiethcentury decorative arts. In 1994 her son, Maurizio Mattia Martinelli, became the gallery’s new manager and put to use his entrepreneurial intuition when he started renewing the family business. Today his galleries host furniture by Terragni, Giò Ponti, Borsani, Bugatti and Quarti, Lancia and Buffa, glass pieces by Venini, Barovier, Seguso, Salviati and De Poli and ceramics and china by Richard Ginori, Lenci, Giò Ponti, Melandri, Chini and Nonni.

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by Martina Pennacchio In collaboration with SPY hair & beauty

Martina was born in Milan, the capital of fashion. Her passion led her to become a professional beautician and make-up artist.

She then specialized in beauty treatments and became a consultant for a prestigious Milanese spa and its discerning and elite clientele.

She will guide you in her Fashink Beauty & Body Care pages with her experience and skills she will give you tips on how to take care of your body.

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Your morning routine can take a turn for the worst if just seconds after applying moisturizer, you notice dry, flaky skin appear. Your natural next move might be to go into defense mode and re-up the hydration, but those patchy spots could be a sign that you’ve skipped a critical cleansing step: exfoliation.

A face scrub is essential for three reasons, according to Ole Henriksen, founder of the eponymous skincare brand.

“Firstly, it deeply cleanses the skin, dislodging buildup in the pores and helping to break up whiteheads. It also smooths and refines the skin’s texture, giving it a soft, supple look. And lastly, it enhances blood flow to the face, giving the appearance of a fresh glow,” said Henriksen.

Now that you know why you need to exfoliate your face, here’s how to do it correctly.

Focus on the rough, dry patches of skin.

You see the excessive dryness, but you should set aside time to thoroughly examine. “Go outside in the daylight with clean skin and bring a mirror. This will help you to understand what is going on and the areas where you might need help. I believe that everyone should be their own skincare expert, and this is an essential step in getting to know your skin,” said Henriksen.

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Concentrate exfoliating on the places where your complexion is especially dull, flaky or uneven. Gently exfoliate in upward, circular motions.

Twice a week before you go to bed, splash warm water onto skin and scrub. “I think the biggest mistake people make is being heavyhanded,” said Henriksen.

“A little goes a long way - et the exfoliating particles do their job.

You just want to facilitate the glide across the face, that way your skin feels great and you don’t over-treat it.” If you have frail capillaries, Henriksen suggests applying a face oil prior to using your scrub to act as an extra layer of protection for your skin. And if you notice sensitivity or redness, exfoliate only once a week.

Looking for a scrub that won’t wreak havoc on your face with harsh beads? Henriksen says that jojoba beads are extremely gentle. “What you want to be sure of is that the beads are perfectly round spheres,” he said.Exfoliating brushes have become very popular lately thanks to Clarisonic, as well as their frequent use in various spa treatments. Be sure to keep a close eye on how your skin reacts to this tool, and cut back on use should you see irritation or redness. Use a hydrating moisturizer after exfoliating. Wash your face with warm water, then gently pat dry with a towel. You’ll want to lock in moisture with a cream or your favorite anti-aging serum before heading to bed. Your mornings will be much brighter and your skin significantly smoother.

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by Davide Gariboldi

Davide Gariboldi is a Personal Trainer who is very much in demand at the moment; his clients are individuals who aim at achieving perfect physical fitness and very competitive sport performances.

Many of them are in fact sport professionals, who trust in his expertise. Davide is also an outstanding operator when it comes to post-trauma rehabilitation.

He never misses an edition of Mister Olimpia in Las Vegas and of Arnold Classic; he is in excellent terms with many athletes and with some of the top-level trainers in the body-building world.

Just to name a few, Davide is both a close collaborator and a good friend of Chad Nichols (Ronnie Coleman’s long-lasting trainer) and Dave Palombo.

He is currently busy keeping fit and following his clients full-time.

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Transition diet After following the ketogenic diet plan for a while, we continue our body care programme by gradually including carbs in our regime, so that by enjoying a wider variety of foods it will be easier for us to maintain the results we have achieved. Besides, this type of diet also helps restore optimal metabolic functions and therefore to keep our ideal weight without having to follow a very forbidding diet.

I start by introducing into my patient’s diet small quantities of complex carbs – oat, quinoa, rice and wholemeal pasta - and fruit; fruit must be consumed with great moderation because fructose is very rapidly absorbed by blood and turns into what they call a ‘stealth bomb’ in the US, meaning that the body stores it differently from normal carbs. In the initial phase, lasting two weeks, my female patients can have 20-25 g of carbs – ideally oats – three times a day, while the amount for males is 40-50 g.

The allowed amount of carbs increases every two weeks, keeping in mind that they should be eaten during the first meal of the day and after exercise, that is during the so-called ‘window period’- a 30 to 40 minutes period when the body is absolutely incapable of putting on weight because it is totally engaged in recovering the energy spent while training.

The training necessary for this reaction should obviously be rather intense, but in any case during the window period the body stores carbs as muscle glycogen and not as fat: the insulin receptors are in fact very sensitive and therefore the cellular membranes are much more permeable.

I also prescribe a number of vitamins and supplements that help improve the interaction between the body and carbs, such as chromium picolinate, vanadyl sulphate and alpha lipoic acid.

A sample daily menu for an 80 kg man could be the following: meal 1 – breakfast: 45 g oats, three whole eggs and eight egg whites meal 2 – just proteins (for example peanut butter) meal 3 – avocado, chicken breast and 30-40 g brown rice meal 4 – repeat meal 2 meal 5 – repeat meal 3 Meal 6, an evening snack to be had just before going to sleep, should contain absolutely no carbs.

I recommend taking a multivitamins and minerals supplement, since vitamins C, D, E, calcium and magnesium are especially important in this process. They should in fact be taken every day anyway, because today’s food is very impoverished in nutrients compared with that of forty or fifty years ago and by itself can no longer provide them in sufficient quantities to maintain the body in healthy conditions.

During this transition diet, which leads to yet another type of regime to be illustrated in the future, we should remember to maintain an average daily intake of 2 l water.

For a custom dietary programmes please contact: dave@davidegariboldi.net

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by Ani Constantin

Anisoara Constantin, fitness model and personal trainer, was born 28 years ago in the beautiful region of Bukovina, Romania, and has always been very passionate about sport.

She is one of the top international fitness models and personal trainers. In the past 10 years, Ani has become an icon in Italy, where she lives and works as a fitness model.

She will give you suggestions to live a healthier life.

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3. Glute bridge Lie with your back on the floor and knees bent at 90 degrees. Lift the hips off the floor by pushing through the floor with your heels. The result should be a bridge from the back of your shoulder to your heels. Lower your hips.2 sets of 10 repetitions.

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“Cookies & cream fudge brownies”

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ink COOKIES & CREAM FUDGE BROWNIES Lined Brownie Tin Ingredients 165g butter 200g 70% dark chocolate 3 whole eggs 2 egg yolks 1 vanilla pod 2 tbsp self raising flour 1 tbsp cocoa powder 100g Oreo Cookies A pinch of salt Method for making 1. Preheat the over to 180C° Gas 4.

2. Line the tin with greaseproof paper.

3. Melt the butter in a saucepan, remove from heat.

4. Grate the chocolate and add to the melted butter.

5. In a bowl add the eggs and whisk until light in consistency. Whisk in half the sugar and then gradually add remaining sugar, whisking until light & fluffy.

6. Add in the chocolate mixture, flour, cocoa powder and salt & fold the mixture together.

7. Crush the cookies roughly and fold in half to the mixture.

8. Pour into the Brownie Tin, placing the remaining crushed cookies on top.

9. Cook for 25-30mins. Check after 25mins, if soft in the middle then it is ready.

10. Leave to cool in the tin then slice & remove.

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Bits & pieces

by Talita Savorani

Summer has almost ended and fall is coming!

Say goodbye to those lovely beach parties and cocktails by your swimming pool; so get ready for a colder weather soon... Never forget to keep your own style because we love it here at Fashink Magazine; we are almost ready in this fall issue to give you some tips for your outfits for late-summer events before leaves start to fall down.. Starting from girls’ accessories - bags for all ladies! - and calling at tattooed furniture and coverings for your sitting-room and saloon... But also personalized and customized party products to make your guests comfortable.

period, at late summer, close to the beginning of autumn in order to avoid sweaty wedding clothes and shock inducing temperatures!

Reby Bags can help you find the perfect solution between an elegant accessory mainly bags of course - and something perfect to match your style and feel exclusive.

Grab yours and have fun surfing their website but also their e-commerce at: http://www. rebbofficial.it/ .

Elegant buckets with tiger patches, hearts and traditional patterns: all available in several color such as black, white, red, silver, pale rose and golden but also light blue, grass green and orange.

Prince is around â‚Ź 130 but it is definitely worthy for a special event! There are also shopping bags, wallets, pochettes and mini bags to customize your own style!

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Maybe are you going to hold an event at your place, a pool party to say goodbye to summer with your friends by the moonlight? So it seems like you are looking to refurbish your place for the upcoming season... What about getting inspired by this “tattooed” armchair created by Cookies Bros? A tribute to old school tattoo culture and Dutch design, completely handmade - of course - and carved into wood! The “Tattoo chair” is one of the 4 main elements of their design and trends. http://www.cookiebros.com is their website which explains their philosophy and how they reached today, throughout developing their ideas... They stated on it: “We believe that design is like getting a tattoos. If it isn’t badass, they don’t f*uckin’ do it!”. Their names are Graham and Doug van der Pas, a design collective created more than 10 years ago and highly world-renowned for design studios.

Their debut collection, including also “The Danny Boy” chair, was launched at “Salone del Mobile” 2013 here in Milan.

Want to plan the event at your place anyway but still looking for something special for the party itself? http://www.psychobabyonline. com offers you a wide range of printable tattoo-theme patterns on napkins, mugs, cutting boards, coaster sets for your beers, water bottles and even on your swimming pool flip flops - f you still want to swim in the pool -! Just select your product on the PsychoBaby Online e-commerce and the color of your print, not only tattoos of course but there’s a wide selection of traditional ones there to create a perfect gift for someone special or to plan your own party and be always “on point”!

Looking to give the final touch? A new covering for your sofa to renew it or - could be! - to hide party drunken stains after summer... http://www.coritarose.com/ is a British furniture company known for its comfortable upholstered furniture with different and striking design! They can even be called “motley” due to the absurd charm of those sofa coverings. Corita Rose offers several and mixed looks: they reminds you a tattoo shop, a small wooden house close to the lake, a gypsy tent or a flowery summery vintage sofa... It’s up to you and to your creativity! According to the designer, nowadays fashionable minimalism and its cold “official” colors are in need to be “warmed” and amused. The collection of colorful “tattooed” furniture can be found at their website to grab some inspiration and make it yours! They create curtains, wallpaper and prints too.

Remember that your house mirrors your person. Keep it personal, customize it and give a new life to your furniture too to start this fall in the right way!

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