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Fausto Coppi
Date posted: 18th May 2013
In 1948 Fausto Coppi was at the peak of his cycling powers, however that was the year when he met the ‘Woman in White’ Giulia Occhini, and it would prove his undoing both in sport and his personal life.
Night at the Museum
On International Museum Day, 18th May, a range of programmes, backed by Unesco, will unfold across more than 30 countries across Europe to bring awareness to the plight of museums and entertain.
Dolce & Gabbana descend on LFW
During the London Men’s Collections in June Dolce&Gabbana are celebrating their love for tailoring with the opening of their new store in Bond Street.
Salvo - A Sicilian tale of love over death
An unexpected highlight of Cannes Film Festival 2013 has been served up in the form of the debut film by Italian directors Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza, whose visually arresting tale of modern love is told through actions rather than words. Here's more.
Beckham confounded expectations
David Beckham announces his retirement from football and while his legacy is about the brand he created he will too be remembered as a talented footballer and natural leader who continuously confounded expectations and won the hearts of the supporters no matter where.
Personal Space Invaders
What’s the problem? There is nothing worse than having to deal with someone invading your personal space, especially when there is no escape, and that’s the problem that this week’s guy is facing.
Look of the Day: Red Carpet
The Cannes Film Festival is in full swing, and that inspired us to take a turn on the red carpet, imaginary red carpet, unfortunately.
3 songs to… strut your stuff at Cannes
With Cannes underway, Mood Swings is thinking about those of us who will be attending with the sole intention of strutting their stuff. Here are 3 songs to make sure you do it in style.
Walking in Style
Shoes always make or break an outfit, and in summer, shoes are even more important than in winter i believe. Dolce&Gabbana agree and here are some essential styles for your summer walks.
A word of warning to Sonam Kapoor
Indian beauty Sonam Kapoor has been stunning photographers at the Cannes Film Festival 2013 red carpet, but she’s also been stunning gossip magazines with her latest boyfriend, Lapo Elkann.
An Italian Wedding: The traditions to make it last
What should you wear on your wedding day? Should the groom see the bride or not? Do you know what bouquet means in Italy? All the Italian wedding traditions you should know before getting married…
Scientific beauty: Amino Acid Therapy
Many of you may remember amino acids from our biology lessons, while more nutritionally mined readers will immediately think of a protein centred diet, but amino acids have been proven as powerful allies in terms of beauty.
Chelsea’s quality shines again in Europe
Another night of European glory for Chelsea as the London club continue to etch their name in the continent’s trophies, despite their sometimes turbulent domestic affairs.
Carey Mulligan, 5 reasons to love her
British Carey Mulligan is taking the Cannes Film Festival 2013 (and movie theatres) by storm as the female protagonist in The Great Gatsby along side Leonardo DiCaprio. If her pretty face in 3D is not enough, here are more reasons why we love her.
Health Tips: Action on Carb Addiction
We all know that carbs are a source of sugar, and that in many ways, unless one runs a marathon on a daily basis, excess carbs do noting but make us gain weight. Disturbingly, Dr William Davis has put forward the thesis that carbs are addictive, like heroin.
Salgado, the wandering photographer
More than 100 Countries visited, a lifetime dedicated to represent people around the world in the wildest location, Sebastião Salgado is a dedicated photographer on an unstoppable search for beauty.
Top 5 ghost goals in football
Next year’s FIFA World Cup will be the first to use goal-line technology to determine whether the ball has crossed the line or not. The ‘ghost goal’ may be a thing of the past. Swide has the top 5 ghost goals.
Madonna works out Italian style
Madonna’s infamous fitness centre franchise Hardy Candy is about to open in Rome. The Material Girl is looking to punish those Amatriciana and Maritozzi chomping Romans and turn them into super lean kabbalah machines.
Moto Guzzi California dreaming
The 2014 Moto Guzzi California 1400 Custom is a thoroughly modern cruiser that brings the historical Italian motorcycle brand into the 21st century with a very loud bang.
White lace and promises
It’s ceremony season meaning its time for those dreaded last minute shopping emergencies. The Dolce&Gabbana Fall Winter 2014 pre collection has plenty of conundrum resolving outfits. Over the next three weeks, Swide will be presenting you with three themed options, white, pastel and floral.
Breaking the bank: The world’s most Expensive dishes
If I say expensive food, you immediately think caviar and lobsters. But it gets better than that. Here are the most expensive dishes ever created, where the chef’s unlimited imagination combines luxury ingredients for those with unlimited budgets.
Top 10 Running shoes For 2013
The world is running. Everywhere we go the streets are filled with people pounding the pavements. For manufacturers of the serious runners’ running shoe business has never been so good. Swide has the top 10 running shoes on the market.
Controversial Cannes Film Festival
With Steven Spielberg as the Jury President of this year’s 66th Cannes Film Festival, Swide are looking at the films that are big in terms of theme, action or actors
The Colour Beneath
Jazz up a lace dress with a neon coloured satin slip underneath.
Born To Run: A book that goes the distance
‘Born To Run’, Christopher McDougall’s 2009 best-selling book about the Tarahumara Indians in Mexico and their culture of running as a way of life is a must-read. It’s not only the best book about running you will read, but one of the best books, period. It’s a book that will continue to inspire for decades.
Look of the Day: The Perfect Date
Suave, sleek and impeccably dressed, the perfect date on and off the red carpet.
Marine Vacth is Young and Beautiful at Cannes
In Jeune & Jolie by Francois Ozon, competing at Cannes 2013, Marine Vacth is a 17 year old prostitute and she’s the new French diva.
Messi & Miss go shopping in Milan
Fresh from celebrating Barcelona’s La Liga triumph, Lionel Messi brought long-time partner Antonella Rocuzzo on a shopping trip to the Dolce&Gabbana boutique on Corso Venezia, in Milan.
Lady in Lace
Sometimes classic is the right way to go, well for some of us, classic is the right look to opt for in most cases, classic Dolce&Gabbana that is.
Jessica Alba is a Dame to Kill for
Mother of two Jessica Alba is reprising her role as Nancy Callahan in the second instalment of noir thriller Sin City.
Top 10 road bicycles for 2013
Cycling continues to grow and grow in popularity, but whether you’re a out for a Sunday spin or competing in some of Europe’s top races Swide has the top 10 road bicycles.
MUST HAVE
A mix of vintage and modern makes these Dolce&Gabbana men’s three colour wingtip brogues a summer must have.
Happy Vesak Day
Vesak Day, otherwise known as Siddhartha Gautam’s (Buddha) birthday is celebrated differently in different Asian countries. Here are how some of the most prominent Buddhist countries celebrate this day.
Italy: the land of a thousand breakfasts
Don’t even try to talk about British or American breakfasts; here at Swide we only love the Italian one. But is an Italian breakfast? The gastronomic diversity is adamant even in our breakfasts and they differ from one region to another.
Plunge into Magna Graecia this summer
Italy has a long history of ancestors and its heritage does not originate this Country alone. Swide takes you back where everything started, walking you through the wonders of Magna Graecia.
Ferrari’s first fires Alonso’s title challenge
Fernando Alonso takes first on home turf to blow the Formula Championship race wide open. But not everyone is happy with the state of the sport.
Italian Food Excellence: Saffron
All you need to know about one of the Food Excellences of Italy: saffron.
Kate Upton: the all American Girl
Kate Upton’s all American looks breathe a breath of fresh air into the American modelling elite. Her wholesome and all round beauty recall the gone by days of another American blonde: Marilyn Monroe.
When colors become edible
A designer’s collaboration that aims to “make colour edible”, made of white chocolate and agar agar. Here is the result…
Emily Blunt’s Ready for the kill
From rocking the red carpet to battling aliens alongside Emily Blunt, Swide can’t figure out how Emily Blunt manages to find time to pamper herself at the salon.
Bianca Balti: Model modern mother
Scenes of domestic bliss between a mother and daughter, but take a closer look at these images are anything but ordinary. This is a glimpse of everyday life of the most beautiful woman in the world, Bianca Balti and her adorable daughter Matilde.
Postcards from the Sicilian Spring
Swide’s Sicilian Girl is celebrating Spring with her friends and scouring the sights of Sicily’s towns, collecting the perfect postcards to share with us.
The Bra: bound to the history of women
The bra is inexorably linked to the social history of women as much as its contents are linked to female anatomy. The brassieres’ development is a benchmark of the social relevance of women throughout history.
Hot celeb mums to be
If you didn’t know, apparently Kim Kardashian is pregnant… but if you take a look behind this celebrities much talked about gestation, you’ll notice a whole host of hot mum’s to be.
La Lupa Capitolina: Rome’s wolf mother
The Italians’ love of their mother is well known and manifest in the thousands of different Madonnas that are adored up and down the Italian peninsula. However, the she-wolf of Rome evinces mother idolatry that predates the Christian era.
Nature’s one Hell of a Mother
The trials that mother’s go through, raising their children, is the labour of love. But while we are celebrating our loved ones, let’s take a moment to think about the mothers who like to do things on the wild side.
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