Fashion in the Bag – The Gleni Blog

Are you planning your summer vacation but have not yet decided on the destination?

Are you tired of the average summer resorts, full of people and noise everywhere day and night?

Would you like to spend your holiday in a peaceful country area, where you can finally relax and re – discover your connection with Nature and the natural rhythms and traditions?

Christmas has just gone by  and everybody here in Italy organized a delicious Christmas lunch to delight and impress their invited relatives and friends with many delicious Christmas dishes!!!!
Christmas is probably the most heartfelt celebration here in Italy and there are a few typical culinary dishes which are exclusively prepared at Christmas time by our [...]

The “supreme elegance” of Roberto Capucci on view in a new exhibition at Bracciano Castle
The wonderful Odescalchi castle of Bracciano near Rome, till December the 13th, is the magnificent setting of a long anticipated event in the art and fashion world: the exhibition in honor of  Roberto Capucci, one of the historic founders of Italian [...]

Italy has long been renowned world over for its fine traditions of craftsmanship, and has been the source of countless unique masterpieces over the centuries. Italian manufacturers have a fine reputation for their excellent taste, which reflects in their products, and have never stopped producing top quality luxury goods, using the skills and expertise passed from generation to generation over several centuries.

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25 APRIL 1945 – 25 APRIL 2009
64th ANNIVERSARY OF THE LIBERATION
What a better occasion is there than the 25th April, this coming week-end, to brush up on a bit of our history, celebrate our past and why not visit some of the most beautiful places in Italy too?

In Italy, the 25th April marks a very [...]

In a few days, next Sunday, April the 12th, most Christians will celebrate Easter day, a very important religious feast in which the death and the Resurrection of Jesus Christ is celebrated. Unlike Christmas Day, which is kept on December the 25th in most of the world, Easter day is not celebrated by all Christians on April the 12th, but this date changes according to the different countries and branches of Christianity.

However, whenever your Easter Day is, we wish you all a joyful and peaceful day, full of harmony and wonderful surprises.

“Sanremo is always Sanremo”: the famous slogan from the advertising of this important Italian event, perfectly summarizes what the Sanremo festival means to Italians. It’s a piece of Italian tradition, an important stage of Italian history, an event which not only helps spread the Italian song all around the world but that speaks of Italy, of Italian passions and customs. Sanremo week is a set date for Italians

At the moment Italy and many other European countries are celebrating the Carnival season. This is a very old, popular tradition celebrated by dressing up in costumes and masks. It’s celebrated every year before the beginning of Lent (Lent is the period of 40 days before Easter in the Christian calendar when people do penance or fast to remember the 40 days spent by Jesus in the desert), and usually it occurs between the end of January and middle of February. The most important days are on “Fat Thursday” and “Fat Tuesday”, but every town has its own traditions and in many places there are also celebrations on Saturday, Sunday and Monday. The distinctive element is that in this period all jokes are permitted and you have to dress up in costume.

Unlike many other countries around the world, Christmas time here in Italy isn’t over yet. The last celebration that brings this long and very joyful Christmas period to an end is Epiphany, celebrated on January the 6th. Up until this date Italian factories are closed and the Gleni staff is still on holiday too. But [...]