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Passalacqua: A Love Letter to Lake Como

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Under wide awnings, the outside table settings are dappled in warm, golden light. Lovers stroll among the grandfather trees, whispering sweet nothings. Passalacqua is so idyllic and inviting that you can’t help but become a romantic, one captivated by dreams of love. Ever since Bellini wrote two ...
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Daria Reina is a French-Italian photographer and coolhunter who has been working as a creative director, designer, and communications consultant for the luxury industry for more than twenty years. An art and content curator for luxury hotels, she loves to conceive and give life to projects to share and convey her sense of art, beauty, and style in every possible way. In 2020, she received the prestigious Irene Brin Prize by the Accademia Costume & Moda of Rome.


Andrea Ferolla is an Italian creative director, illustrator, and artist renowned for his evocative and timelessly romantic paintings and sketches. His distinctive style, characterized by swift yet sophisticated strokes, captures the elegance, gestures, and attitudes of his subjects with remarkable fluidity. Ferolla’s work has been exhibited at the London Fashion Illustration Gallery and Gray MCA, in both London and New York, earning recognition in prominent Italian and international fashion publications.


Together, Reina and Ferolla have co-founded Chez Dede, a brand that blends design, fashion, and artistic expression. Ferolla’s illustrations are prominently featured across Chez Dede’s accessories and interiors collections and showcased in the brand’s atelier- showroom in Rome and select international boutiques. In 2018, Reina’s photography and Ferolla’s illustrations were published together in Assouline’s Italian Chic, an evocative journey through Italy.

From the moment you step through the gates, you are living the dolce vita dream: glamorous, nostalgic, playful, fun, romantic...

— Skye McAlpine

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Page count

200 pages

Number of illustrations

140

Language

English

Released on

June 2025

Dimensions

W 25 x L 33 x D 4 cm

ISBN

9781649805065

Weight

1.801 kg

Author

Preface by Paolo, Antonella, and Valentina De Santis, illustrations by Andrea Ferolla and photography by Daria Reina

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