While the kickoff’s official theme was “harmony,” the real sell in icy Italia was beauty. The European nation’s clothes, art, music, food and, yes, genetic gifts, were on full display. Not so much the millennia-old industriousness of the Duomo, Colosseum or Roman aqueducts. Giant, mechanical elements like those cost a lot of Euros. So, Italy’s showcase turned out pretty dinky.
It’s molto bene to be Leo’s girlfriend.
At Friday night’s Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony in Milan, Italy, Vittoria Ceretti, the 27-year-old model — and Leonardo DiCaprio’s twentysomethingth twentysomething — carried the Italian flag ahead of the host country’s national anthem.
Beyond her obvious headline-grabbing potential (this was a fete that also celebrated the paparazzi), Ceretti’s duty made sense.
The Italian Ceretti, if you somehow couldn’t guess the provenance of her last name, was part of a runway-style tribute to the late designer Giorgio Armani, the Milanese fashion designer who died last September. Models strutted in wearing chic Armani suits in red, white and green. Everybody looked gorgeous.
Indeed, while the kickoff’s official theme was “harmony,” the real sell in icy Italia was beauty. The European nation’s clothes, art, music, food and, yes, genetic gifts, were on full display. Not so much the millennia-old industriousness of the Duomo, Colosseum or Roman aqueducts. Giant, mechanical elements like those cost a lot of Euros.
Unfortunately Italy’s showcase, like France’s drizzle fizzle two years ago, turned out pretty dinky.
