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Thursday, August 23, 2018

GOING OPEN-AIR VINTAGE MARKETS... 
Do you like Summer markets shopping? I literally love it! There's nothing like an outdoor craft-supply/vintage market, if you want either to find not too expensive items with a bit of an artistic vibe or just to haggle. Because Summer is undeniably the best season to shop for vintage curiosities, second-hand treasures, not to speak of local handcrafted pieces. And local markets emanate such an exciting atmosphere! Going open-air street market shopping in Italian touristic resorts is one of the best way to spend your holiday time; and if you think you need to spend a lot of money to get really good buys, you're wrong, as you can find lots of beautiful objects and clothes for relatively cheap. Wherever you go in Italy, you'll always find a town or a village that provides a marketplace for several crafters. 
I agree with you that outdoor markets can become over-saturated and unpleasant to visit, when they are too big and well-known, as well as too touristy. This is certainly not the case of the tiny vintage market held in Gardone Riviera - Lake Garda, which I stumbled upon last Sunday, after a pleasant dinner in a restaurant nearby. In this small tourist resort on the western shore of the lake, in Northern Italy, on the peaceful lakeside promenade decorated with well-kept flowerbeds, while strolling and enjoying lake views, you can have a look to a few stands with high-quality merchandise such as beachwear, trendy straw-bags and beautiful semi-precious jewels which can be certainly appealing to fashionistas and collectors. 
Useless to say, I found an opportunity to make the purchase of a "beach-style" pair of earrings at a stall held by Anna, a very nice lady whose best and most famous creations, branded Perlematte, are actually French-style straw bags decorated with vintage trimmings and fringes. These basic shopping/beach-bags, thanks to her creative verve, are transformed in high-quality, unique pieces of several sizes which can be worn also as cool city-bags.
So dear readers, if you, like me, think that travelling a foreign country is also a great opportunity to shop for local items, enjoy a visit to one of the open-street markets in the area you're visiting. 
Happy late-Summer holidays!😎🌞

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