you could never make plans, because friends are always coming and going, explains Fendi.
Its like living in a lighthouse!
OPEN SPACESTop left: Silvia Venturini Fendi at her home in Ponza.
Photographed by François Halard,Vogue,June 2002
The antique tiles are from Southern Italy.
Everybody in Rome goes to Capri or Sardinia, says Silvia.
But thats too crowded for me.
OPEN SPACESTop left: Silvia Venturini Fendi at her home in Ponza. Right: Silvia Fendi knocked three rooms into one to create the focal area of the house, and added the library mezzanine. The antique tiles are from Southern Italy.
Here, tourism is really only just starting.
Its still a really wild place.
Ponzesi are a feisty island people, famously skeptical of outsiders.
BAGS OF FUNSilvia Fendi’s embroidered tote bag lies among locally embroidered cushions on a Balinese daybed in the living room. The velvet bedspread is Turkish.
The velvet bedspread is Turkish.
Silvia also restored the rooms original tall French windows.
These had inexplicably been replaced decades ago when the real point of the room is the incredible view!
CRAZY PAVINGSilvia’s mother, Anna Fendi, found the antique Southern Italian tiles for the kitchen. Inset: An embroidered Baguette bag designed by Silvia Fendi, on a Thai mirror panel in her living room.
The terrace, decorated with pots of cactus, is designed for alfresco dining.
The trouble with Ponza is that you just eat!
says Fendi, laughing.
I cant live without the sea, says Fendi, and this house is like living on a boat!
I loved it!)
CRAZY PAVINGSilvias mother, Anna Fendi, found the antique Southern Italian tiles for the kitchen.
The Ponza house is evidently as inspiring as it is relaxing.
Dynasty of Style, photographed by Oberto Gili, was originally published in the April 1986 issue of Vogue.
