“It was only cool to have blond hair and be a surfer chick [in Sydney]. I could learn how to surf, but I still looked Italian. It took me a long time to realize that was a good thing.” LongStillsRealizingHairLong TimeGood ThingsItalianChicksSurfSydneySurfer Author:Natalie Imbruglia
“The Italian government, a free French newspaper tartly observed, never finished a war on the same side it started on – unless the war lasted long enough to change sides twice.” LongWarEnoughGovernmentSidesFinishedNewspapersItalian Author:Jean Edward Smith
“The fellows who amuze me are the Albanians. An Albanian on the mash is almost exactly like the medieval swells of the Italian frescoes & the first ones we met quite startled us. They wear the tight-fitting trunk hose made of woolen stuff hooked up the back of the leg. It is white with long black stripes of embroidery down the leg & at the top in front the shirt is pulled through slashes. They are long slim chaps with dandy little moustaches & are most theatrical in effect.” FirstsLittlesLongMadeStuffBlackWhiteEffectsFrontsMetsFellowsLegsShirtsItalianMedievalFittingTheatricalHookedTrunksStripesSlimChapsMoustacheDandyEmbroideryAlbanian Author:Edith Durham