by admin | Apr 15, 2024 | Arts & Leisure, Home - Featured
Growing up on the north end of Palm Beach in the years following World War II, Mimi Maddock McMakin could scamper out the door of Tree Tops, her family home, and ramble through the property’s 14 lakefront acres. “We never had neighbors, we just had jungle,” McMakin...
by Christine Schott | Apr 3, 2024 | Home - Sidebar, Social Studies
The history of famed Italian linen company, Pratesi, is a testament to its rich heritage throughout the globe. Elizabeth Taylor famously once checked out of a hotel because the room was not outfitted with Pratesi linens. Similarly, Coco Chanel insisted on only using...
by Christine Schott | Aug 25, 2023 | Home - Sidebar, Social Studies
Pratesi—the ultimate in Italian-woven luxury linens—hosted cocktails, conversation and shopping at its Southampton popup store in celebration of Simone Levinson, Founding Co-chair, and the Board of Directors, of the Southampton Arts Center. A percentage of proceeds...
by Tyler McCall | Dec 21, 2022 | Home - Sidebar, Town Square
The origins of luxury Italian linen brand Pratesi lie in romance: Over one hundred years ago, a young wine merchant by the name of Remigio Pratesi fell in love with a beautiful woman in his village, just outside of Florence. To woo her, he contracted a seamstress to...