A journey through Italy. Cultural souvenirs. Nomadic images and atmospheres. It was not only the places that, mainly between the 18th and 19th centuries, attracted intellectuals, writers and young people from the European upper middle class. They came from afar, facing extremely demanding journeys to consume beauty above all, and translate it into experiences, visions, books, poems. A true initiation rite, as it was for Lord Byron and Goethe who left their indelible mark on the histories of cities, including Venice and Ravenna... And yes, beauty. We cannot do without it. An ephemeral good that improves our lives. In fact, it is precisely intangible assets that make us think more about the substance of things, the value of objects. Without having a precise route in mind, our imaginary itinerary thus begins in Sicily, with Dolce & Gabbana glasses immediately taking us to the heart of the island with the unmistakable motifs of Sicilian majolica or carts. They taste of holidays, new discoveries. They smell of sun, blossoming orange blossoms, Mediterranean scrub, saltiness. While the slender steel frame and the shaded, luminous lenses of Eyepetizer's Capri glasses evoke, with their ethereal lightness, the fluid, marine transparencies of that legendary island, at times suspended between sky and water, visually bringing us back to the home of writer Curzio Malaparte, poised on a spur of rock, ready to plunge into the abyss to become symbol, myth, legend. Among the absolute myths of fashion is Valentino, who invariably takes us to Rome, where the brand was founded in 1959. "La dolce vita" comes to life above all in the V-Romask mask, dedicated precisely to the city and made by Akoni, a Swiss company that drew on the maison's archives and revived a familiar lexicon.  But the absolute symbol of La Dolce Vita is definitely him, Marcello Mastroianni, whom Anita Ekberg, immersed in the Trevi Fountain, calls out. Even in his films, the actor often wore the iconic Persol 649 glasses, a brand that has never lost its authenticity and identity over time, thanks also to the presence of three structural elements that make it instantly recognisable: the Victor Flex bridge, the Meflecto flexible temple system and the Supreme arrow. Precisely the same ones that today also characterise the model 0PO3319S Tom (in the opening photo).