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opes that will inspire you to bring back the art of letter writing, plus an amazing choice of
notebooks, art stuff and trinkets.
Bottega di Marmoraro
(Via Margutta 53b; 8am-7.30pm Mon-Sat; Flaminio)
A charismatic hole-in-the-wall shop
lined with marble carvings, where you can get marble tablets engraved with any inscrip-
tion you like (€15). Peer inside at lunchtime and you might see the
marmoraro
(marble ar-
tisan) cooking a pot of tripe for his lunch on the open log fire.
ARTISANAL
Lucia Odescalchi
JEWELLERY
( 06 6992 5506; Palazzo Odescalchi, Piazza Santissimi Apostoli 81; 9.30am-2pm Mon-Fri;
Spagna)
If you're looking for a unique piece of statement jewellery, this is the place.
Housed in the evocative archives of the family
palazzo
, the avant-garde pieces often have
an almost medieval beauty, and run from incredible polished steel and chain mail to pieces
created out of pearls and fossils. Beautiful. Prices start at around €140.
C.U.C.I.N.A.
HOMEWARES
( 06 679 12 75; Via Mario de' Fiori 65; 3.30-7.30pm Mon, 10am-7.30pm Tue-Fri, 10.30am-7.30pm
Sat; Spagna)
If you're into cooking as much for the gear as the food, you'll enjoy this
cool kitchenware shop. A branch of the capital's C.U.C.I.N.A chain, it stocks all sorts of
sexy pots and pans, designer cutlery, gourmet gadgets, wine glasses and a range of fash-
ionable cooking apparel.
Eleonora
( 06 6919 0554; Via del Babuino 97; 10am-7.30pm Mon-Sat, 11am-7.30pm Sun; Spagna)
The
brash exterior disguises a local hotspot. Venture into the Tardis-like shop and you'll find
that its finger is on the pulse, with a classy selection of designers, including Dolce & Gab-
bana, Fendi, Missoni, Marc Jacobs and Sergio Rossi.
CLOTHING
Danielle
SHOES
