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Stories of Italian living, the art of the table, and the places behind MI RE LA

Places & Collections

Stories Behind the Collections

Discover the landscapes, symbols and traditions behind Cortina, Toscana and Amalfi.

Cortina Toscana Amalfi

Practical Guides

The Table

What protects a wood, marble or glass table, and what belongs on it once it is set. The practical questions, answered.

Protecting Your Table Setting the Table All Table Guides

Home & Hospitality

Hosting & Living

Stories about receiving guests, living naturally and the ways our relationship with the home and table continues to change.

The Philosophy Receiving Guests Entertaining Today Hosting at Home

Materials & Making

Linen & Craft

Follow the material, the embroidery and the Italian hands behind MI RE LA, together with the story and philosophy of the brand.

Living With Linen The Craft Our Origins

Food & Italian Rituals

In the Kitchen

Recipes, ingredients and the small decisions behind Italian cooking, from what belongs in the pan to what is better left out.

Explore In the Kitchen

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Take It Out While It Is Still Damp

Stiffness, shrinkage and creases no iron can remove: a surprising amount of it happens at the end of the drying cycle, once the cloth is already almost dry. Read more...

The First Two Minutes

Hot water, chlorine bleach and rubbing ruin more linen than the spills that prompt them. What to do in the first two minutes, and what to reach for instead. Read more...

Two Napkins, Two Finishes

A dinner napkin is in your lap within thirty seconds and nobody sees it flat again. A cocktail napkin lies flat under a glass for an hour. That is the... Read more...

Pre-Washed, Stone-Washed, Enzyme-Washed

Pre-washed, stone-washed, softened, garment-washed. These terms do not form one standard vocabulary, and two cloths carrying the same word can have been through very different things. Read more...