Part of my work makes me travel to different countries and explore the local cultures. And in every country I need to find something really unique that will forever remind me of this trip. And Violraviol is my souvenir of Buenos Aires: colorful, bold, yet playful and even a bit kitschy.
I was wandering around Palermo (the Hollywood part) and then I detected this cute little shop. As a gay man I was right away attracted to the flowery aprons in the window and so I went inside to have a look at what other fabulous things they'd sell here. My eyes then caught the attention of a set of napkins in different designs...and I right away knew that this would be looking wonderful on my kitchen table. Gorgeous, darling...just gorgeous!
Funnily enough, a couple months later I'm exchanging travel stories with a person I was having drinks with and when we came to talk about Buenos Aires, we soon discovered that we'd both been shopping at Violraviol...turns out, she was bold enough to buy that apron!
The moral: be bold, colourful, playful and even dare to be kitchy! read more
