Bullet List: Rome Style Decoded

Crop wide pant, crossbody bag

Put together with black leather jacket

Mom looking put together

What makes women in a particular city, say Paris, look so Parisian? Likewise, what makes women in Rome, look so Italian?! Here are some decoding bullets:

• Jewelry (big, bold, and lots of it!)
• Scarves
• Trendy or beautiful shoes
• Loose locks of hair
• One really big statement piece
• Clear style statements of confidence
• Hosiery
• Mani/pedis are a must
• Fully styled professionals
• Luxury denim is styled upscale
• Lips and Mascara

Here are some other style helpers:

• Umbrella
• Helmet that coordinates with scooter
• Leather (Italian) handbag
• Leather (Italian) jacket

Here’s what I don’t see on the streets of Rome worn by Romans:

• Pajamas
• Flip flops
• Wrinkled clothes
• Bottom cleavage/muffin tops

So let me describe a few of the beautiful Italian women I have seen so far, but haven’t gotten photos of:

Woman #1: 60s/70s — Black hair — skinny skinny

• Hosiery with large criss-cross design, flat black suede shoes
• Black sheath dress trimmed with short fringe
• Black leather jacket
• Giant pearl and gold necklace, earrings, multiple rings

Woman #2: 40s/50s — brown hair — average build

• Wide-legged, over-dyed, oversized denim cropped jeans in a melon color
• Matching oversized straight cut car length jacket in same melon denim
• Extra-long print scarf down to her knees in a print of melon/neon green/red
• Ankle boots, mid-height heel, trendy in light tan (Italian leather, I would bet)

Woman #3: 60s — salt and pepper hair — athletic build

• Cropped gabardine pants in dark green
• Open-toed suede shoe in cognac with a chunky stacked heel (Italian leather)
• Silk print blouse — three shades of green with some purple for good luck
• Leather jacket in cognac (Italian leather)
• Cream-colored helmet & matching cream and black scooter
• Silk chiffon scarf in pale green
• Leather brief portfolio in cognac (Matchy-matchy I love it!)

Each of these women had a certain striking air of confidence, and of assertiveness. I got the sense that they didn’t put too much focus on matters that didn’t directly involve them. I also sensed that they weren’t looking for style approval, but rather that style was their medium, under their control.