Greetings all!
Today started in Turin, where we left the hotel for new adventures. And boy, what adventures we had.
We first went to the Liberty Fabrics of London Italian factory where they showed us how they make 4.5million meters per year.
That’s 4500 kilometers! That’s over 2800 miles!
Liberty Fabrics has been around for 150 years, and you have likely seen their work. If you have Ziggy Stardust, otherwise known as The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders of Mars, then you’ve definitely seen their work. David Bowie is on the cover and is wearing a jumpsuit in their fabric.
Others wearing their stuff include the Beatles, Twiggy, and Queen Elizabeth.
Anyway, it was fascinating. They have two basic processes, digital and conventional. The digital is essentially a fabric inkjet printer with huge vats of colored ink. The convential uses these cylinders in sequence, generally 10, sometimes 12, and each cylinder is a pattern and a color.
Basically, they showed us how plain fabric becomes these intricate designs. Really cool!!
Then they gave out a bundle of fat quarters. The wife liked that.
But that was just the opening act. From there we drove to the Mercato Centrale of Milan, where made pasta! And then we ate pasta!
There’s a culinary school that basically had us make pasta and ravioli, and then we ate it all, along with a gelato. During the times when we weren’t doing anything, they forced us to drink prosecco. Forced us, I say!
After that, we got to the hotel and relaxed.
What a good day!
But now it’s time to sleep. Tomorrow, we see Milan, especially the Duomo, and shop!
Have a great day!