GIO'S JOURNAL

Horsing Around

For W’s glamorous globe-trotter, Giovanna Battaglia, it’s a fab, fab world.

by Giovanna Battaglia

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“On my first ever holiday in the Hamptons, I signed up for polo lessons. Of course, the only things I did not pack in my seven suitcases were a pair of riding boots and proper pants, so I rushed out to buy them. Now I’m obsessed with both the sport and the outfit!”

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“Natalie Massenet, the founder of Net-a-Porter, had a blow-out birthday party in Positano, Italy. These For Restless Sleepers by Francesca Ruffini pajamas were just the thing for the crack-of-dawn flight I took to get there— and looked perfect with my monogrammed Anya Hindmarch bag.”

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“Midsummer parties are a Swedish tradition. Everyone makes a crown of fresh flowers in specific colors. I think the emojis add a nice touch.”

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“In the Hamptons, I used seashells I’d collected to make a self-portrait— and posed next to it in my Marysia bikini.”

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“I spotted this amazing antique leotard in a costume store in Stockholm. It reminded me of Léon Bakst’s beautiful, provocative designs for the Ballet Russes.”

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“These turquoise Miu Miu earrings look so lovely with the fabric flowers I used for a photo shoot— it’s like they were made for each other.”

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“At the opening of Dasha Zhukova’s Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, in Moscow, the trees surrounding the main building were wrapped in a polka-dot fabric by the artist Yayoi Kusama. I felt like I was in a scene from Alice in Wonderland.”