For the last four years, I've gone to sleep with and woken up beside Sophia Loren. More specifically: a life-sized poster of the actress and a giant sausage from the film La Mortadella hangs across her bed. The only thing crazier than the plot of the absurdist 1971 movie is the fact that I've never seen it—until now.
In 2020, I didn’t bake bread or cook beans, but I did make an effort to decorate my apartment. Like a lot of people, I spent many nights scrolling through resale and secondhand sites, looking for art to brighten up the space that I was suddenly trapped in. One day, I came across a poster on eBay for a 1971 film called La Mortadella starring Sophia Loren. It caught my eye for two reasons: Firstly because Loren and her large brown eyes are gorgeous. And secondly, the poster hilariously features a large, phallic piece of meat, which she stares at mischievously. I imagined it hanging somewhere in my kitchen, greeting guests when they walked in the door.
Before adding the poster to my cart—I think it cost about $300—I figured I should do a little research first, since I’d never heard of La Mortadella or its English title, Lady Liberty, before. The plot summary on Wikipedia reads as follows:
Maddalena Ciarrapico arrives in New York City from Italy to get married and brings her fiancé a gift of mortadella (“large Italian pork sausage”) from her co-workers at the sausage factory where she used to work. But she is refused permission to bring the mortadella into the country because of the ban on meat which may contain food-borne diseases. An indignant Maddalena refuses to hand the sausage over, staying in the customs office at the airport, sparking a diplomatic incident in which she attracts widespread sympathy and support.
Sold. The premise was so simple and yet so ridiculous: mortadella sparking a “diplomatic incident” in New York? I purchased the poster without a second thought and eagerly awaited its arrival. When it finally came, though, I found myself gagged once again: I’d been so caught up in the movie’s plot, that I’d failed to look at the dimensions of the poster: 56 inches by 41 inches. It was about as tall as I am. The mortadella itself measures almost three feet in length and a foot in girth.
There was no returning it, though, and it didn’t matter because I was in love. When the framer told me how much it would cost to put Loren and her mortadella behind glass, I looked into her eyes and said: whatever it takes. She currently hangs on the wall across from my bed—the only wall big enough—and is the first thing I see when I open my eyes and the last thing I see before I close them.
After living with La Mortadella for three years, I’d still never seen the movie, though. I was afraid that it would ruin it—that it could never live up to its poster, or that it was somehow cancelable. But on a rainy day this winter, I decided to put it on finally. Thank Goddess, it lived up to the hype.
The film begins with Loren’s character, Maddalena, getting off the plane in New York with a mortadella the size of a small child cradled in her arms. When she’s told she can’t bring meat into the country, she replies in the most Italian way: by saying that this is a “stupid rule,” and therefore not worth following. Maddalena’s fiancé, who came to America before her, tries to talk some sense into her. Is it worth sacrificing everything for a hunk of meat? But this only makes Maddalena more upset. The man she fell in love with back in Italy was a socialist who stood up for what he believed in! Not some narc who cowered to the law. And just like that, she tells him the wedding is off.
Of course, the beautiful Maddalena then becomes the object of affection for just about everyone in the customs office, including a journalist who makes her plight front page news. A civil rights activist played by Danny DiVito then gets involved (yes, Danny DiVito); people are arrested and taken to the hospital; there’s lots of shouting and breaking of things; Maddalena does a musical number; and we’re even introduced to a hippie named Mr. Wildflower who photographs women’s butts.
La Mortadella is truly a trip. I’ve never seen anything like it, and I’m not sure I ever will again. I won’t give away the ending, but if you’re in the mood for a ridiculous romp with Italian subtitles, I suggest you make yourself a plate of cured meat and curl up with this delicious film.
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Issey Miyake Homme Plissé releases the first wave of items from its new collection with Ronan Bouroullec, a harmonious blend of billowy silhouettes and gestural strokes.
We realize the magic of making something out of nothing when we’re young. Tire swings spiral beneath large oak trees, and scraps of fabric and jewel-toned yarn billow into ready-made couture gowns. As time passes by and materials fade into well-worn memories, this world-building persists, appearing when and where we least expect it.
Mass produced or hand crafted, decorative or practical, an object always has a subliminal use. Pens to write, clothes to wear, books to read. We see a shape and innately know what to do with it. But what if we didn’t? What if, for a moment, we willed ourselves to forget—and instead of utility, we saw limitless possibility?
Inspired by their dual practices in observance—of shapes, of textures, of objects—Andrés Jaña and Javier Irigoyen examine the temporality of objects and the rhythms and expressions they reveal when given the space to be.
Prized possessions do not arrive often, but when they do, they stay long, inhabiting the warm corners of our lives. These are the materials that distinguish our environments, the poetic flairs that find their way into descriptions of our personhood. She makes her coffee at home, eats an egg from a silver cup, pins her singular style on shoes and bags, and treasures the tangible: well-crafted silverware, china, objects for memories to coalesce.
Paloma Elsesser is an everywoman in a monomyth. The supermodel has spent her hot ascent to fame atop a pedestal built, in many ways, to reduce its subject to material matter. Her resilience and humanity pervades. This fascination with the charged nature of physicality reverberates in the work of Ser Serpas, the artist who choreographs found objects into animated, poetic, and dystopian scenes.
Banana Republic’s 2024 Summer collection is rooted in optimistic escapism. Starring American model Taylor Hill, the brand’s latest campaign transports to sun-splashed spots in Mérida, Mexico.
During any other ski season, Axel de Beaufort, Véronique Nichanian, and Christophe Goineau might find themselves independently gliding down the fluffy runs of the Swiss Alps. But this past winter, the three Hermès creatives headed west to Aspen, Colorado.
The finalists of this year’s LVMH prize include a diverse range of emerging designers united by sustainability, ethical practices, and an emphasis on womenswear.
Precious metals shimmer as hands dance across a long wooden dining room table to embrace, pass plates, raise toasts, emote. A familiar symphony of family heirlooms, tokens of love, and pendants of personal eccentricities clink and rattle as some float in and others assume their seats at the table.
Little blue boxes have always accented Lauren Santo Domingo’s life. But as she settles into her new role at Tiffany & Co., she’s gathered new memories from its storied archives.
Lafayette 148’s new capsule collection with Claire Khodara and Grace Fuller Marroquin commemorates the life and legacy of their artist mother, Martha Madigan.
Almost six decades after its original release, a French New Wave classic is recreated in a new short film for Chanel. Directed by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, the tribute brings together Penélope Cruz and Brad Pitt on screen for the very first time.
In its first foray outside of Paris, the luxury fashion house opens its first flagship store on New Bond Street. The three-story boutique blends fine art and haute couture.
After two years of renovation, the French fashion house reopens its Highland Park Village doors with an intimate and object-filled foray into its history that is firmly rooted in the present.
The hidden meanings and influences behind Simone Rocha’s awe-inspiring designs are explored in-depth for the first time in a new book set to be published in September of this year.
From the films of David Lynch to the music of Nina Simone, the late American composer Angelo Badalamenti’s haunting compositions left an indelible mark. Now this fashion house is underscoring his legacy.
Gucci’s new SoHo outpost is more than just a beautiful boutique. The over 10,000-square-foot-space doubles as an art gallery with works by Alghiero Boetti and Sasha Stiles in a program curated by Truls Blaasmo.
Style.com was ahead of its time, bringing some closer to the runway—and others to one another—more than ever before. For Family Style's debut print issue, several editors from the legendary digital platform reunited for brunch at Paris’ gilded Cheval Blanc to reminisce about their glory days of street style, cutthroat story turnarounds, and changing the world.
“The New Village: Ten Years of New York Fashion'' at Pratt Manhattan Gallery makes the case that the city’s D.I.Y. sensibilities still pack a punch in a sartorial group show that fuses art and design.
Amongst the treasures of Love House's new NYC design gallery, Family Style found beauty, inspiration, and even obsession for Valentine's Day. Can you blame us?
Why are so many culinary creatives covered in tattoos? Family Style met with six beautiful New Yorkers making beautiful food and beverages and stripped them down to find out more.
Peter Do and Trisha Do grew up near each other in Vietnam, but the pair didn’t become friends until meeting each other across the world, where they bonded over their shared experiences and cooking as an expression of love.
After a year’s-worth of wants, wonts, and will-I-evers, it’s finally time for the main event of the season: gifts. Take Family Style's inaugural holiday tasting menu, which spans fashion, accessories, and trophies for the home, less as an ordained prescription and more of a cherished collection of desires; many of which will surely bring a smile to a loved one’s face as well as your own, of course.
In her new Family Style column, Whitney Mallett investigates the prep power of Buck Ellison's art book—making sense of Brandy Melville and American exclusion trending in an election year.
Jacques Pépin has toured the world, working in the most elite kitchens and sharing his expertise across classrooms, on T.V., and beyond. Now, from his picturesque Connecticut oasis, the chef-painter tells fellow food connoisseur Padma Lakshmi how the journey has shaped him, one menu at a time.
A life off the grid was fated for Iliana Regan, who grew up foraging in the woods. To master their craft, the chef extraordinaire worked their way through high-end kitchens in the Midwest’s biggest city before retreating back into the wilderness to build something all their own.
As a private chef in the Hamptons, Meredith Hayden achieved the American Dream. Now that she’s broken out of its pearly white gates, where is she going next?
Upstairs from Daniel Humm’s grandiose three-starred Eleven Madison Park, a new space offers a more intimate atmosphere alongside a selection of world-class art.
For chef Chinchakriya Un, food is a medium for preserving memories of Cambodia, its history, its culture, and its flavor. For a collaboration with New Inc.’s Creative Science Dinner, she brought it all to the table, as she shares with the organization's director Salome Asega.
In New York, Russell Steinberg is bringing fresh energy to the locale in a deeply personal vision in the form of new restaurant Cecilia on Saint Marks.
Innovative and extreme, Family Style's Fall 2024 issue guest chef Laila Gohar has never been one to stop short of her imagination—just ask the thousands that stare in awe at her larger-than-life food installations.
Pop-ups are a dime a dozen in New York, the food capital of the world with the least patience. So what happens when The Polo Bar, one of the most difficult restaurants to get a table at, temporarily exits the city? Magic.
Three decades after Thomas Keller reinvigorated The French Laundry in Napa, California, the eatery still remains one of the best in the world. Michael Minnillo, the restaurant's oldest employee turned general manager, explains why.
In the heart of Portland, Oregon, where the culinary scene is as eclectic as the city itself, Gregory Gourdet interweaves centuries of history with his own memories. For Family Style No. 1, the James Beard Award-winning chef has imagined a unique three-course menu that is as powerful as it is personal.
A noncommittal referral and blocks of over-appealing options in Galway, Ireland left vacationer Ella Quittner wondering if Daróg should be the first of three dinners. But the boutique wine bar changed her mind.
Francis Mallmann has lived many lives. He’s pioneered open-fire cooking, built his own restaurants from the ground up—plus a museum—and even picked up embroidery. Through it all, Family Style's Summer 2024 guest chef has learned lessons that make life a little sweeter.
Alain Ducasse began quietly leading a plant-based revolution in the late ’80s, and has continued to experiment with vegetable-forward haute cuisine since. It’s an appetite to better the world that he shares with Daniel Humm, whose creative culinary philosophy has both amazed—and even angered.
When it’s apple season in England, the Somerset-raised, London-based photographer knows just what to do. He pulls out his family’s tarte tatin recipe and whips up the beloved classic.
Over the last few years, temaki-style sushi joints have become the go-to fast-but-not-casual rage for New Yorkers with no time to waste. Despite the endless options to dine at, these four should stay top of mind.
Sydney Vernon infuses her work with tender and intimate snapshots of Black life. Her own memories of childhood find their way into her art—and her meals, like her mother’s turkey spinach quiche.
Graphic designer Naomi Otsu shares her tried-and-true recipe for her all-curing soba noodle soup, a dish that transports the native New Yorker back to her formative years in Tokyo.
Fashion has always been a radical form of self-expression for K8 Hardy. Her proclivity for documenting, she tells Emilia Petrarca, means the visual artist’s outfits stay extant long after she takes them off.
Forensic chemist Sissel Tolaas has researched the smell of everything from David Beckham’s armpits to Balenciaga’s storied archives. Now, she’s designing scents for The Met.
Finnish-born Tiina Laakkonen has bested all aspects of the fashion industry. Now that she’s sunset her iconic, minimalist Hamptons boutique, what’s the shopkeeper to do? Everything.
For the last four years, I've gone to sleep with and woken up beside Sophia Loren. More specifically: a life-sized poster of the actress and a giant sausage from the film La Mortadella hangs across her bed. The only thing crazier than the plot of the absurdist 1971 movie is the fact that I've never seen it—until now.
Garlic-y french fries, pigs in blankets slathered in spicy dijon, and extra dirty martinis galore—Family Style's team dinner at American Bar brought our favorite faces around the table for some holiday cheer.
From sexy Joe's Stone Crab towers to lush caviar blinis and a crew of our favorite artists, Family Style and Cartier's intimate Supper Club had all the makings of a truly iconic Miami Art Basel bash—along with a dash of surprise.
On a lush and windy path somewhere in the damp California hills, Family Style and Polo Ralph Lauren celebrated an intimate Friendsgiving affair last night with Camille Beccera.
Friends and family from fashion, art, and interiors commuted to the Long Island City, New York gem to celebrate the magazine's Summer 2024 design edition and sip on summer cocktails inside its newly-revealed space.
At Salone del Mobile 2024, Family Style presented a first look at the magazine's Summer 2024 design issue in the form of an ephemeral exhibition with Sophia Roe and DRIFT.
Flaky fried chicken, buttery biscuits, plenty of okra, and an unbelievable backdrop: Family Style's SCADStyle dinner in Savannah, Georgia felt like a scene right out of a Hollywood picture.
In collaboration with Banana Republic, the magazine celebrated its brand launch at the iconic New York restaurant with an intimate dinner full of creativity, culinary, and familiar connections.
Awol Erizku, Annie Philbin, Casey Fremont, Tariku Shiferaw joined Marriott International's Jenni Benzaquen and artist Sanford Biggers at one of Los Angeles’ most iconic institutions for a lush dinner by Alice Waters celebrating art and travel.
At a landmark Manhattan farm at the end of New York Climate Week, Family Style hosted a sensorial round table for the urgency of climate action and the celebratory spirit of a shared meal.
Between the bountiful California vines and the centuries-old oak trees, Family Style kicks off a quartet of intimate cultural dinners around America in ripe Yountville, California.