Richard Biedul in Florence

He is often exploring the world while on assignment as a top international male model, but wherever he goes, Mr. Richard Biedul is very much ‘Designed in London’ consistently placing a strong focus on British heritage. This week he launched his debut capsule collection with King and Tuckfield. Before the launch, we invited him to Florence for a cultural event celebrating Italian fine arts. It turns out he knows how to capture a good photo or two…

Richard Biedul in Florence

He is often exploring the world while on assignment as a top international male model, but wherever he goes, Mr. Richard Biedul is very much ‘Designed in London’ consistently placing a strong focus on British heritage. This week he launched his debut capsule collection with King and Tuckfield. Before the launch, we invited him to Florence for a cultural event celebrating Italian fine arts. It turns out he knows how to capture a good photo or two…

I recently had the pleasure of being invited to Florence to attend the inaugural Passione Senza Fine event organised by Hagan Network. A three-day long itinerary culminated in a private dinner held for the Luciano Pavarotti Foundation, at the 13th century, Palazzo Borghese. Guests had the chance to meet and hear from Maestro’s widow, Nicoletta Mantovani who is planning to open an academy to mentor young opera singers in 2019, (which was Pavarotti’s final wish). Melissa and I had the pleasure of being joined by none other than David Gandy and Oliver Cheshire (who were on top form as always) as well as some of Italy’s most renowned families, The Zefferelli’s, Cavalli’s and the Ferragamo’s (to name but a few).

While most of the guests chose to stay in the center of Florence, we had decided to stay a little out of town, (20 minutes by car) at IL Salviatino, a hand restored 15th-century villa with exceptional service that is perched proudly on the hillside of Fiesole.