An American customer listed her end-of-summer deadlines. Maria had never heard of the holiday they hang on.
The holiday that never made it here
This year the American date lands September 7th. In Italy it will pass like any other Monday.
Ferragosto already did the job
The real turning point happened August 15th, and it was never really about clothes.
What decides when a piece is put away
The weather in front of her, not a line on a calendar three time zones away.
No goodbye ritual attached
The Sunday after the holiday that doesn't exist looks exactly like the Sunday before it.
Shop the shirt
Still doing exactly what it did in August.