Kaylee Denmead was raised in New York and has taken a nine-month trip from the Fashion Institute of Technology campus in the city to live and study in Florence. For the remaining five months of her stay she is interning with The Florentine, studying fashion merchandising at Polimoda, improving her Italian, and tasting all the pappa al pomodoro she can.
As an initiative to celebrate the 950th year since construction work commenced on Pisa Cathedral and Galileo Galilei’s 450th birthday, Pisa and Tuscany are encouraging Americans to visit and see the sights. With a focus on California’s San Francisco, Pisa and Tuscany are working to attract