PRIDE of PLACE
You won’t see any cleavage,” explains Chiara Dolza, quite matter-of-factly. “Well, you might see cleavage if someone has cleavage,” she corrects herself, “but it won’t be … extra.”
To give her point clarity, Chiara offers the international sign for ‘push-up bra’, but the context of the conversation, one we have been ducking in and out of between an informal tasting tour in the Italian region of Piedmont, allows me to follow with or without her hand gestures. And without is preferable given Chiara is driving, the roads are narrow and winding, and slowing around bends seems far from the local way.
She is referring to ‘Piedmontese style’.
“In the south of Italy, cleavage is the thing,” she continues. “Beauty here is more elegant, but it is
