Her brother Gianni, the second-born sibling and eldest son, became chairman of the company in His impeccable manners and classic good looks quickly won her over.
But the newlyweds had their work cut out for them when they moved in. Unlived-in for nearly three decades, the villa was practically devoid of furnishings. After she hired him, her brother Gianni and her close friend Stavros Niarchos lined up for his services; Mongiardino soon amassed arguably the most blue-chip client list of any 20th-century decorator.
Vistorta was a true collaboration. Brando provided the initial direction for the project, which was done in phases over more than a decade. Everything we brought is very nice, but nothing is very important. Meanwhile, Russell Page completely transformed the flat landscape, with the violet-blue Dolomites in the distance, into a lush, romantic park by planting majestic specimen trees and creating three gravity-fed lakes. Though the garden designer was already at the top of his field, Vistorta was a turning point for him too, marking his transition from formal classicism to a looser and more natural style of landscaping.
Aside from the octagonal swimming pool that Brando installed in the 60s, exteriors and interiors of the estate remain unaltered and fully intact. Located on the Grand Canal, it features magnificent salons with stucco decorations and a secret garden sheltered behind high crenellated walls. Cristiana wanted a French education for the boys. Rich people used to have fairly conventional taste. While Cristiana and Brando established themselves as one of the most refined couples of their time, they were never stuffy—as an August entry in the diaries of Cecil Beaton details.
After an arduous journey to Venice from Greece, Beaton was enraptured as soon as he entered the Brandolini palazzo. As other friends recall today, the couple had an enchanted touch wherever they went. It is so rare what they did. It was very formal, but always light, never heavy. They got the best from Mongiardino. In any language, they were refined. Brando was first cited in , then became a Hall of Famer in She brought her fabrics and ideas to them, so it came from her.
She was always eccentric, full of curiosity about different cultures, and she mixed everything. She would go into a flea market with the same attitude that she went into a couture house with. But what I think gets lost is what incredible parents Cristiana and Brando were. They raised four fantastic boys. They have always all been very close, which is really touching to see.
They are the sanest of my big whole family. There is quite a bit of dysfunction in that department. Leonello, a book editor who is regarded as the intellectual of the family, and his Spanish-born wife, Maria, split their time between Paris and Lausanne.
Their daughter, Xenia, 32, gave birth last year to her first child, Matteo. Nuno, a merchant banker, moved in to New York, where he lives with his wife, Muriel, the noted interior designer, who was born to Vietnamese and French parents. In addition to Filippa, they have a son, Brando, 24, who completed an internship last year in the Obama White House, and they also maintain residences on Long Island and in Paris.
Four generations of Brandolinis, in the conservatory at Vistorta: Cristiana with granddaughter Coco, great- granddaughter Nina, granddaughter Filippa, grandson Marcantonio, and son Brandino. In the late 80s, he and his French-born wife, Marie, a member of the Rothschild family, moved into an apartment in the Palazzo Brandolini, in Venice, and he took over operations at Vistorta, transforming the winery into a highly successful business.
It is particularly renowned for its Merlot. In addition to Marcantonio, they had two other boys: Guido, 27, is now a banker in London, and Gioacchino, 16, attends school in Wales.
But tragedy struck in , when Marie died after a battle with cancer. It was an immensely sorrowful period for the entire family. Marcantonio found his own way to move forward, by taking over Laguna B.
By all accounts, he has done that splendidly, having introduced unique new products, a smart Web site, and an exchange program with the Pilchuck Glass School, in Washington State, co-founded by American master Dale Chihuly.
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