Courtesy of Tod's

The Tod's Group is probably one of the most socially and, most importantly, culturally active brands in fashion at the moment. If hosting events and launching new ranges of accessories in all the fashion capitals of the world wasn't enough, Diego della Valle and his brother Andrea are also funding the restoration of the Colosseum and they they recently sponsored the premiere of the 'Diana Vreeland: The Eye has to Travel' film.

Now, adding to the list of reasons why we should regard the della Valle's as the modern Medici, Tod's is funding the restoration of one of Italy's most iconic films from the 1940's, 'Sciuscià'. The film by Vittorio De Sica translated as 'Shoeshine' in English is regarded as one of the masterpieces of neo-realist cinema and was awarded with an Oscar in 1947.

Last night, at the iconic Cinema Barberini in Rome, Andrea della Valle was joined by Mariasole De Sica, Brando De Sica, Giorgia Wurth, Mia Zanella, Claudia Zanella and Zhang Ziyi amongst other to celebrate this project.

Courtesy of Tod's

Yesterday Diego della Valle and Franca Sozzani hosted a lunch at Harry's Bar in Venice to celebrate the premiere of "Diana Vreeland: The Eye has to Travel", the documentary about the life of legendary fashion editor Diana Vreeland.
Shala Monroque, Carolina Crescentini, Bianca Brandolini, Bar Rafaeli and Andrea della Valle were amongst the very stylish guests who attended the event, joined also by style icon Robert Rabensteiner and Fiona Scarry.

I am very much hoping for the film to be released world wide so we all get to watch it as well. Vreeland, who was Editor-in-Chief of Harper's Bazaar for 25 years and held the same position later on at Vogue for 8 years, is also known for her work for Metropolitan Museum of Art and for discovering 60's style icon Edie Sedgwick.
Only Anna Wintour could ever be compared with Vreeland, who was born in Paris and emigrated to New York during World War I, where she died the 22nd of August 1989.