Tomorrow is October. In Sarasota, nothing about the air will say so. Rome solved that problem with one word.
Che ottobrata
A warm, bright October day after the first cool spell. Romans call it an ottobrata, and treat it like a second summer.
Beyond the city gates
Until the early 1900s, Romans spent October Sundays in the vineyards outside the walls, eating, dancing and drinking the new wine.
Flowers and feathers
Young women rode out in little horse-drawn carriages, dressed up, in hats covered with flowers and feathers.
Saved for one more day
The best summer dress isn't put away in September. It's saved for exactly this: a warm October day, treated as an occasion.
From Maria's edit
A warm October day is a gift. Dress for it.