Having just returned from hosting the Venice International Film Festival, Italian model/actress and Milan resident Eva Riccobono is a great source for beauty addresses that go the extra mile. On the first morning of Fashion Week, she arrives at the city’s Piazza Santa Maria delle Grazie wearing a gingham shirt (actually a former Prada dress that she cut off at the waist) and skinny jeans en route to the San Carlo Sport club, a favorite workout spot nearby.
“I love the fact that you walk out of the pool to this,” she says referring to the church, a fifteenth-century marvel of Gothic and Renaissance architecture that houses Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper, and the surrounding square.
Still glowing over the win of White Shadow—which marked her first go at co-producing—for debut film at the festival, she has a few additional tricks up her sleeve for maintaining her fresh complexion, buttery blonde hair, and willowy figure. Here, she shares her black book’s worth of Milan beauty destinations.
THE WORKOUT:
Riccobono, who took up swimming as a form of exercise a few years back, recently resubscribed for her fall swimming course at the San Carlo Sport center in the city’s picturesque Magenta quarter. Memberships are seasonal, and the club also features a traditional fitness center, private Pilates classes, a Turkish bath, and sauna.
Via Zenzale, 6
039.02.43.06.34.03
centrosportivosancarlo.com
THE WELLNESS EXPERT:
Riccobono, who is rarely sick, credits homeopath Lucio Loreto with keeping her immune system up. “When I’m stressed, I visit for a course of antioxidants. I packed a lot of vitamins for Venice,” she laughs. Born in Palermo, she also swears by one day each month when she detoxes with homemade fruit and vegetable smoothies in place of regular meals. “It reminds me of the older generation here who used to eat just fruit the day after they had overindulged,” she says of the local tradition.
Lucio Loreto
Viale Beatrice D’Este, 24
039.02.58.30.28.05
