Isn’t this the same woman as in the yellow shorts? The pictures sure look similar. What is the coffee to go controversy? I don’t get that. Its the same lady, I think.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone in Italy, especially in your photos, drinking coffee on the go. I feel like that is a very ‘American’ concept, whereas the norm in Europe is to leisurely enjoy a cup of coffee out of a MUG at a table in a cafe.
Please tell me this was early morning…that’s the ONLY way you can come close to justify the coffee in her hand. If Italian coffee culture dies, I will mourn for the rest of my life….and I’m usually a tea drinker!
It is slightly unusual from my own experience in Italy (mostly Florence and Rome) to see people on the street with paper coffee cups! Much more congenial to have an espresso at the bar. But. Starbucks reigns, no?
well.. im not from USA and in my country nobody goes to a Starbucks and drink their coffee while they are walking.. they buy the coffee and then maybe they go to another place.. an office or drink in the same Starbucks.. I’ve never get that thing od drink coffee while you go to another place.. so weird.. coffee have to be enjoyed!! same with other beverages as tea or mate
as someone with ties to both france and the US i love coffee to go. because i don’t want to be stuck sitting at a cafe or worse at a counter, gulping down my espresso because i’d rather be walking around seeing the world around me, or sitting in a park. i think there’s room for both.
I think you nailed it! Every part of her is black and white (nails, glasses, dress, shoes, toenails, too!) admiring that colourful display. Shades of The Wizard of Oz. :)
The only one single thing that seems unusual to me is the paper coffee cup that this lovely lady is holding in her hand!! Which reminds me of starbucks that unfortunately does not exist neither in milan nor in the rest of the country..is it because i really miss starbucks’ coffee?? But, sincerely, it is quite rare to see someone around in milan having his/her coffee in this way..
The disposable coffee cup in her hand? (I feel like I never see them in Italy. People stand up at the espresso bar and drink, standing, from a regular ceramic coffee cup, right?)
1- Why is she wearing her plastic pool shoes and a Chanel bag?
2- Why is she having Starbucks in a paper cup in Milan, Italy?
3 – Why are the lights on in broad daylight?
Shower sandals in public? I’m laughing at all the “incredibly small cup” comments from the Americans. Where I come from that’s a normal size, if you order espresso to go then you get the really little cup.
Amazing setting, and I am guessing the same as almost everyone else – the to-go coffee cup. What’s worse, it looks just like the cups we have for coffee at work. Maybe this photo isn’t from Italy? ;)
Zhenya http://beingzhenya.com
Is her skirt stuck to her purse or is that slit meant to be there? Hard to tear my eyes away from her beautiful hair long enough to check out the rest of the photo.
is there a Sturbucks in Milan? I hope beacuse I loved Sturbucks coffee during my last USA travel. So dressed and with that hair she looks like Ali MacGraw in Love Story…!
Everything she is wearing is black and white but she is looking at a window display full of colour, probably not what is unusual about this photo but couldn’t help but notice.
As Rocky McCorkle has already noticed she is wearing all black and white (even her hair is black) and also her surrounding is entirely black/white/grey (except the golden plates). It seems like she is looking into and longing for a different world full of color. Nice contrast!
What an enigmatic question to what appears to be a very straightforward photo.
I have searched and searched – left to right, top to bottom, diagonally, vertically, horizontally… this is like those word games where you have to find the last word in the grid of dozens of letters (not a crossword puzzle), and you can’t find it — and you know that it’s probably staring straight at you.
The legs! There’s something very esher-esque about her legs.
Her body angle doesn’t accord with the way her legs stand.
It almost looks like her legs are crossed but they’re not…
One of her legs is shorter than the other and both her feet are too long :)
Its the same woman as in the picture below with the yellow shorts. Again looking in the window of a store. The one with the tattoo on her foot. Seriously, are people blind? Or am I crazy?
Carrying a coffee cup on the streets of Milan? Wouldn’t have guessed it…
I got lost deciding whether or not I liked her shoes… haha (I do BTW…)
But of course, coffee to go in Italy, very unusual…
Cova might be (have been) a bastion of Italian coffee culture, but it was bought last year by luxury conglomerate LVMH.
Is the paper cup an (unwelcome) side effect of globalisation?
I agree with Scott. It’s strange…It’s a disaster! What Scott has noticed isn’t a good new. True Italian coffee is one of the best things that our country can offer. Why should we become like in the U.S.A. or in other places? No, it isn’t a good new.
That’s funny, the only thing I noticed “amiss” was the coffee cup, so I guess I was right. In all of my time spent in Europe, I’ve never seen anyone walking around with a coffee cup in their hand, like you see everywhere here in the States. (Although I’ve seen Starbucks in London and in Paris!) I wonder if this is going to become a “thing” in Europe.
C’mon!! this is not coffee-to-go, I mean, the cup is too big, this must be a cappuccino-to-go. that means, cappuccino take away, when you’re late and you can’t stop or you want to bring a cappuccino to a friend (I used to do it a lot with my roomate!!). it’s not so unusual, it’s simply a cappuccino on the street. Every good cafè in Italy has this kind of cups!
We also have coffee to go in Europe. Actually I’m from Spain and yes, we also use it (not only from Starbucks) and we don’t drink always “Cafe solo” or “Cortado” sitting at the bar !
You can also get REAL american coffee to go nonetheless (crazy I know) at The Bagel Factory that is run by a man who moved to Milan from Boston at the Porta Ticinese. As well as lattes and the likes to go as well. Saddening, but true.
Andrew
May 20, 2014 at 4:06 pm
holding a to-go coffee cup? sacrilege!
irene laura
May 20, 2014 at 6:07 pm
:)
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andreea
May 21, 2014 at 2:39 am
perhaps she’s a vacationing tourist! :P
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Martine
May 21, 2014 at 6:38 am
Isn’t this the same woman as in the yellow shorts? The pictures sure look similar. What is the coffee to go controversy? I don’t get that. Its the same lady, I think.
debbie
May 21, 2014 at 8:39 am
Yes, yellow shorts lady from the other day. She does a lot of window shopping.
SallyO
May 20, 2014 at 4:06 pm
Coffee in a to-go cup in Italy? Is that unusual?
Yon P
May 23, 2014 at 10:59 am
I wonder as well.
Gaptoothedgirl
May 20, 2014 at 4:07 pm
I guess what??? I can’t wait to know!!!
XOX, Gap.
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Jennifer Hinson
May 20, 2014 at 4:09 pm
I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone in Italy, especially in your photos, drinking coffee on the go. I feel like that is a very ‘American’ concept, whereas the norm in Europe is to leisurely enjoy a cup of coffee out of a MUG at a table in a cafe.
On a side note: I would kill for her hair.
Mitra
May 20, 2014 at 4:09 pm
the coffee to go?
Mark
May 20, 2014 at 4:09 pm
There’s a face in the window display. Or at least it feels like it’s looking at me.
P
May 20, 2014 at 11:14 pm
yes, i saw that too. but it got complete with the line produce by the variation of thickness? in the Wall/column.
and the shoes, for some? reason., seem…
Mey
May 21, 2014 at 4:25 am
This!!!
Annie
May 20, 2014 at 4:13 pm
Coffee to go in Italy!
Peter
May 20, 2014 at 4:15 pm
She’s drinking coffee on the go?
Kangaroo
May 20, 2014 at 4:20 pm
The lovely lady is drinking take-away coffee…not in Italy!
Ragnhild
May 20, 2014 at 4:21 pm
Looks like the face of a monster in the window!
helene
May 20, 2014 at 4:22 pm
what? Coffee to go in Italy? What is our world coming to?
Julia BaBu
May 20, 2014 at 4:22 pm
great white-black combo! pure and a bit avantagrde <3
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Darrell
May 20, 2014 at 4:23 pm
Her shoes are too small?
She’s not with me? Wait. That wouldn’t be unusual at all.
Christine
May 20, 2014 at 4:23 pm
Please tell me this was early morning…that’s the ONLY way you can come close to justify the coffee in her hand. If Italian coffee culture dies, I will mourn for the rest of my life….and I’m usually a tea drinker!
Roisin
May 20, 2014 at 4:25 pm
coffee to go?
cf.
May 20, 2014 at 4:28 pm
Beverage?
Osvaldo R
May 20, 2014 at 4:28 pm
Mmm, Coffee-to-go- cup? She’s is beautiful.
Monica
May 20, 2014 at 4:29 pm
The coffee to go? In Milan…very unusual…
T
May 20, 2014 at 4:29 pm
shoes are too small for her feet!
alfredofranceschetti
May 20, 2014 at 4:31 pm
American cap&cino on the Street, usually Italians do not like :)
bonnie Fields
May 20, 2014 at 4:32 pm
Having a cup of coffee on the street instead of having a fine moment in a café
Sophie
May 20, 2014 at 4:32 pm
white nail polish ?
Jo
May 21, 2014 at 12:36 am
My guess too
tod
May 20, 2014 at 4:32 pm
the beverage to go in her hand.
alfredo
May 20, 2014 at 4:33 pm
American cap&cino, usually Italians dont like on the street
Marco Reina
May 20, 2014 at 4:33 pm
Indeed!
The coffee in the take-away cup. The lady must not be from Milano!
Nora
May 20, 2014 at 4:34 pm
Is it the coffee to go? Italians don’t typically carry coffee around. They sit and drink it (or stand at the counter) in a cafe instead.
Emily
May 20, 2014 at 4:35 pm
Her coffee to go! I think?
Julian
May 20, 2014 at 4:35 pm
Take-away coffee?
John
May 20, 2014 at 4:37 pm
Is it that she has a regular/filter coffee, as opposed to an espresso? When I was in Bologna, I could not find drip, filter coffee anywhere!
Alexia
May 20, 2014 at 11:17 pm
Why would you want to?
Agnès
May 20, 2014 at 4:37 pm
Left leg crossing right leg?
Alecia Stevens
May 20, 2014 at 4:40 pm
It is slightly unusual from my own experience in Italy (mostly Florence and Rome) to see people on the street with paper coffee cups! Much more congenial to have an espresso at the bar. But. Starbucks reigns, no?
paula
May 24, 2014 at 3:29 pm
well.. im not from USA and in my country nobody goes to a Starbucks and drink their coffee while they are walking.. they buy the coffee and then maybe they go to another place.. an office or drink in the same Starbucks.. I’ve never get that thing od drink coffee while you go to another place.. so weird.. coffee have to be enjoyed!! same with other beverages as tea or mate
maryse
June 17, 2014 at 1:30 pm
as someone with ties to both france and the US i love coffee to go. because i don’t want to be stuck sitting at a cafe or worse at a counter, gulping down my espresso because i’d rather be walking around seeing the world around me, or sitting in a park. i think there’s room for both.
Osvaldo R.
May 20, 2014 at 4:41 pm
Mmmm… the Coffee-to-go cup?? She´s beautiful.
Alex
May 20, 2014 at 4:41 pm
Who has take-away coffee in Milan?
C33
May 20, 2014 at 4:41 pm
Coffee to go in Europe?
Dala
May 20, 2014 at 4:42 pm
Her tiny cup of… café…expresso!
james
May 20, 2014 at 4:42 pm
Maybe I’m just crazy, but her legs look like they’re the wrong way around to me.
WA off
May 20, 2014 at 4:44 pm
1. The flip flops …
2. they’re not made in recycled plastic nor leather
Zoe
May 20, 2014 at 4:45 pm
The “To-go”coffee ….. very un-italian . Americanisation of cultures. Sad :(
Dala
May 20, 2014 at 4:46 pm
Her tiny cup…expresso!
Arlene
May 20, 2014 at 4:47 pm
I’ve been to Italy many times, but could never get a coffee to go – pretty much doesn’t exist! Could this be it?
Bethany
May 20, 2014 at 4:48 pm
Hmmm is that one of the Kardashians? Otherwise, I don’t know :)
gordon frederick
May 20, 2014 at 4:49 pm
take away coffee ?
gordon frederick
May 20, 2014 at 4:49 pm
take away coffee !
Sydonie
May 20, 2014 at 4:51 pm
Hi there, maybe a little problem with the posture of her legs ? An optical effect ?
Tom Dolan
May 20, 2014 at 4:52 pm
She’s holding a to-go coffee, which Italians almost universally disdain in favor of a proper, sit down, porcelain cup espresso?
Kait
May 20, 2014 at 4:52 pm
I honestly cannot figure it out… help!
Allen
May 20, 2014 at 4:52 pm
That coffee cup belongs in NYC not Milan!!!
:-(
Rocky McCorkle
May 20, 2014 at 4:53 pm
Tough one—I notice is that she is wearing purely Black and White, while looking intently at a very colorful window…
Ggc
May 20, 2014 at 4:55 pm
The shoes size..
Caroline
May 20, 2014 at 4:58 pm
Her to go coffee cup!
a.
May 20, 2014 at 5:02 pm
take away in italia?
gül
May 20, 2014 at 5:03 pm
the black sunglasses !
Brady
May 20, 2014 at 5:03 pm
Don’t tell me this is Marc Jacobs too
sorel
May 20, 2014 at 5:04 pm
her toes are painted white ? her hair is reeeeally long ? her heels make a straight angle ?
Marcela
May 20, 2014 at 5:04 pm
The coffee?!
Sarah
May 20, 2014 at 5:05 pm
…italian coffee to go, no way!!!
Charlotte Greene
May 20, 2014 at 5:06 pm
The coffee to-go cup?? I know you’d never see that in Rome…
H
May 20, 2014 at 5:06 pm
I do love riddles ! I say… We don’t see the girl’s reflection in the window ?
Christian
May 20, 2014 at 5:08 pm
The coffee
mieke
May 20, 2014 at 5:10 pm
could it be that she is drinking a to go coffee? Its been a while since I was in Italy, but I don’t recall that being a thing at all!
Dean
May 20, 2014 at 5:12 pm
Cappuccino to go?!
Tom
May 20, 2014 at 5:13 pm
Love that she’s wearing black and white as she checks out the colorful window display :)
Verónica
May 20, 2014 at 5:14 pm
black and white vs. color? curiosity is killing me!
Abby
May 20, 2014 at 5:14 pm
No, but now I’m extremely curious.
AZ
May 20, 2014 at 5:15 pm
Uh-oh…the American habit of coffee-to-go?
Monica
May 20, 2014 at 5:16 pm
Nice ♥ http://fashion-and-style1.tumblr.com
sws
May 20, 2014 at 5:19 pm
She’s got a coffee to go?
SAzcuy
May 20, 2014 at 5:21 pm
I’d say the problem with this picture is that most Italians don’t drink their coffee out of a paper cup on the street.
Ashley
May 20, 2014 at 5:21 pm
As far as I am aware, to-go coffee cups must be a pretty new feature to the milan streets??
Todd Williams
May 20, 2014 at 5:22 pm
It’s like she’s in a black & white world looking through the window at a colorful, vibrant parallel?
Janice
May 21, 2014 at 8:26 am
I think you nailed it! Every part of her is black and white (nails, glasses, dress, shoes, toenails, too!) admiring that colourful display. Shades of The Wizard of Oz. :)
lomo
May 20, 2014 at 5:22 pm
The coffee in her hand
Elysian
May 20, 2014 at 5:26 pm
Absence of subject’s reflection on window?
I think I should win a signed copy of your latest book. :-)
Riccardo
May 20, 2014 at 5:30 pm
She’s got the big coffee cup from McDonald’s
Francesca
May 20, 2014 at 5:31 pm
HERM… smal sandals?
http://everydaycoffee23.blogspot.it
azure
May 20, 2014 at 5:32 pm
I’m wondering why with all the light she doesn’t have a reflection. Vampires in the city?
Sara B
May 20, 2014 at 5:32 pm
a) No one walks around with coffee in Milan
b) No reflection in the window
Sim0n
May 20, 2014 at 5:33 pm
She’s holding a coffee. I think it’s a first?
emanuele
May 20, 2014 at 5:33 pm
Coffee cup?
supal {chevrons & éclairs}
May 20, 2014 at 5:33 pm
No reflection? But I could be completely wrong… and now it will bother me until I figure it out haha
Milanist
May 20, 2014 at 5:36 pm
The only one single thing that seems unusual to me is the paper coffee cup that this lovely lady is holding in her hand!! Which reminds me of starbucks that unfortunately does not exist neither in milan nor in the rest of the country..is it because i really miss starbucks’ coffee?? But, sincerely, it is quite rare to see someone around in milan having his/her coffee in this way..
AK
May 20, 2014 at 5:37 pm
mayyyybe the to-go cup? seems wrong in Milan
Marina Lorenzini
May 20, 2014 at 5:37 pm
she is holding a to-go cup… it’s smaller than the average american size, but it is still significant in the sense of a cultural change.
Maryann
May 20, 2014 at 5:38 pm
Takeaway coffee in Italy!
mirjam
May 20, 2014 at 5:39 pm
maybe the lights?!
…illuminating the window during daylight…
NathalieR
May 20, 2014 at 5:40 pm
Nothing special! A pretty woman in front of Hermès drinking a coffee…
Monica
May 20, 2014 at 5:40 pm
The disposable coffee cup in her hand? (I feel like I never see them in Italy. People stand up at the espresso bar and drink, standing, from a regular ceramic coffee cup, right?)
Nico
May 20, 2014 at 5:41 pm
Maybe the café to-go? In Italy we usually drink espresso, sitting at the bar, but well that’s Milan!
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Andrew
May 20, 2014 at 5:41 pm
This is difficult I don’t know maybe the signs on far left one is missing but it’s not unusual so..?
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Monica
May 20, 2014 at 5:41 pm
The disposable paper coffee cup in her hand?
Margaret
May 20, 2014 at 5:41 pm
She’s carrying a paper coffee cup?
werner haker
May 20, 2014 at 5:42 pm
plaque is missing from the doorway on the left (bottom row)
HOLLY KRUEGER
May 20, 2014 at 5:42 pm
WHO WALKS AROUND MILANO WITH A COFFE CUP?
NO ONE–
NEW THINGS-
BEVE UN CAFE IN GIRO? MAI!
CHE BRUTTA FIGURA!
Monica
May 20, 2014 at 5:43 pm
The disposable paper coffee cup in her hand? (Just say no, Italia!)
kd
May 20, 2014 at 5:46 pm
coffee to-go!
Leslie
May 20, 2014 at 5:46 pm
The reflection in the glass?
Holly
May 20, 2014 at 5:48 pm
The Picasso face staring back at her.
Amber
May 20, 2014 at 5:52 pm
My eye’s keep going to the bag, but I’m sure I’m missing something.
Matteo
May 20, 2014 at 5:55 pm
It looks like she’s holding a Starbucks cup. In Milan!
Eliza
May 20, 2014 at 5:59 pm
She’s in flat sandals?
Olivia
May 20, 2014 at 5:59 pm
1- Why is she wearing her plastic pool shoes and a Chanel bag?
2- Why is she having Starbucks in a paper cup in Milan, Italy?
3 – Why are the lights on in broad daylight?
Emily
May 20, 2014 at 6:01 pm
The woman is incredibly flat-footed, she appears to only have one arm and there is no reflection of her in the display window.
But I’m not sure that’s what you’re asking for. Cute dress.
Catarina
May 20, 2014 at 6:29 pm
New Age Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany’s.
Monsieur Marcel
May 20, 2014 at 6:35 pm
Something about the ring on her middle finger…
Haggie
May 20, 2014 at 6:38 pm
Probably a latte in that takeaway cup at mid-day too…
Mao
May 20, 2014 at 6:40 pm
Can’t wait to get the answer
imumao.tumblr.com
westcoasttiger
May 20, 2014 at 7:03 pm
The missing ubiquitous cell phone?
justray
May 20, 2014 at 7:07 pm
I didn’t even think of the coffee. I was thinking too hard about this.
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Eric
May 20, 2014 at 7:09 pm
She’s a vampire and doesn’t have a reflection… :o
Me
May 20, 2014 at 7:13 pm
Has anyone mentioned the take-out coffee cup yet?
Barbara
May 21, 2014 at 3:36 am
ahahahaha!
Shivafeli
May 22, 2014 at 7:25 am
This made me laugh way harder than I should have.
Konstantia
May 20, 2014 at 7:15 pm
Her black & white outfit vs the colourful window, an interesting juxtaposition i think. Happy coincidence?
Konstantia
May 20, 2014 at 7:20 pm
Her black & white outfit vs the colourful window. Happy coincidence?
Jan T
May 20, 2014 at 8:00 pm
Answer, puleese! <3
milex
May 20, 2014 at 8:01 pm
Coffee is bad for you.
John Przybytek
May 20, 2014 at 8:56 pm
Uh, she or someone else spilled a lot of coffee?
Rebecca
May 20, 2014 at 9:22 pm
Shower sandals in public? I’m laughing at all the “incredibly small cup” comments from the Americans. Where I come from that’s a normal size, if you order espresso to go then you get the really little cup.
Nicola
May 20, 2014 at 9:25 pm
I can not see her left arm at all!
Oonagh
May 20, 2014 at 10:02 pm
I agree it’s the take-away coffee. Never, never, never in Italy.
Leo
May 20, 2014 at 11:01 pm
the skirt is on backwards
Laura Jardim
May 21, 2014 at 5:52 am
Done!
Lizzie
May 20, 2014 at 11:03 pm
Scott, this is your (very modern) version of Breakfast at Tiffany’s. I dig it!
Taipei Style
May 20, 2014 at 11:03 pm
Coffee to go in Italy?
TaipeiStyle
Gemma
bpcoen
May 20, 2014 at 11:16 pm
black & white vs. color
bpcoen
May 20, 2014 at 11:19 pm
black and white vs. color
Rebecca
May 20, 2014 at 11:37 pm
Oh,,, no .. Coffee to go.. Not in Italy!:(
Zhenya
May 20, 2014 at 11:57 pm
Amazing setting, and I am guessing the same as almost everyone else – the to-go coffee cup. What’s worse, it looks just like the cups we have for coffee at work. Maybe this photo isn’t from Italy? ;)
Zhenya
http://beingzhenya.com
Mikelo
May 21, 2014 at 12:18 am
Well, you’ve spotted the American!
Ursula
May 21, 2014 at 1:08 am
OBVIOUS. Take-away coffee.. YUCK!
arielle
May 21, 2014 at 1:13 am
she has no reflection!!
deacon
May 21, 2014 at 1:14 am
it is unusual that you ask
Hannah
May 21, 2014 at 1:21 am
Is her skirt stuck to her purse or is that slit meant to be there? Hard to tear my eyes away from her beautiful hair long enough to check out the rest of the photo.
Cindy buytaert
May 21, 2014 at 1:58 am
Lady in black and white, longing for some color!
Mangoblüte
May 21, 2014 at 2:27 am
Has Starbucks opened in Milan??
Joseph
May 21, 2014 at 2:48 am
There is no reflection of her from the shop window….
sissi
May 21, 2014 at 3:06 am
wow the mono vs. rainbow…was that intentional or a happy accident?
Denisa
May 21, 2014 at 3:11 am
Very nice pic.
xx
http://www.fashiondenis.com/
arlette
May 21, 2014 at 3:15 am
A Chanel logo on her handbag
Laura
May 21, 2014 at 3:42 am
is there a Sturbucks in Milan? I hope beacuse I loved Sturbucks coffee during my last USA travel. So dressed and with that hair she looks like Ali MacGraw in Love Story…!
Mariana
May 21, 2014 at 3:54 am
Well I live in Milan and I would NEVER, like NEVER EVER drink cafe to go. I actually think is considered a sin here.
SilviaBoschBlog
May 21, 2014 at 3:56 am
Nice dress!!!
http://www.silviaboschblog.com
Sabrina
May 21, 2014 at 4:03 am
Coffee to go and flat. Please
Paulina
May 21, 2014 at 4:06 am
Black & white VS. color. She wants some color :)
TAPJewls
May 21, 2014 at 4:06 am
CoffeMug
sharon
May 21, 2014 at 4:10 am
it looks like she just took a wee on the ground and is about to shake her leg like that.
Noe
May 21, 2014 at 4:25 am
Please, Scott, TELL US WHAT IT IS!!!! Please…
Gabriela
May 21, 2014 at 4:31 am
Everything she is wearing is black and white but she is looking at a window display full of colour, probably not what is unusual about this photo but couldn’t help but notice.
Divya
May 21, 2014 at 4:33 am
What a brilliant conversation starter!
I think the lights are on during the day.
Looking forward to the unraveling of the mystery
Tania
May 21, 2014 at 4:53 am
As Rocky McCorkle has already noticed she is wearing all black and white (even her hair is black) and also her surrounding is entirely black/white/grey (except the golden plates). It seems like she is looking into and longing for a different world full of color. Nice contrast!
Ai-Ch'ng
May 21, 2014 at 4:55 am
What an enigmatic question to what appears to be a very straightforward photo.
I have searched and searched – left to right, top to bottom, diagonally, vertically, horizontally… this is like those word games where you have to find the last word in the grid of dozens of letters (not a crossword puzzle), and you can’t find it — and you know that it’s probably staring straight at you.
It’s simultaneously frustrating and fun.
And I can’t wait to hear the answer!
Alievens
May 21, 2014 at 4:59 am
The legs! There’s something very esher-esque about her legs.
Her body angle doesn’t accord with the way her legs stand.
It almost looks like her legs are crossed but they’re not…
One of her legs is shorter than the other and both her feet are too long :)
Ann.
May 21, 2014 at 5:01 am
She doesn’t reflect, so she must be the devil in Chanel.
Fai
May 21, 2014 at 6:07 am
This looks like new york instead of milan.
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rebecca
May 21, 2014 at 6:14 am
Her legs look like they are crossed at the bottom but not from the top! Very weird!
Diogo Lopes Lima
May 21, 2014 at 6:22 am
ahahhah, LO|VE
http://www.fuckthefancypants.com
Martine
May 21, 2014 at 6:44 am
Its the same woman as in the picture below with the yellow shorts. Again looking in the window of a store. The one with the tattoo on her foot. Seriously, are people blind? Or am I crazy?
Kuwait
May 21, 2014 at 6:48 am
Empty plaques on the wall?
Raman
May 21, 2014 at 7:18 am
Her dress has a small tear in the back? It could be a romper or a slit but I couldn’t think of anything else :)
beektur
May 21, 2014 at 7:19 am
Her entire ensemble is B&W (and window shopping for very colorful stuffs)
Blanca
May 21, 2014 at 7:32 am
I think it is the same woman that is looking at the other window below.
j. lonzi
May 21, 2014 at 7:53 am
She is neither smoking or on the phone- very unusual for your subjects.
Iiris
May 21, 2014 at 8:01 am
One of the window display spotlights (the bottom one) is pointing the wrong way – outside rather than towards the window display.
dario fattore
May 21, 2014 at 8:02 am
le ciabattine non mi fanno impazzire
dario fattore – http://www.whosdaf.com
Anna Lisa
May 21, 2014 at 8:59 am
There’s an eye embroidered on the bag.
She is watching a bag, and the bag is staring at her in return!
Creepy…
:)))
Maria
May 21, 2014 at 9:44 am
Carrying a coffee cup on the streets of Milan? Wouldn’t have guessed it…
I got lost deciding whether or not I liked her shoes… haha (I do BTW…)
But of course, coffee to go in Italy, very unusual…
Marco Reina
May 21, 2014 at 10:24 am
Cova might be (have been) a bastion of Italian coffee culture, but it was bought last year by luxury conglomerate LVMH.
Is the paper cup an (unwelcome) side effect of globalisation?
Karuna
May 21, 2014 at 11:44 am
I was also going to say– Here is a minimally dressed women that is captivated by a maximalist window.
Anonymous
May 21, 2014 at 12:09 pm
Invasion of the great American Coffee Cup. Good luck with that, Milan.
Shella
May 21, 2014 at 12:11 pm
Is it the light (shadow) or are the soles of her feet very dirty. Still, when you are this beautiful, who cares!
Luk
May 21, 2014 at 1:16 pm
Look at her soles, sooooo black
Madeliene Rose
May 21, 2014 at 1:27 pm
I would have said no high heels! I always expect Italian women to wear high heels on any day of the week! http://madelienerose.com
Eleonora
May 21, 2014 at 2:28 pm
I agree with Scott. It’s strange…It’s a disaster! What Scott has noticed isn’t a good new. True Italian coffee is one of the best things that our country can offer. Why should we become like in the U.S.A. or in other places? No, it isn’t a good new.
Marina B.
May 21, 2014 at 6:26 pm
ha -ha, you are funny!!))
j. Iheme
May 21, 2014 at 11:35 pm
Is there a rip at the bottom of her dress? either way its a beautiful picture….Mr. Toronto
roberta
May 22, 2014 at 7:37 am
più cappuccini to go per tutti! grande senso dell’umorismo <3
Patrick
May 22, 2014 at 10:49 am
No one even mentioned Breakfast at Tiffoney’s.
lorena
May 22, 2014 at 12:58 pm
I can’t believe she is Italian…
In any case, there is not any Starbucks in Italy…
Sorry, but we don’t need it…. :-)
Tamera
May 22, 2014 at 2:33 pm
That’s funny, the only thing I noticed “amiss” was the coffee cup, so I guess I was right. In all of my time spent in Europe, I’ve never seen anyone walking around with a coffee cup in their hand, like you see everywhere here in the States. (Although I’ve seen Starbucks in London and in Paris!) I wonder if this is going to become a “thing” in Europe.
Cori
May 23, 2014 at 8:30 am
Yeah, she left the house with house slippers…not cool.
Michelle
May 23, 2014 at 10:50 pm
actually, i thought differently — modern audrey hepburn (breakfast at tiffanys)
Meg
May 24, 2014 at 8:44 pm
I don’t believe it! Is there even a term for coffee to go in Italian??
maria-firenze
May 26, 2014 at 8:50 am
C’mon!! this is not coffee-to-go, I mean, the cup is too big, this must be a cappuccino-to-go. that means, cappuccino take away, when you’re late and you can’t stop or you want to bring a cappuccino to a friend (I used to do it a lot with my roomate!!). it’s not so unusual, it’s simply a cappuccino on the street. Every good cafè in Italy has this kind of cups!
Adelna
May 27, 2014 at 6:17 am
Yes, there are some walls in the window. Maybe she is looking at some home decoration shop ;)
http://sicsiclasic.wordpess.com
Sille
May 29, 2014 at 5:31 am
I actually thought it was the monochrome of the girl vs. the colourfulness of the window she is shopping. But the take-away coffee makes sense :-)
HoneyGirl
June 9, 2014 at 7:05 am
It seems as if the purse in the window is speaking to her…
Estel
June 20, 2014 at 7:23 pm
We also have coffee to go in Europe. Actually I’m from Spain and yes, we also use it (not only from Starbucks) and we don’t drink always “Cafe solo” or “Cortado” sitting at the bar !
Kendall
July 7, 2014 at 6:10 pm
You can also get REAL american coffee to go nonetheless (crazy I know) at The Bagel Factory that is run by a man who moved to Milan from Boston at the Porta Ticinese. As well as lattes and the likes to go as well. Saddening, but true.