THE ITALIAN EDIT — DUBAI
Five Things On Our Radar Right Now
Hello Beauties,
Five things bringing Italian style, flavour and design into our Dubai orbit right now – from a Business Bay table worth knowing to the wardrobe pieces, beauty buys and objects we want around us next.
Italy has always understood that good living is rarely about one thing. It is the table, the clothes, the scent in the room, the object you keep because it is beautiful as well as useful. This week, our edit moves through that world – beginning in Dubai with a restaurant built around genuine Italian hospitality, before taking in polished fashion, expressive tableware, two new beauty obsessions and a quieter kind of luxury to finish.
01 — LUNAROSSA · BUSINESS BAY
The Italian Table To Know In Dubai Right Now
There are Italian restaurants, and then there are places that understand what Italian dining is really about. Lunarossa Dubai, in Business Bay, belongs firmly in the latter camp. Rooted in traditional Italian cooking, carefully selected ingredients and warm, unforced hospitality, it feels polished without becoming formal – exactly the kind of address worth having on your Dubai list.
The Chef Behind It
Executive Chef Antonio Monzo brings a distinctly European perspective to Lunarossa. His career began in London in Jamie Oliver’s kitchens before taking him through France, Paris and Spain, followed by a return to Italy where he established and led his own restaurants.
At Lunarossa, that experience translates into cooking that remains unmistakably Italian while feeling entirely at home in modern Dubai.
“Italian at its core, contemporary in execution, and uncompromising in its respect for the ingredient.”
Emirati Women’s Day At Lunarossa
28 August – 28 September 2026
Emirati women and their families receive 20% off Lunarossa’s à la carte menu, plus complimentary signature gelato.
Lunarossa is extending the celebration for an entire month – a thoughtful invitation to experience the restaurant’s particular take on Italian hospitality.
Images courtesy of Lunarossa Dubai.
02 — TOD’S
The New Italian Uniform
The mood: precise, effortless and just polished enough.
Tod’s is at its best when everything looks deceptively simple. Beautiful leather, clean silhouettes and pieces that do not need an obvious logo to tell you what they are. For Dubai, that restraint feels particularly fresh right now.
TOD’S
Leather Midi Skirt
TOD’S
Short-Sleeved Shirt
Start with pale-blue shirting and a black leather midi. It is the contrast that makes it work: something light and relaxed against something sharper and more architectural.
TOD’S
T-Shaped Satchel Bag
TOD’S
Geometric Logo Sunglasses
The finishing pieces keep the same discipline. A structured black satchel, geometric sunglasses and almost nothing else. It is the kind of wardrobe that works because every piece has a purpose – and because none of it is trying too hard.
TBM TAKE: Wear the shirt loose, keep the accessories dark and let the leather do the work.
03 — MISSONI HOME
How Italians Do The Table
A little colour. A little pattern. Absolutely no interest in boring tableware.
After Lunarossa, we are staying at the table – only now we are bringing the Italian mood home. Missoni Home has always understood the emotional power of pattern, and its tabletop pieces are the sort of objects that make even coffee for one feel considered.
MISSONI HOME
Riverbero Tray
The Riverbero tray is the obvious statement piece. Bright, graphic and unapologetically decorative, it is exactly the kind of thing we would leave permanently on a coffee table rather than hide in a cupboard.
MISSONI HOME
Nastri Six-Piece Cup Set
MISSONI HOME
Patterned Cup
MISSONI HOME
Zigzag Placemat Set
The cups and placemats bring the same idea down to everyday scale. Nothing matches too perfectly, which is precisely the point. Mixed together, the result feels collected rather than styled – the easiest route to a table with personality.
TBM TAKE: Keep the food simple and let the table do the talking.
04 — PRADA BEAUTY
Two Prada Obsessions Worth Knowing
One for the handbag. One for after dark.
Prada Beauty has managed to do something surprisingly difficult: make beauty feel unmistakably Prada without simply translating the fashion codes into cosmetics. The packaging is sharp, the ideas feel modern and the products sit somewhere between collectible object and everyday essential.
The Everyday One
Prada Balm – Lip Optimizing Care is exactly the sort of beauty product we like having within reach: skincare-minded, beautifully designed and easy enough to become part of the daily routine rather than something reserved for a full makeup moment.
The After-Dark One
Paradoxe Sweet Chemistry is the more expressive half of the pair. The pink bottle alone makes an argument for leaving it out on the dressing table – a playful contrast to Prada’s otherwise precise visual world.
Together they are a useful reminder that Italian style is not always about restraint. Sometimes it is about choosing one small thing with enough personality to change the mood.
05 — THE ITALIAN ESCAPE
The Quiet Side Of Italian Luxury
Loro Piana for the journey. Acqua di Parma for the mood when you get there.
Not everything Italian needs pattern, colour or a recognisable silhouette. There is another side to the story – tactile, restrained and built around materials rather than statement. That is where we are ending this week.
LORO PIANA
Mini Woven Tote Bag With Leather Trim
The woven Loro Piana tote is the kind of bag that makes sense in Dubai: light in appearance, beautifully finished and relaxed enough to move from airport to hotel to lunch without ever looking overly casual.
It is quiet luxury in the most literal sense – texture first, branding second.
And then there is Acqua di Parma’s Oud Candle. Black, graphic and moodier than the house’s familiar sun-soaked yellow, it brings a different interpretation of Italian atmosphere into the room.
Bag packed. Candle lit. That feels like a good place to end.
ACQUA DI PARMA
Oud Candle
The TBM Take
From the table to the wardrobe, from colour to fragrance, this week’s edit is really about one thing: the Italian instinct for making everyday life feel just a little more considered.
Happy shopping — and buon appetito. See you next week.
xo
