There’s a skateboard shop on Rome’s Viale Trastevere that has a certain kind of street chic that we don’t see much in this hood. Always fans of that street smart look (even if we don’t sport it ourselves), we wander by now and then just to see what’s new and cool.
A few months ago, certain members of the eCool team thought they’d skated right into heaven when they spied the “Mugshot” Hoodie by Upper Playground in the shop window. (You’ll have to click above to see it. Try as we might, we couldn’t come up with a reason to eCool it. They just didn’t include enough Italian crooks in the mix–not that there’s a shortage, especially in Parliament, as Beppe Grillo has let us know.)
But this weekend, a new level of bliss was provoked when the skaties showcased another Upper Playground Hoodie in their window, this one called “Vatican.” You won’t have to study the photos above long to see why we’re in seventh heaven. The print is a fabulous jumble of famous paintings! It’s Renaissance art remixed: works by Giotto, Botticelli, and Raphael and many more in the ultimate altered-piece! Madonna!
