LA MENDOLA Silk Scarf Vintage

Excellent condition Red, White and Blue Eagle Hand rolled and sewn Michelangelo “Mike” La Mendola and John W. “Jack” Savage were the American proprietors of La Mendola. Savage (from Herminie, PA) and La Mendola (from Rockford, IL) had come to Rome in 1960 and first worked out of a salon before opening their Trinita dei Monti location. La Mendola had studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and got his first big break through Hess’s Department Stores. Savage had worked as a fashion model and actor in Rome and studied drama and design at the Pittsburgh Playhouse. The boutique was frequented by many of the most fashionable movers and shakers of the decade: Elizabeth Taylor, Ursula Andress, Paulette Goddard, Natalie Wood, Lauren Bacall, Rita Hayworth, Carol Burnett, Anita Ekberg and Judy Garland, to name but a few. Tourists mixed and mingled with the stars in the exclusive little shop. 🚭