Rome. The summer of 1996. We’re staying at a hotel on the Via Vittorio Veneto, where much of Fellini’s classic movie La Dolce Vita was shot. A fake-blonde fake-tan English lady about the same age as Alison is also a guest at the hotel. She’s rather loud and she always seems to be swanking about the place, demanding attention, as if she was Anita Ekberg in the movie. On the evening when the photo was taken, Alison was in that stunning dress, which she had purchased from Marks & Spencer’s summer collection just before we left Edinburgh. We were heading out of the hotel when we heard our fellow-guest descending the marble staircase, clattering in her stiletto heels and humming gaily to herself. But the clattering and the humming stopped abruptly when she set eyes upon Alison. Yes, you’ve guessed it, she had on exactly the same dress. Alison simply smiled demurely at her. It was a smile that said: “I look better in mine, hen.” Aghast, the wannabe movie star scrambled back up the stairs to change. Ciao bella!
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