They certainly must have made a great impression because these treasures were so popular that they are famous even today.
Today the Coffa has become a refined high fashion accessory, extraordinarily playful, seductive and irreverent.
The typical peasant basket was obtained from the “curina”, the tender part of the Sicilian dwarf palm leaves, and was first sold as a souvenir to remind tourists of our wonderful island.
Subsequently, some Sicilian stylists relaunched it as a true object of art and culture.
The First Ladies also chose it in 2017, during the G7 visit to Taormina.
Melania Trump chose it green, Manuela Mauro, Paolo Gentiloni’s wife, chose it red and Lady Macron, black.
