Candida Martinelli's Italophile Site Shop

This shop is linked to Candida Martinelli's Italophile Site at Italophiles.com, which celebrates Italian culture for children and adults. Select a design from the sections below, or to the left, to view it on shirts and bags.

Italy helps form 4 seas in the Mediterranean: the Adriatic, Ionian, Tyrrhenian, and Ligurian. These 4 colorful, fun designs celebrate the four Italian coastlines along these four seas.

Beachwear

4 designs: Italy helps form 4 seas in the Mediterranean: the Adriatic, Ionian, Tyrrhenian, and Ligurian. These 4 colorful, fun designs celebrate the four Italian coastlines along these four seas.

Schiaparelli

4 designs: Italian fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli, famous for her shocking pink signature color, and fashion innovations, commemorated in 4 shocking pink designs

Westerns

4 designs: 4 Italian spaghetti westerns commemorated in Italian

Majolica

4 designs: Majolica is Italian glazed and painted earthenware. These 4 designs have been popular since the 1400s.

Birds

4 designs: Here are 4 colorful, beautifully delicate designs of birds reminiscent of the Italian art of illumination.

Words / Numbers

6 designs: 6 Italian words and numbers designs for children and adults

Miscellany

4 designs: Pinnocchio, Italian Kisses, the Sailing Ship Vespucci, Carnival in Venice

Venetian coffee houses were the first in Europe, and since then coffee has been a staple of the Italian diet and culture. These 4 designs celebrate that.

Coffee Designs

4 designs: Venetian coffee houses were the first in Europe, and since then coffee has been a staple of the Italian diet and culture. These 4 designs celebrate that.

Italy's many universities for foreigners teach Italian, but have no school shirts for the students. So here are 2 generic designs, one with the Italian emblem and one without.

University for Foreigners

2 designs: Italy's many universities for foreigners teach Italian, but have no school shirts for the students. So here are 2 generic designs, one with the Italian emblem and one without.

Mulberry Bend

2 designs: Mulberry Bend was one the major Italian immigrant districts in New York City around 1900. It's commemorated here with 2 designs: one text only, and the other The Bend before and after it became Mulberry Bend Park (now Columbus Park).

Rooms with Views

6 designs: Some beautiful Italian room views, through a classical stone window frame, of Florence, Venice and beyond.

Angels

4 designs: 4 Fra Angelico golden angels from his Annunciation paintings.

Latin

4 designs: For Latin Lovers: Get a Life!; Beam me up, Scotty!; I am master of the Universe!, I think therefore I suffer.

5 designs: Celebrate the healthy Italian lifestyle with Outdoor Living, the Giro d'Italia, Wine for the Heart, the Mediterranean Diet, Visiting the Seaside

Healthy Living

5 designs: Outdoor Living, the Giro d'Italia, Wine for the Heart, the Mediterranean Diet, Visiting the Seaside

Commedia dell'arte

7 designs: Commedia dell'Arte is a uniquely Italian improvisational theatrical form known throughout Europe since the 1500s as Commedia Italiana, famous for stock characters and slapstick comedy.

Weddings

Designs for 8 members of the wedding party: Two Venitian Murano glasses click cin-cin under the traditional Italian wedding "brindisi" (toast) "Per cent'anni" (For 100 years) of happiness together for the couple.