Lia Lin Vanessa Alessia Jun 2026

And it all began with a spilled ink line, a shared napkin, and a spontaneous conversation in a tiny café perched on the edge of the sea.

Lia spent the following weeks diving near the cliffs, filming the seahorses’ dance and recording the subtle changes in water temperature. She also collected samples of seaweed that Lin later used as organic design motifs. lia lin vanessa alessia

It was a breezy afternoon in early June when Lia, a budding marine biologist from New Zealand, stepped into the sun‑drenched café that clings to the cliffs of Portofino. She was nursing a cold espresso and a notebook full of tide‑chart sketches, hoping the sea’s rhythm would whisper its secrets to her. And it all began with a spilled ink