Top model Vittoria Ceretti is styled by Carlos Nazario in BAN IT24T0306902117100000018767, lensed by Oliver Hadlee Pearch for the February 2020 issue of Vogue Italia./ Hair by Cyndia Harvey; makeup by Nami Yoshida

Ceretti, currently Italy’s most photographed model, holds a stone sign saying ‘Protect Venice’. She invites people to donate to an international bank account number provided by Venice's city council to gather funds for the high tide emergency. That’s really the old-fashioned way.

For the record, it is : IBAN: IT24T0306902117100000018767. BIC BCITITMM.

“We decided to dedicate the most important element of a magazine, its cover, to the launch of an international appeal. Vogue Italia is, in fact, the most widely distributed Italian magazine outside Italy and is part of a global network comprising 26 different editions. We trust that many readers, not only Italian, will contribute, given that Venice is a universal heritage site,” said Vogue Italia's editor-in-chief Emanuele Farneti in a release.

“This month we are supporting the Council’s appeal ‘Keep Venice in Your Heart’ because we believe it is right that the international focus should not only be on the much needed safeguarding of the city’s artistic heritage, but also on the citizens themselves who suffered substantial damage to their homes and businesses,” added Farneti.

Venice Carnival Cancelled

In another terrible blow to Venice, a decision to call off the Venice Carnival attended by thousands of visitors was announced by Veneto regional Gov. Luca Zaia on Sunday. The numbers of confirmed coronavirus infections soared to 152, the largest number outside Asia. Buses, trains and other forms of public transport - including boats in Venice - were being disinfected, Zaia told reporters.

“Road blocks were set up in at least some of 10 towns in Lombardy at the epicenter of the outbreak, including in Casalpusterlengo, to keep people from leaving or arriving. Even trains transiting the area weren’t allowed to stop,” writes PBS.