Almost everything I know about seduction, I learned from the Italians. After a lifetime of explaining that I was a good Catholic girl, I was introduced to a deeply-felt sensuality in the Pope’s backyard. Ironically, the Italians suffer little of the religious sexual guilt that haunts American women.

My treasure box of secrets will never be opened, but I thank the Italians for introducing me to ‘la dolce vita’ in a discreet, long-lasting love affair with my senses and imagination playing the leading role, and drawers full of beautiful lingerie providing an erotic backdrop.

This beautiful Christies Fall 2010 photoshoot can’t help but enflame my reflections on the value of a sensual life lived in full. Anne