On target, my friend.
Why are Italian girls so attractive and by what means do they catch the attention of the man they hope to marry?
Beautiful women in Italy are not necessarily born that way – they make and keep themselves that way!
How can this be done?
Most foreigners do not realize how important young Italian girls regard their physical appearance. Before going out in public they very carefully choose the correct clothing and facial treatments. When they exit their homes everything must be perfect.
In addition to all this, one must take into account the need for designer dresses and shoes.
In Italy, especially in one's hometown, you never get caught wearing the same fancy dress as someone else.
You must also constantly be up to spiff on the styles, which may vary from one area of the country to another, and women must buy something new before the change of every season, forgetting all the money they spent the previous year on things they will never wear again.
They also celebrate romance and loving ambiance in an overwhelming natural, unique, temperamental force that stuns and captures the soul. This is what Topos is referring to.

La Signorina Ines Sastre is an example of this refined “force”_
But Maria Grazia is in a class by itself as she typifies the blazing passion of the Southern Italian woman with feminine sophistication hard to match.

[This message has been edited by Van Canna (edited August 24, 2002).]