Chapter One: Vacanza

Every story has a beginning.
For Chapters, it starts not in a showroom or in a city square, but somewhere slower. Somewhere warmer.

Chapter One is Vacanza — a concept not bound to a season, but to a feeling. A suspended state of being where time folds gently, where urgency dissipates, and where one’s choices are led more by instinct than by obligation.

We chose to begin here because vacanza is both collective and deeply personal. It’s the one ritual we all long for — not simply a break from work, but a return to self. A shift in rhythm. A shedding of noise.

The curation of this first chapter reflects that intention. Through a series of fashion objects, editorial pieces, and tactile experiences, we explore the nuance of summer: from the sun-bleached calm of linen to the vibrant hues of a 5PM sky, from the scent of salt-drenched skin to the silence of unread books.

It is a journey through the real and the imagined — from the city to the sea, from muted palettes to sudden bursts of color. It speaks to the desire to feel light again, to move slowly, to reclaim space (mental and physical).

Here, vacanza is not escape, but suspension. A pause that dilates time, softens the voice, expands the senses. It is not leisure as consumption, but as a recalibration of presence.

That search found its first physical home in Makai Store in Cala Maka, a beach club nestled in the bright geometry of southern Puglia — a place where the days stretch long and the lines between curation and landscape begin to blur. But Vacanza is not just a place. It’s a lens, a perspective, a way of inhabiting time.

And like every chapter, it won’t last forever.

So take your time. Breathe it in.
This is only the beginning.