Happy 32nd Birthday Giovanna Battaglia!

To celebrate Giovanna Battaglia's birthday, I asked the editorial team to be creative in sending Gio our greetings and I love the sentiments that they each contributed in her honor. Happy Birthday, Gio! Many happy returns!

Kellina de Boer

Do you remember the birthday greeting that Giovanna devised for her friend Anna Dello Russo this year? She spelled out Anna's birthday message using her sparkling shoes so I was inspired to create a similar image using a photo of Gio's own shoes. Auguri Giovanna!!

Gala

"Quelle con la moda innata si riconoscono dal compleanno: Giovanna Battaglia, in piena Fashion Week!" Faccio i miei personali auguri di "Buon Compleanno!" alla nostra "Musina" con una battuta della giornalista di Vogue, Serena La Rosa, pronunciata lo scorso anno per la medesima occasione. Come darle torto?

Auguri Gio!!!
Gala.

"Those with fashion can be recognized by the innate birthday: Giovanna Battaglia, in the middle of Fashion Week!" I do my personal best wishes of "Happy Birthday!" to our "Musina" with a joke that a journalist for Vogue, Serena La Rosa, delivered on the last year for the same occasion. How could you blame her?

Greetings Gio!
Gala.

Happy Birthday Gio!!

While I know how much I love Gio and her impeccable style, now that I know she was born two days before me, and is also a Libra, I understand even more why I gravitate toward her. Born on September 26, Gio is a Libran. She is:

Diplomatic (That’s lovely, but try this instead, it might be even better for you)

Urbane (a meeting with the Queen, the President, pfff, I have the perfect dress and shoes!)

Romantic and Charming (champagne and candles for Vlad on the terrace on the Amalfi Coast)

Easygoing (I can find the bracelet for you on my next trip to Milan)

Sociable (Why don’t we go to all the parties for New York Fashion Week, I want to meet more New Yorkers)

Idealistic (Everyone should be able to have their own style and own it)

Peaceable (Yes, absolutely I can, of course, sure, I will try my best to help with the photo shoot while I’m in Paris)

Librans are also very indecisive, so my question to Gio, would be, how do you decide each day what to wear each day with your amazing wardrobe? I would be overwhelmed, but would welcome the opportunity! Applausi per una festa di compleanno bellissimo.

Francesca Berti

"Auguri stilosi"... in English is "stylish greetings."

Le Choix Trois

"We turn not older with years, but newer every day."

— Emily Dickinson

Happy Birthday, gorgeous Gio! Looking forward to another year full of fashion inspiration!

Bisous!
Le Choix Trois

Isabelle Reford

Auguri to Giovanna!

Giovanna Battaglia photos courtesy of twitter.com/batgiovanna, Fashion Spot, Getty Images, Tim Walker, and Condé Nast.

Comments

[Francesca]

Kellina, I love your pic with shoes!

[Lee]

I love all the pics & sentiments! Happy Birthday, beautiful Gio!

[kellina]

Grazie, Francesca! They are actually Giovanna' shoes, she posted this image to her Twitter stream a few months ago. I wish they were my shoes, love the sparkle.

[kellina]

Yay! Thanks very much for your comment, Lee!

[Claire]

Oh fabulous - what a great post and happy birthday to the gorgeous lady herself x

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[Lucy Frías]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THIS INSPIRATIONAL WOMAN!!

Wish to celebrate with you and with all the IWTBAB team ;)

[mike]

Buon Compleanno, Gio!