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Romi Ferretti
by: Denise Sypesteyn
Photograph by Jeff Gold
Romi Ferretti is South Beach’s newest Renaissance man. The 37-year-old Verona, Italy, native played bass for one of Italy’s top rock bands, reinvented himself as a fashionista, and recently teamed up with brother Allessandro, a well-known local builder and developer, to inject new life into an old art deco property now called The Wave Hotel. The name reflects his design of cool blue colors and soft curved lines, prominent throughout the Ocean Drive boutique inn.
“Nobody invents anything,” Ferretti says. “We simply interpret what we see in the world around us. I get ideas whenever I go out.”
JUST THE FACTS
- Languages: “Italian, English and my own sort of sign language.”
- Blondes or brunettes: “Hair color doesn’t matter. I like brave eyes.”
- Sexiest part of the body: “Tanned female legs with cute feet, dressed in Manolo Blahnik or Sergio Rossi high-heel sandals.”
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OCEAN DRIVE September 2000 issue |
