New pieces land from Italy all season·Pop-ups begin in November
Open Tuesday to Saturday, 11am to 3pm
Fatta in Italia · chosen by hand, carried home
A small hand-painted shop on Pine Island Road, full of linen, silk and viscose bought direct in Italy in small numbers. Come see what came back. In season, the racks also travel to clubhouses across Southwest Florida.
For women who notice fabric first
Every piece is bought on a trip to Italy, in small numbers, from cloth traditions older than any trend. When something is gone it is usually gone.
Best for heatWoven on Italian looms since Roman times
Flax spun and woven the slow way, then garment-washed so it arrives already soft. It creases the moment you sit down, which is the point. The crease is how linen tells you it is real.
Built for Florida heat the way it was built for the Mediterranean: it cools faster than cotton and wears in, not out, growing softer every season.
Evenings outComo has finished silk since the 1400s
The mills around Lake Como have dyed and finished silk for six centuries, and they still set the world standard. That hand feel has never been matched by a machine-age shortcut.
Cool against the skin, warm when the evening turns, and it moves when you do. For the nights that ask a little more.
Packs flatBorn to drape like silk, raised in Italian mills
Spun from natural cellulose over a century ago as an answer to silk, and Italian finishing taught it manners. It drapes like silk and forgives like cotton.
The travel piece: packs flat, shakes out ready, looks composed by the time you reach the clubhouse door.
What came back from Italy, as it hits the hangers. Bought in small numbers; most pieces never return.
The racks turn weekly.
“She has the market clothes commonly found in France and Italy at their weekly market days. She’s a really nice gal and she knows fashion!”
“When visiting Matlacha you must stop in to Mariann’s Boutique. She is so nice and personable and will help you find exactly what you are looking for.”
“Fine Italian women’s clothing and accessories. Very nice and good clothing for our weather here.”
Chosen in Italy. Worn in Florida.
Women-owned · Matlacha
Every piece on these racks was chosen by Mariann herself, on buying trips to small Italian makers. Linen, silk and viscose, picked piece by piece for real Florida weather and brought home in small numbers. Her customers say it best: she will help you find exactly what you are looking for.
– Mariann
Su appuntamento · by appointment
Book the shop for yourself and your circle, at the hour you choose: midday with the sign turned, or an evening of your own. The racks, the mirrors, the whole room, and Mariann’s full attention. No one else on the floor.
Private viewing · $150
The boutique closed for your circle, even in the middle of the day. A $150 reservation holds the date, and $125 of it becomes house credit, drawn down across your group’s purchases until it is used.
If nothing comes home that evening, your $125 credit stays yours for a later visit. The reservation itself is not refunded.
Reserve & payStyling session · $95
An hour with Mariann on the skill she buys with: connecting colors, reading cloth, and building outfits for Florida weather, taught from the racks around you.
For your group, in the shop. Book on its own or with a visita.
Reserve & payBooked together · $225
The visita and the lezione in one evening: the shop to yourselves, the styling hour, and $150 in house credit toward whatever comes home with you.
Reserved upfront as one booking, the price softens: $225 for the evening, and the credit stays yours here too.
Reserve & payMore than fifteen communities across Southwest Florida, and counting.
If your community has a clubhouse and a calendar, we can come to you.
Message us with the name of your activities director. We will take it from there.
We work out the date with your clubhouse and put it on the season calendar.
We bring the cloth, the sizes and the mirrors. Your neighbors shop without leaving home.
Send us the name of your activities director, by message or with the form below. We work out the date with your clubhouse and put it on the season calendar. That is the whole process.
Pop-ups begin in November and run through the season. Message us and we will tell you where we are heading before it is posted anywhere.
Maybe, and soon is better than later. Every piece is bought in Italy in small numbers, so when something is gone it is usually gone. Call the shop and we will check the racks for you.
Tuesday to Saturday, 11am to 3pm, at 4606b Pine Island Rd in Matlacha. Hours stretch once season starts in November. We close for buying trips to Italy and post the dates before we go.
Yes. A private viewing closes the boutique for you and your circle, during the day or after hours. A $150 reservation holds the date, and $125 of it becomes house credit, drawn down across the group’s purchases. Whatever credit is left that evening stays yours for a later visit; the reservation itself is not refunded. Add La Lezione, a styling hour where Mariann teaches color pairing and cloth from the racks around you, for $95. Or book both together as Il Pacchetto: $225 for the evening, with $150 in house credit on the same terms. Reserve below, or message us to arrange it.
Not yet. The racks are the experience. Follow us on Instagram or Facebook to see what came back from Italy, then come see it in person.
The season calendar is being set now. Tell us your community and we will take it from there. The note goes straight to Mariann.
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Leave a Google reviewMatlacha, on Pine Island Road. Hours stretch once season starts in November.
| Shop hours | Summer |
|---|---|
| Tuesday to Saturday | 11am to 3pm |
| Sunday and Monday | Closed |
We close for buying trips to Italy, and we post the dates before we go.
Da Matlacha, con amore
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