The atelier in central Palermo is housed in the Di Maria family's eighteenth century palazzo, in the historical district of Sicily's largest city. The spacious chambers, with their high ceilings, seem unchanged in three centuries, and the bridal gowns designed by Di Maria certainly represent an attention to detail typical of times long past. Cesare Di Maria specializes in constructed, elegant designs that complement a bride's natural form. Each creation is classically traditional, almost timeless. If there still existed such a thing as an heirloom bridal dress, it would be a Cesare Di Maria design.