Versace Returns to New York City
The Italian fashion house has secured a 285sq m boutique in the SoHo area of New York City. The store is located on the ground floor of a mid-rise structure built in 1879 and is within close proximity of several other luxury brands including Linda Farrow, Louis Vuitton, Stella McCartney, Dior and Fendi. The interior design of the store has been cre...
The “Napoleon Of The Manhattan Skyscraper Builders,” Charles V. Paterno, 1878 – 1946
Charles Vincent Paterno, born Canio Paternò, August 4, 1878 – May 30, 1946, was an Italian-born American real estate uptown and Harlem developer. He was called the “Napoleon of the Manhattan Skyscraper Builders.” Life and career Born in Castelmezzano, in the Italian region of Basilicata, to Giovanni Paternò, a real estate businessman, and Carolina...
Versace Makes Retail Push in the U.S.
Versace continues to invest in the North American market to expand its retail network. While the Italian luxury fashion house, which is owned by Capri Holdings, is scouting for a new location in Uptown New York to replace its former boutique on Fifth Avenue, which closed last February, Versace has just opened a 3,070-square-foot store in the heart...
Robert D. Cess Concorso d’Eleganza XV Annual Celebration of Italian Vehicle Excellence and Beauty
Center for Italian Studies at Stony Brook University Event Announcement: September 26, Sunday, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Robert D. Cess Concorso d’Eleganza XV Annual Celebration of Italian Vehicle Excellence and Beauty: A display of “art forms on wheels” as a means of illustrating one form of Italian culture. Display vehicles will rally at Stony Brook Univ...
FENDI Brings Italy to New York with Rome-Inspired Flagship
You no longer need to leave Manhattan to get a taste of Rome. FENDI opened its New York City flagship, now relocated on the corner of 57th Street in Manhattan’s Fuller Building. Spanning over 6,900 square feet, Women’s and Men’s Ready-to-Wear Collections, accessories, and leather goods are presented across two levels featuring Kim Jones debut Fall/...
Paige Lipari Is Ready for the Future How the owner of Archestratus Books + Foods is growing her dream business
When Paige Lipari opened her bookstore Archestratus in Greenpoint in 2016, she did so with $40,000 of her own savings and loans from friends and family. (All of which have since been paid back.) At the time, she didn’t expect to run a shop that specializes in books and food, but Lipari’s laid-back approach to Italian-accented baking and cooking res...
L’eccellenza italiana torna nel quartiere trendy di Soho ed è una standing-ovation!
New York ha ripreso la sua joie de vivre una volta per tutte. Il rinomato brand italiano Pinko ha riaperto i battenti in suolo newyorkese in una delle zone più ricche e famose della città, 143 Spring Street, Soho. Qui infatti si è tenuto il primo evento in persona post pandemia di StrategicA Communication, organizzato da Francesca Di Matteo, Ceo e...
Marni's New Pop-Up Is a Ray of Instant Sunshine
Nobody does happy, color-saturated prints quite like the Italian fashion house Marni. And now, in time for peak summer, you can fully immerse yourself in the brand’s maximalist ethos thanks to a new beachy-keen pop-up on New York’s Shelter Island. Called Marni Marine, the installation has taken over the gift shop and game room of a local hot spot,...
Dolce & Gabbana Brings Sicily to the Hamptons
Many people love the appeal of summer in the Hamptons. Dolce & Gabbana felt it was the perfect opportunity to bring a mobile pop-up to the destination – designed to bring some Sicilian flavor to the Hamptons. The temporary store is a charming mobile pop-up complete with an aptly decorated airstream to embody a laidback beach feel with a Mediterrane...
This Artist Is Bringing Sicilian Lifestyle to Long Island
“Idda means ‘her’ in Sicilian dialect,” says artist and designer Gabriella Picone. It’s a word she heard often growing up between New York City and Lipari, the Aeolian island off the coast of Sicily. Now it’s the name of her new studio, which she launched last year while hunkering down in another seaside locale, the North Fork of Long Island. What...
Moschino will show at New York Fashion Week
This is not a drill: Moschino is coming to New York! The Italian brand, led by American designer Jeremy Scott, announced that its Spring ’22 collection will be shown on Thursday September 9 at New York Fashion Week. The question on everyone’s minds? What the brand’s newest collection will look like. Moschino is known for adhering to dramatic and ca...
Maison Valentino Opens Two New Stores At Bergdorf Goodman In New York
Good news, New Yorkers: the luxury Italian House, Maison Valentino, has opened two new stores at Bergdorf Goodman in New York dedicated to its iconic ready-to-wear and Valentino Garavani handbag collections. The partnership between the two luxury brands honors the heritage of each while also celebrating modern luxury and style. “Valentino is the It...