CNN's Fareed Zakaria to Moderate 2nd Annual Int'l. Business Summit organized by The Italian Business & Investment Initiative
Friday, February 28, 2014 – NYC: "Europe: A Museum or an Investment Opportunity; A summit organized by Italy". Fareed Zakaria hosts CNN's flagship foreign affairs show, is Editor-at-Large of TIME Magazine, a Washington Post columnist, and a New York Times bestselling author. Esquire Magazine called him "the most influential foreign p...
Italian Women’s Fashion Brand Pinko Making Foray Into USA
A women's clothing and accessories brand out of Italy is heading to the United States with a new store in New York City, Commercial Observer has learned. It's a "new tenant in the market," said Cushman & Wakefield's Joanne Podell, who represented the landlord in the deal along with team members Ian Lerner and Aylin Gucalp. Pinko w...
Giada De Laurentiis made modeling debut at New York Fashion week
Italian-born Food Network host Giada De Laurentiis made her modeling debut Thursday during 2014's New York Fashion Week. The 43-year-old television personality took on the catwalk during the Heart Truth Dress Collection show. "I'm super excited; I've never done this before. I used to think being a model and walking the runway was an easy job, but...
Addabbo, American Italian Cancer Foundation Sponsor Free Mammograms
State Sen. Joe Addabbo, Jr. (D-Howard Beach) and the American Italian Cancer Foundation are sponsoring two free mammogram events in the 15th Senate District in November. On Friday, Nov. 6, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., the foundation will be at the Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center, located at 6200 Beach Channel Dr. in Arverne, to provide no-...
Shopping NYC: How to Find Italian Designers in New York
Ciao, Milano! Halfway through Fashion Month and the traveling flock of models, editors, and buyers have touched down in Italy, inspiring New York to look into the best of Italian fashion we have here. This is the city of ridiculously bright prints (hello, Etro!), new sensations (Gucci, of course) and experimentation aplenty. To relish all...
Billionaire Italian businessman Leonardo Del Vecchio’s Luxottica behind $73M Fifth Avenue buy
Luxottica U.S. Holding Corp., the U.S. subsidiary of the Italian conglomerate that owns eyewear brands such as Sunglass Hut, Ray-Ban, Oakley and Lenscrafters, has snagged an office and retail building just off Fifth Avenue for $73 million. The building, at 1 West 37th Street last traded for just $25.5 million in 2013 to an Argentinian partnership...
A display of “art forms on wheels” as a means of illustrating one form of Italian culture
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. Various Italian vehicle groups will be represented. September 25, 2016 - Sunday, 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Display vehicles will rally at Stony Brook University campus on the lawn a...
Italia/Stati Uniti, più vicine con nuovi progetti studenteschi
Oggi martedì 10 giugno, in occasione della presentazione del progetto dell'ENIT Nord America per la promozione del turismo giovanile e studentesco che si terrà all'Italian Academy della Columbia University, la Fondazione Carnovale in collaborazione con l'Università di Roma La Sapienza, presenterà un programma di corsi di preparazione degli studenti...
Get Ready: Italy Has a ‘Special Fashion Plan’ for the United States
by Vanessa Friedman Italy has designs — literally — on America. In what is the clearest statement yet that European fashion now sees the United States as potentially the most lucrative market of the future, the Italian deputy minister for economic development, Carlo Calenda, was at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in Manhattan on...
Vespa 946 Emporio Armani sbarca a New York: un trionfo per il made in Italy
Dopo il lancio in Europa lo scorso giugno e a settembre nei principali mercati asiatici - tra cui Giappone, Vietnam, Indonesia - la Vespa 946 Emporio Armani ha debuttato negli Stati Unitid'America con uno speciale evento tenutosi nello store Emporio Armani di SoHo, al 410 della West Broadway di New York. Nata dalla collaborazione tra Giorg...
Italy to be Partner Country Sponsor of Summer Fancy Food Show
Italian food is the most popular international cuisine in the U.S. This summer, Italy will bring its best in classic specialty food and on-trend new products from all regions of the country to the Summer Fancy Food Show. This marks the first time the show organizer, the Specialty Food Association, has engaged a partner country sponsor for...
Missoni transforms its New York flagship into an artists' haven
'Contemporary art is a part of my daily life – I've been following it for many, many years,' muses Angela Missoni on the eve of the launch Surface Conversion, a new art programme which has been brewing for two years.and launched this week in the fashion label's New York flagship on Madison Avenue. The Italian creative director recalls seeing galler...