Merribel Ayres, owner of the Amina Rubinacci boutique in Georgetown, and Alessandro Spada, CEO of the Naples-based brand, brought the style, the elegance and the allure of Amina Rubinacci to the Italian Embassy of Washington DC. Kathleen Parker, award-winning journalist, moderated the event, dressed in a stunning Amina sequined jacket. Joined...

New York, London, Milan, and Paris. These are the world's four fashion capitals, where trends are debuted and created.   Nevertheless, it is interesting to see how local fashion weeks around the world are gaining more attention and becoming centers of attraction on their own. However, among all the rising destinations, there is one city that...

by Ina Cordle   Stefano Ricci will open a boutique in Miami's Design District, in space leased from Thor Equities, The Real Deal has learned. The Italian luxury menswear brand will be located at 20 Northeast 39th Street, Thor told TRD. The 5,700-square-foot retail building includes 50 feet of frontage with 3,300 square feet of space on the g...

"When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's amore," sang Dean Martin in the 1950's. When Italian clothing hits your eye in a California clothing boutique, that's amore, according to Maria Kariotis.   The Glenview mom of three said she was shopping in a San Diego clothing boutique a few years ago when she fell in love with the q...

By Cynthia Martens   Reputation is everything in the business world. In a Reputation Institute poll of 3,200 Italians, Ferrero, the chocolate and confectionery brand, landed in the top slot for Italy's RepTrak 2015 ranking of the best-loved companies operating in Italy, earning a score of 89.5, while BMW and Barilla secured second and t...

The Italian brand, known for its footwear and leather goods, offers custom suiting, jackets, pants – and now for the first time dress shirts for men at select flagship stores and through at-home appointments. Ferragamo is pushing the addition to its made-to-measure service at its New York flagship store – the only U.S. location where custom sh...

  WTI Magazine #24    2014 Apr, 04Author : Nadiah Ahmad Shukri for poisondrops.com      Translation by:   Denim Made in ItalyWay back in the Fifties, 1952 to be precise, Roy Roger's mixed a working class staple with dolce vita chic. Francesco Bacci, founder of the Sevenbell group that owns Roy Roger's amongst other brands, set out to the United...

To celebrate and promote Italian fashion in New York City, the Italian Trade Commission would like to invite you to participate in SHOP ITALY on MADISON. SHOP ITALY on MADISON, promoted by the Ministry of Economic Development and organized by the Italian Trade Commission, celebrates Italian quality and heritage with a series of consumer shopping e...

WTI Magazine #7    2013 Nov, 29Author : Annalisa Lospinuso for PoisonDrops.com      Translation by: Alessandra Bitetti   When you are talking about upper-class white shirts, who are you thinking of? Unique and inimitable, the white shirt of Gianfranco Ferré is one of the symbolic item of Italian fashion in the world. From February 1st to June 15t...

  WTI Magazine #18    2014 Feb, 21Author : Irene Salvadorini for PoisonDrops.com      Translation by:Alessandra Bitetti   The New York agesThe story of a careful and elegant love, the scent of flowers and the courage to dare. The inevitable passion for materials, prints and colors, a creativity heritage coming from a family that has been always...