March 28, Saturday - Orange County Italian American Women's Fashion Show celebrating 30 years of serving Orange County Charities . The event will be held at Mission Viejo Country Club featuring fashions by Chico's, Champagne luncheon, silent auction and raffle. 10:30 am - 3:30pm. Cost: $45.00 per person. Husbands and guests welcome. Benefi...
READ MOREBy Jacob Gallagher If there's one thing Italians know better than fashion, it's food, so it's only natural that Marco Baldassari, the CEO and co-founder of Eleventy, uses a culinary analogy to describe his clothing brand. "We are like a bistro that offers an innovative cuisine," said Mr. Baldassari, "but without the price of a gourmet restaurant."...
READ MOREThe Fendi Château Residences is a new 12-story waterfront condominium building located at 9365 Collins Avenue in Miami, Florida. Expertly curated by the Italian megabrand and private developer Château Group, the condominium—a first of its kind—features 58 oceanfront apartments in a prime location just two blocks away from the esteemed luxury s...
READ MOREBy Alan Behr One of the mysteries that Italy presents to the world is how style seems to come so naturally and happen so easily in the nation's disparate regions and within all walks of life. It is as if elegant design in clothing, shoes, accessories (and just about everything else) grows naturally in the surroundings, like grapes in a tru...
READ MORE"I'm more impressed than anyone else, especially if I convert the sum in the former Italian currency: we are talking about more than 4,000 billion lire. If someone would have told me ten years ago I don't know if I'd believe it. After all we have been 'fast runners': constant and constantly growing, even during the crisis." The founder and preside...
READ MOREIl fatturato della moda italiana cresce negli Usa ma risente ancora della crisi Nel 2012 il Tessile-Moda italiano subisce ancora gli effetti della congiuntura sfavorevole. Lo rilevano le stime dello Smi (Sistema Moda Italia, una delle più grandi organizzazioni mondiali di rappresentanza degli industriali del tessile e moda rappresentando, attraver...
READ MORELa crescita per il settore del lusso verrà dal Nord America. Ne è convinto l'89% degli intervistati da Ledbury Research per Departures, pubblicazione di America Express.Più dell'Asia dell'Est e di altri mercati emergenti, gli Stati Uniti potranno contribuire all'espansione del settore. Anche l'Europa, sia dell'Ovest sia dell'Est, farà la sua parte...
READ MOREFirst the myBaguette app, and now a studio apartment-size pop-up shop in Soho with hashtag neon signs: looks like Fendi has finally figured out how to translate their Italian luxury roots into a language millennials speak. The brand nonchalantly opened a pop-up inside Wolford's former spot on the corner of Greene and Prince Streets this we...
READ MOREby Declan Eytan Milan's Expo officially kicked off earlier this month, and the city expects to attract up to 20 million visitors from around the world, throughout the fair's six-month duration. So far, things are looking quite positive, as the main attraction – a 3.6 million square foot fair featuring 145 participating countries – is likel...
READ MOREby Isabel Wilkinson A few years ago, the Italian-American jewelry designer Ippolita Rostagno realized something about Italy: that many of the country's traditional craftsmen were closing up shop. Established local artisans — keepers of centuries-old techniques — were losing out in the globalized digital marketplace. They were bein...
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