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by Chantal Fernandez The LVMH Group announced Monday that it will take a minority stake in luxury jewelry brand Repossi. The Italian company is led by Artistic and Creative Director Gaia Repossi, who took the lead at the company her great grandfather founded in 2007, at only 21 years old.   Under the direction of her father, Alberto Repossi...

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Dunnas, known as a premium fashion brand, based in Gatteo Mare, Italy, is pleased to announce that the brand will start operations in North America in July with a presence at the Swimshow 2013 (booth # 685) in Miami Beach Convention Center.   Dunnas will exhibit the "Collezione 2014" designed in Italy by Francesca Magnani, composed of 40 mod...

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From the street, the red brick Italian-style mansion at 658 Cambridge Blvd. SE looks nice enough for the well-to-do neighborhood.   But there is little to prepare you for the elegant grand hall that fills the heart of this Italian Renaissance mansion. Warm tile floors lead past carved walnut woodwork, built-in niches and hand-painted murals...

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by Steve O'Hear   They say that the only thing guaranteed in life is death and taxes. But perhaps we should add VCs piling money into furniture and homewear e-commerce startups to the list, not least in Europe. Today it's the turn of Italian home design startup Lovethesign.   The company has raised just over $4 million in Series A fun...

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by Rosemary Feitelberg   With inauguration Day less than three weeks away, Melania Trump has made a point of keeping a low profile — but the first-lady-to-be's choice of a Dolce & Gabbana dress for New Year's Eve in Palm Beach at Mar-a-Lago has kicked off an online firestorm.   After Melania — a longtime client of the Italian bran...

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WTI Magazine #10    2013 Dec, 20 Author : Annalisa Lospinuso for PoisonDrops.com      Translation by: Alessandra Bitetti   A prestigious award for one of the icons of Italian fashion, Miuccia Prada. The British Fashion Council gave to the Milanese designer-entrepreneur the award for International Designer of the Year, during the awards ceremony...

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This major exhibition will be a glamorous, comprehensive look at Italian fashion from the end of the Second World War to the present day.   The story is explored through the key individuals and organizations that have contributed to Italy's reputation for quality and style. The exhibition will include both women's fashion and menswear, highl...

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In occasione del 2013, Anno della Cultura Italiana negli Stati Uniti, la Capitale Usa celebrerà lo stile italiano con la mostra 60 anni di made in Italy, che sarà accessibile dal prossimo 15 novembre 2013 presso l'Arena Stage al Mead Center for American Theater.   Il progetto, che già grande successo ha riscosso a Roma e a Città del Messico,...

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La copertina, una lunga intervista all’interno (che il direttore ha assegnato sé stesso).   Brunello Cucinelli su «The Rake», una delle riviste di riferimento della moda maschile mondiale, analizza la visione di Cucinelli per il futuro della moda (non solo italiana) e Wei Koh, direttore del magazine, scrive che le idee di Cucinelli sul rispe...

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by Ben Guarino   If the wearables cheerleaders are right, our closets will soon be stuffed with smart clothes. Garments are the next intelligent glasses, or, even better, the next smart watches! Never mind that the Apple watch, like Google Glass before it, is scrubbing out. If we can get over the utility hurdle, there's a cultural barrier co...

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