The concept store will open in June 2017 in the Seaport District. The storied Milan retailer 10 Corso Como is coming to New York. In an agreement with real estate group The Howard Hughes Corporation, the store founded by Carla Sozzani will open a unit in the Seaport District in June 2017. Covering about 13,000 square feet and designed by...
READ MOREby Giulia Crivelli The Milanese showroom and offices of Mr&Mrs Italy have a certain air of the start-up company about them today. The apparel brand celebrated for its fur-lined parkas and luxury details – buttons, studs and patches in a variety of materials and styles – has gone from a €1.5 million turnover to an expected €31 million for...
READ MOREThe Italian Cultural Institute joined in celebrating the 8th annual SF Design Week with a satellite exhibit from the Museo Nazionale della Arti del XXI Secolo (MAXXI) called Piccolo Utopie, or Small Utopias. Opening night at the Institute, Thursday, June 19, included a round-table panel that helped bring context to the buildings and instal...
READ MOREProsegue il percorso di internazionalizzazione di Italia Independent, che ha aperto un nuovo flagship store a New York, all'85 di Mercer Street. Il negozio, si legge in una nota, e' situato nel cuore pulsante di Soho, quartiere fra i piu' trendy di Manhattan, famoso per la moda, l'arte e la sua atmosfera al tempo stesso bohemienne e contem...
READ MOREAn exhibit at the MAXXI museum in Rome depicts Italy as a country eager to turn the page after the tragedy of World War II, rolling up its sleeve and getting down to work, building on its strong tradition of highly skilled craftsmanship and dressmaking: a country that would be soon reborn, to become a fashion powerhouse worldwide. The exhi...
READ MOREAs fashion designer Maria Pinto describes it, she was born in a little Italian village just outside of Chicago's Chinatown. She always knew she wanted to design; it was a natural gift. What she had to learn is navigating the ups and downs of the business of fashion. This year, Maria Pinto celebrates 25 years in fashion and she is not slowi...
READ MOREOn a day of freezing rain—why isn't this snow? Snow is pretty!—with despair pouring from the television set, it is fascinating to take a break from bitter reality and stop in for tea at the presentation by Milanese designer Luisa Beccaria. The event, held in a mansion on the Upper East Side, two blocks from the 86th Street subway station b...
READ MORELa sede dell'Istituto Italiano di Cultura di San Francisco si è trasformata per una sera in una vera e propria passerella di moda, per la presentazione della collezione di moda indipendente Eva Flair, la quale mira a promuovere il Made in Italy autentico nel mondo. In occasione del 2013 Anno della Cultura Italiana negli Stati Uniti, Eva Flair h...
READ MOREItalian menswear brand ISAIA opened its doors to VIPs in Beverly Hills last week on Brighton Way, giving gentlemen with a penchant for high-end clothing yet another bespoke place to shop. According to global CEO Gianluca Isaia, the brand—which also opened a flagship on Madison Avenue in Manhattan—will "represent being at the upper echelon...
READ MORENuovo appuntamento per le imprese della moda maschile italiana che, grazie all'Agenzia Ice, si spostano a New York per la prima tappa statunitense del MRket Trade Show, dove verranno presentate le collezioni autunno-inverno 2017-2018 del segmento classico di alto livello e degli accessori uomo. Dal 23 al 25 gennaio il Javits Convention Center di Ne...
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