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As stated in wwd, Giorgio Armani is coming to New York. The designer will stage his "One Night Only New York" event on Oct. 24 and show his most recent Privé collection, Nude, as well as a retrospective of his couture designs. In June, Armani celebrated the revamp of his new boutique on Rome's Via Condotti with a "One Night Only" event in the Itali...

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by Laura Gurfein   In an effort to cater to the jet set customer, Kiton is set to debut its second New York store this Friday inside the Four Seasons Hotel. Though the brand has a flagship store and showroom inside a 54th Street townhouse and is also available at major department stores like Barneys and Bergdorf Goodman, this 500-square-foot...

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By Alison A. Nieder   Those with a love of Italian fashion and warm winters should head to Florida in February for the opening of the "Bellissima: Italy and High Fashion 1945 – 1968" exhibition at the NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale. The exhibition will examine the post-war period that led to Italy's "Alta Moda" (high fashion), which inc...

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by Lauren Indvik   Proportionately speaking, Milan, as with Paris, is largely a showcase for luxury fashion. While New York and London have a healthy dose of contemporary and "affordable luxury" brands — think Milly, Rebecca Taylor, Tory Burch, Orla Kiely, Topshop Unique, etc. — the clothes shown at Milan Fashion Week are largely for the ver...

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YOU'VE HEARD OF extreme sports? Well, on Wednesday evening, Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli of Valentino brought the fashion equivalent — extreme designing — to New York.   The triple-collection punch of this time of year (pre-fall in December/January, men's wear in January and women's wear in February) usually keeps designers hun...

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This summer, the Frist Center for the Visual Arts will offer a lineup of exciting public programs in conjunction with the presentation of Italian Style: Fashion since 1945, an exhibition that chronicles the birth and growth of the Italian fashion industry from the post–World War II recovery years to the present day. Program highlights include a con...

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By Dana Schuster   Unlike wannabes Kendall and Kylie Jenner and Kanye West, Lady Gaga respects fashion designers too much to ever try to be one. "The thing is, at the end of the day, I have a real respect for fashion designers," Gaga told The Post at her stylist and friend Brandon Maxwell's show Tuesday night at the Monkey Bar.  ...

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"When two years ago Valentino was acquired by Qatar investment firm Mayhoola for €700 million, some might have thought that multiples were too high.   Instead, the Qatar fund had understood the group's sizeable growth potential. For this year, we estimate revenues to increase more than 30% to €650 million. And we expect to reach €1 billion i...

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by Chiara Bee   He could have been a champion in athletics, but he became the founder of one of the most innovative Italian fashion houses ever: Ottavio "Tai" Missoni, born in Dubrovnik in 1921, left his career in sports (he participated in the London Olympics in 1948) in 1953, when he married Rosita Jelmini, coming from a family that produc...

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By Jenna Pelletier  The independently produced documentary film "Men of the Cloth" will premiere in Rhode Island Tuesday, Oct. 6, at Showcase Cinemas Warwick. Directed by former menswear fashion editor Vicki Vasilopoulos, it presents an intimate look at three Italian master tailors in the twilight of their careers. The film follows Nino...

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