The United Nations Association of New York gathered inside the J.W. Marriott Essex House on Thursday evening to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the U.N., and to award three individuals at the 2015 United Nations Day Humanitarian Awards Gala dinner. This year's event, themed "2015 and Beyond: Education and Equality for All," honored Marco Bizzarr...

The Italian family that's owned the luxury suiting company Ermenegildo Zegna for four generations and Taconic Investment Partners picked up an office building in the Flatiron District for $65 million. The Zegna family closed in June on 61 West 23rd Street, a seven-story cast iron building spanning just over 50,000 square feet, sources told The...

by Benedetta Cicconi   The story of Valentina Socci, a well-established fashion photographer, who left her beloved city of Milan, Italy, to devote herself to a successful career in Hollywood, reminds of a beautiful modern tale. Over the last few years, she has achieved very good results and all of her efforts have been rewarded. Valentina S...

An Italian family firm with a deep-rooted tradition and passion for the art, craft and savoire-faire that goes into making high quality jewelry is introducing a growing number of consumers to its exceptional, handmade products.   Chairman Guido Damiani explains what makes award-winning Damiani and its pieces unique and how even the richest o...

Valentino is making a major statement for current momentum and future growth - its largest flagship yet, set to open next year at 693 Fifth Avenue in the old Takashimaya Building says wwd.com. The 20,000 sq. ft. store with three floors of selling space as well as a basement, is the culmination of three years of sales increases for the brand, and ma...

The Hoboken Italian Festival, Tatiana Petersen and Dana Marchionne are preparing to bring Italy to Hoboken in an event never before seen in this thriving city. Hoboken Fashion Night is a city wide celebration of Hoboken's unique fashion and retail community and its wide array of creative genius.   The program will consist entirely of Ho...

Inizierà il prossimo 13 gennaio a New York, nella nuova sede Pier 92, l'edizione 2015 di "Première Vision", la più importante manifestazione in calendario negli Stati Uniti dedicata a tessuti ed accessori per l'industria dell'abbigliamento di alto livello.   "Première Vision New York" è una fiera di piccole dimensioni, ma di elevato contenut...

by Abby White   Five years ago, the Frist Center for the Visual Arts hosted the only U.S. presentation of the Victoria and Albert Museum's superb The Golden Age of Couture: Paris and London 1947–1957, which chronicled a celebrated era of fashion marked by the debut of Christian Dior's groundbreaking "new look" and a subsequent burst of cre...

  WTI Magazine #19    2014 Feb, 28Author : Francesca Favotto      Translation by:   A rigorous approach and strong shapes for the Quattromani's Fall Winter collection 2014/15, presented on 26th January 2014 in official AltaRoma AltaModa calendar. The Sardinian duo focuses on clean cuts and unexpected combinations of unusual materials, following...

di Francesca Favotto   Non una casa qualunque, ma quella dove abitò fino al giorno che ne segnò la fine per sempre, che segnò la fine di un'era. Il 17 settembre Casa Casuarina, imponente residenza dello stilista Gianni Versace a Miami, dove visse fino all'omicidio avvenuto per mano di Andrew Cunanan il 15 luglio di sedici anni fa, verrà mess...