New York City carries all sorts of stories on its streets. Valentina Perissi’s is hard to miss. Maybe its her multi- dimensional leather jacket, or hand- painted handbag, but above all its her Italian persistence. She chooses neither to walk as fast as others, nor to race anyone to skyscraping success, rather she allows her intricate work and exper...
READ MORESilent films can be an acquired taste. Melodramatic plots and the absence of synchronized sound are not to everyone’s liking, but those aren’t good enough reasons to dismiss the genre as archaic or tedious. There’s much more to these films than meets the eye, including the story of the Italian divas, Lyda Borelli first among them, who defined the a...
READ MOREThe Italian National Fashion Chamber is promoting a diversity agenda among Milan’s major fashion houses, a year after several top Italian brands faced criticism for designs and remarks seen as culturally and racially insensitive. Its manifesto backed by major Italian fashion brands aims to increase racial and gender diversity in key roles in Milan'...
READ MOREMax Stanco is a world-renowned luxury brand known for its high-end line of authentic Italian artisan leather shoes and travel and sports bags for men and women. Besides an assortment of leather bags and footwear, the product line also expands into smaller accessories applying luxurious leathers and materials with custom made designs by Stanco. But...
READ MOREOpened on December 12, the New York store focuses on a ‘mountain-to-city’ après-ski-themed aesthetic and offers a wide variety of the 112-year-old brand’s apparel offering. Inside, customers can shop Rossignol’s full range of clothes and accessories, including technical equipment, skiwear and urbanwear, the brand’s ‘Sport Chic’ and ‘Après Ski’ appa...
READ MORETme to kick off those stilettos. A new boutique in Dallas' NorthPark Center has arrived to make 2020 the year of the statement sneaker. Golden Goose, the luxury brand from Venice, Italy, opened its first store in Texas at Dallas' premier shopping center on December 20. Known for its stylish, casual "Superstar" kicks with a vintage vibe, the store i...
READ MOREAt the tender age of 10, Burr Ridge’s Rino Burdi tagged along to work with his father, Alfonso. The rest, as they say, is history. Today, Burdi runs the day-to-day operations of the family’s namesake luxury Italian menswear brand, Burdi, which he took over from Alfonso in 1995. “You could say I was born into it,” says Burdi. “I watched my dad cut a...
READ MORESpregiudicata, provocante, talvolta osé o scandalosa: è la moda di oggi. O meglio degli ultimi settecento anni, se si assume il XIV secolo come il vero punto di svolta nelle abitudini occidentali in fatto di abbigliamento. È ciò che sostiene Roberta Orsi Landini nel suo nuovo saggio intitolato “Moda a Firenze e in Toscana nel Trecento” (pp. 160, eu...
READ MOREMichele Lopriore, a high-end womens shoe brand, launched its first retail pop-up experience in South Miami in 2018. Then it was on to Manhattan a year later, popping up in New York City's World Trade Center Mall and then, also this year, in Chicago where the Italian retailer popped up on the north end of the city's Magnificent Mile at the North Mic...
READ MORENicole Romano is a designer, businesswoman and fearless. Stack up the accomplishments. She is everywhere. From fashion week in NYC to appearing on GoLocal LIVE to developing new designs, Romano is a whirlwind of creative energy. A graduate of Rhode Island School of Design, Romano forged ahead by launching her own multidimensional brand with the enc...
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