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The head of the Italian Fashion Chamber says the body is working toward creating clear criteria of what it means for the fashion industry to be environmentally sustainable. Noting that fashion is the second-largest polluting industry behind oil production, Carlo Capasa said part of the challenge is communicating to consumers because "they love sust...

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Tomas Maier craves authenticity. “Everything is so globalized, with so many stores that look alike in cities that have tons of personality,” says Bottega Veneta’s creative director. That realization has led him to develop retail spaces under the Maison rubric, flagships in which the materials, palettes, and details subtly honor their locations. The...

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The Salvatore Ferragamo Group can add a notch in its designer leather belt, as it has scored yet another victory in its fight against counterfeiting. The New York Southern District Court has awarded the Florence, Italy-based luxury company compensation of $60 million, delivering an injunction against 60 unidentified holders of illegal online profil...

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Gucci leads the first BrandZTM Top 30 Most Valuable Italian 2018 Brands ranking released today by WPP and Kantar Millward Brown. It is one of the seven luxury brands to feature in this ground-breaking study, which tracks and addresses the changing environment for brands in Italy and charts the fortunes of the country's most successful brands. Gucci...

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Where once there were gadgets, there will now be bras. Italian lingerie brand Intimissimi is opening a new store at the Pentagon City mall, in the former Brookstone space. Intimissimi, which boasts nearly four times as many stores worldwide as top U.S. lingerie brand Victoria’s Secret, announced plans to expand to the U.S. in 2015. Since then it ha...

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With its glamour, energy, innovation and style, the 2018 Milan Fashion Week ended on February 26th, leaving its audience with curiosity and excitement for what Fall and Winter fashion will bring. Every year Milan welcomes more than 170 fashion shows during this important week, gathering passionate professionals and spectators to see the Made in Ita...

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From April 24th thru 29th, acclaimed fashion designer Salvator Argenio will be presenting his outstanding collection of Neapolitan haute couture at Hotel AKA (123 W 44th St.) in Times Square, NYC. To make an appointment contact the maestro at info@salvatoreargenio.com or visit Argenio Napoli on Facebook. 

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Tutto sotto controllo”—everything’s under control—Diego Della Valle observed contentedly, to no one in particular, on a bright recent morning as he strolled into Rome’s Colosseum, which was empty except for a photography crew busily preparing to take his portrait. Off-hours access inside Italy’s most famous monument is a nice perk that comes with p...

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Fashion designer Angela Missoni staged one of the most colorful shows in Milan last fall by hanging rainbow tapestries like kaleidoscopes over her runway. Now you can see them in New York, at Missoni’s flagship store on the Upper East Side. Hand-sewn for the show by the New Mexico–based textile artist and sculptor Rachel Hayes, the bright patchwork...

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L' eccellenza dell’industria italiana in alcuni settori, dalla moda al food, all’automotive trova conferma nella prima classifica italiana di BrandZ, realizzata per Wpp da Kantar Millward Brown, che da 12 anni edita la Top 100 mondiale dei marchi e ora ha deciso di seguire da vicino anche il nostro Paese, vista la ripresa dell’economia e la notorie...

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