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Carla Fendi, one of the five Italian sisters who transformed their parents' small leather workshop into an international luxury fashion powerhouse, has died at the age of 79, the family said on Tuesday. Fendi, who died late on Monday and was the fourth of the sisters, was the public face of the company famous for its line of colorful "baguette" bag...

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It’s been a long road for an Italian handbag designer who is setting up business in Santa Fe and launching her first product to coincide with the opening of The Santa Fe Opera’s Lucia Di Lammermoor. The initial handbag, the Lucia Clutch, set to be launched June 29 with the opening of the Italian opera, is an embossed leather pressed on a hand-ca...

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Textiles and art live in harmony in the Bonotto universe. The practiced hands of artisans operate the company's mechanical looms, turning out fabrics for Armani, Prada, Zegna, and Louis Vuitton. Speed takes a backseat to quality; craftsmanship matters more. Contemporary works of art dot the factory floor. Textiles inform art and art informs textile...

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Here it is again, the fair that is capable of attracting buyers from more than 100 countries, international media and influencers, designers and creative people, industry players and managers. The world of men's fashion is returning for the biannual Pitti Uomo fair (from today until June 16) at Florence's Fortezza da Basso. They are aware that this...

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Italy is the country with the highest number of companies in the Deloitte “Global Power of Luxury Goods” 2017 report, the consultancy said. Italian companies account for around 16% of total revenues of $212 billion generated by the top 100 luxury groups in the world. Revenues made by Italian companies increased 9.3% from the year before, above the...

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‘There are 15,000 pairs of archive designs at the Salvatore Ferragamo museum in Florence,’ enthuses Paul Andrew, appointed the house’s first design director of women’s footwear last September. ‘To be given the keys to that as a shoe designer, is the most precious gift.’ Similarly, the British-born, New York-based designer’s association with the Ita...

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When Gaetano Donizetti’s operatic tragedy Lucia di Lammermoor opens at the Santa Fe Opera in July, women touched by the tragic-romantic performance can bury their memories in a new, authentic Italian “Lucia Clutch” handbag. The handmade leather clutch comes from artisan workshops in Italy through a limited-edition offering by Santa Fe startup “ital...

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Nel mondo sta impazzando la moda dei barber shop in stile italiano. Il merito è di una startup di Bari, la Sen Martin, nata con un progetto di arredamenti per barber shop in stile vintage che sta facendo rinascere la moda delle barberie Made in Italy. Un progetto ideato e messo in opera da 8 giovani professionisti tra cui due architetti, un social...

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Last night, Sergio Rossi hosted an intimate dinner in New York to celebrate the new sr1 collection. It was hosted by CEO Riccardo Sciutto and held at Lavagna, the East Village eatery offering traditional Italian trattoria fare, where well-heeled guests were given a taste of Italy. Next to the menu lay a miniature lookbook cataloging an assortment o...

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At Gucci, people like to call Alessandro Michele the renaissance man. Since his ascent to the role of creative director just over two years ago, the soft-spoken Roman has been hailed as a design visionary, responsible for a dazzling turnaround in fortunes at the Italian luxury house. It felt fitting, then, that Mr. Michele chose Florence at sunset...

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