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A luxury Miami Beach mansion, where Italian fashion designer Gianni Versace lived and died, has been sold for $41.5 million. During an auction held earlier this week, the mansion was sold to a business consortium including the Nakash family, the owner of Jordache Jeans.   The Nakash clan already has an interest in the Victor Hotel, next...

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By Bob Williams   Miami is well known for its Cuban and Hispanic neighbourhoods but the city's soccer community has now developed a strong Italian influence. For Little Havana, read Little Milan. Earlier this year Riccardo Silva, a multi-millionaire Italian TV rights magnate, and Paolo Maldini, the former AC Milan and Italy legend, te...

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Brioni announced the opening of the first boutique in Palm Beach on Worth Avenue, the city's luxury shopping destination. The 100-square-meter store mirrors the brand's new store concept and fans out over two selling areas dedicated to the formalwear and leisurewear.   The interiors are luxuriously decorated with glass, bronzed brass, marble...

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A European traveling water circus, Cirque Italia, will stop in Cape Coral for two weekends this month, featuring a vivid and dramatic experience for attendees of all ages.   Cirque Italia owner Manuel Rebecchi was born and raised in Milan, Italy. To preserve his family's traditional European style circus, Moira Orfei Circus, he crafted a new...

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By Laine Doss   A little over 20 years ago, Steve Martorano -- number seven on our Tastemaker countdown -- was on his way back up north. His dreams of opening a restaurant in Fort Lauderdale didn't work out and the cook (he doesn't like the word chef) was at the airport, waiting for a flight to Philadelphia. Then, as if in the movies, a call...

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Area residents may be happy to hear that a long trip to the big apple or Italy may not be necessary in order to get the type of "pie" one can only find at one of those two places, David Affrunti said. Affrunti, owner and head chef of Corelli's Italian Restaurant and Pizzeria, is not talking about fruit pie, however, but authentic New York-style, S...

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One of the main sectors of Made in Italy's excellence is design. We are historically leaders in this field: we, the Italians, have in our dna the mixture required to be the best in designing things, and in realizing them in the proper way. America, on the other hand, has in its dna what is required to realize ideas, dreams and entrepreneurial endea...

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After carefully considering the many outstanding North America- based tile distributors, Avalon Flooring has been selected by Confindustria Ceramica (the Italian Association of Ceramics) to receive the 2015 Confindustria Ceramica North American Distributor Award.   Each year, this award is presented at Coverings—North America's largest tile...

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Viene da Miami, ma dall'estro di due italiani, un grande artista ed uno chef internazionale, l'idea di una collezione di elegantissimi piatti d'autore per gli amanti di una ricca tavola che, al di là della prelibatezza dei cibi, guardi anche alla magnificenza ed alla particolare raffinatezza del "contenitore", proponendolo in maniera del tutto nuov...

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Italian haute couture designer, Renato Balestra, was welcomed in style to Miami last week at a special cocktail reception held in honor of the upcoming Glamour is Back charity fundraiser taking place February 22, 2014 at the Olympia Theater at the Gusman Center for the Performing Arts. Wednesday's cocktail reception, held poolside at the residence...

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