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With the original 500 celebrating 60 years since its launch, Fiat is celebrating with a new Limited Edition model – the 500 Anniversario – which gets features inspired by the original. The Fiat 500 Anniversario has options of new colours which are evocative of the 1950s –  Sicilia Orange and Riviera Green – with chrome accents on the bonnet and mir...

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Ten years after Chiara Boni La Petite Robe was created, the company is gearing up to open its first U.S. store in Los Angeles next month. The Italian ready-to-wear label started its expansion in 2010 and is counting on the new Melrose Avenue location to further fuel sales. The 860-square-foot boutique at 8470 Melrose Place will be the third for Chi...

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“It makes me feel good to see that so many people still care about love.” Elena responds to thousands of letters asking for romantic advice each year, but she's not an agony aunt or relationship guru. She's a secretary to Juliet, the fictional heroine of Shakespeare's play, and answers the thousands of letters which come addressed to her in Verona...

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When it comes to Lamborghinis, it’s always good to have Alessandro Farmeschi around—even if it’s to translate stuff like Aerodinamica Lamborghini Attiva, or “ALA” for short. Farmeschi, the company’s chief operating officer, recently visited The Drive’s Brooklyn headquarters, bearing a thoughtful housewarming gift: A Lamborghini Huracán Performante—...

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Natuzzi Italia has opened a 9,000-square-foot store at CityPlace in West Palm Beach, a move that signals the shopping, dining and entertainment center continues to boost its home furnishings offerings. The Italian furniture brand is located on Rosemary Avenue, just south of the Cheesecake Factory restaurant. Natuzzi’s products, made in Italy, featu...

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“There has to be irony, both in design and in the objects. I see around me a professional disease of taking everything too seriously. One of my secrets is to joke all the time.” Achille CastiglioniThis year’s Design Week, June 14-22, 2017, brought Casa Castiglioni to San Francisco, an exhibit that explores the work of one of the greatest industrial...

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La prima volta entrò dalla porta di servizio, accolta negli States da sorrisetti scettici. Quello strano minuscolo giocattolo con fanaloni sproporzionati, inguardabili rostri sui paraurti e un motorino a due cilindri che vibrava come un frullatore, tentava l’improbabile avventura in Usa. Siamo nel dicembre 1957, Fiat ha adeguato alle normative d’ol...

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Anthony J. “Tony” Fornelli, who became one of the most prominent Italian-Americans in the Chicago area, drove a meat truck to put himself through law school. He went on to be a civic leader and a partner in a chain of currency exchanges that grew to 50 locations in three states by the mid-1980s, said Paul Basile, editor of Fra Noi, a Chicago magazi...

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Move over, rosé; take a break, prosecco. Aperol is having its moment in the sun this summer. Everyone from Vogue to GQ has hailed the Aperol spritz as the drink of the summer. The cocktail has for decades been popular in Germany and Italy as a light before-dinner cocktail and has made its way to America. Typically made with Aperol, sparkling wine,...

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Thirty years ago, Temple St. Clair came to jewelry design serendipitously. She was a student in Florence, Italy, when her mother paid her a visit—she'd flown in from their hometown of Roanoke, Virginia—and asked to have an ancient coin set in a necklace. St. Clair, on a mission to find the perfect craftsman for the job, hit the Florentine streets....

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