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“L’immagine dell’Italia, oggi, è idealizzata. Nessuno si sofferma sui problemi della politica. Non importano più di tanto. Sì, è vero, a volte c’è chi fa una battuta ironica. Ma, tutto là. C’è una mitizzazione dell’Italia come terra del buon gusto e della ‘Dolce vita’. Insomma, del Paese dove lo stile di vita è unico”. Ilaria Costa non riesce a con...

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Italia è sinonimo di fascino ed eleganza. In tutto il mondo gli italiani sono famosi per quel certo non so che che, anche quando sono vestiti con semplicità, riesce a distinguerli. Si chiama stile e a New York, dove la moda è una cosa seria, gli italiani hanno una vera e propria reputazione per essere stylish. Parlando di made in Italy, quindi, è i...

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“I enjoy people, and I entertain a lot. Food and wine should be shared with everybody. Bring out the good stuff, don’t hold back! The good stuff should always be shared with those you love.”  — Carmela Porter. Maybe it’s her Italian heritage, or warm smile and ready laugh, but when petite Carmela Porter walks into a room she brings a big enthusiasm...

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DOUBLING UP: Tod’s is twice as nice in Miami, its sole U.S. city with two stores. The Italian brand wanted to follow up its longtime Bal Harbour, Fla., boutique with something special for its new location in the Miami Design District. The neighborhood provided an obvious art platform, expressed through mobile wall panels that connect to form a 60-f...

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On the occasion of the Italian Design Day in 100 locations around the world, 100 “ambassadors” of Italian culture (designers, entrepreneurs, journalists, critics, communicators, teachers...) will illustrate the concept of excellence. ICI presents world-famous Italian architect/designer Michele de Lucchi in conversazion with Mario Milana, Matteo Mil...

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Fabrizio Nestola, 44 years old, is a Professor of Mineralogy at the University of Padua. He has worked hard not only for his academic career but also to carry on his research on diamonds. Prof Nestola’s aim is the one of finding out what lays behind the diamonds, even studying the super-giant ones (3000 carats), the super-deep and rare ones to be f...

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U.S.-based entrepreneur Amanda Carye id building a bridge between Italian shoemakers and American customers. When she spent six months in Italy for a business course, Ms. Carye met artisans who could make a beautiful shoe out of any material, including furlane, which was very popular not a long time ago. Amanda Carye found furlane shoes “highly fun...

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Qual è l’anima del “fare italiano”? Di cosa è fatto, qual è la sua essenza, quali sono gli elementi che lo contraddistinguono e soprattutto in che modo devono essere dosati perché ne esca un perfetto “Made in Italy”? Una ricerca commissionata da Ornellaia (il fine wine italiano tra i più amati al mondo) al CENSIS, illustrata oggi a Sotheby’s Milano...

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As if Lady Gaga’s halftime show on Sunday wasn’t enough, the pop singer is proving she can really do it all as she plans to enter the wine industry and launch her own brand of wine called Grigio Girls. According to TMZ, Gaga’s company filed paperwork to produce a line of wine, including wine coolers, wine cocktails, and wine punches. The wine brand...

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The new CEO of the Salvatore Ferragamo luxury leather goods and fashion house said Friday that the prospect of a possible new tax on imports into the United States won't deter his growth strategy in the brand's single most important market. Eraldo Poletto told The Associated Press that any tax on imports, as floated by President Donald Trump's admi...

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