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Traditional clothing is built upon fabrics, whose realm has always spoken the language of wool. Knowing that no season is superior to another, as the qualitative perspective deems the difference itself to be more important than any individual term, the Classic man particularly loves winter for the variety of styles and fabrics in which wool still r...

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Dear friends and readers of We The Italians we find ourselves in this space of ours sharing our time talking once again about TIME and the signs that this eternal companion of ours gives us. To fuel our reflections we will be in the company of Carmelo Caruso and Gianluigi Di Lorenzo founders of the Italian brand KEFA. After recounting the birth of...

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The Salone del Mobile in Milan represents an event of global significance, a prestigious international showcase for the Design industry. The 2023 edition, held on April 18-23, was a great success and saw an extraordinary effervescence of initiatives, with hundreds of events between Business and Art, Design and Culture. Let’s take for example, among...

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A patented coated fabric made from the industrial by-products of oranges and prickly pears destined for the fashion, furniture and automotive sectors is born in Sicily, Italy. The project developed by Ohoskin, the innovative startup born in 2019, aims to offer luxury fashion, furniture and automotive brands a sustainable, vegan alternative to ani...

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The name velvet comes from the Latin “vellus”, due to the characteristic dense pile on the right side of the fabric. Originally produced in the East, its use spread among the wealthier classes of the West in the 13th century. Velvet began to be produced in Italy in the 1500s, a time when a clear distinction was made between fabrics for clothing and...

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Venice is an urban oxymoron, a 21st-century international village, caught in-between its dual identity as a mecca for the global cultural crowd (hello, Venice Architecture Biennale 2023) and home to a permanent population of locals. Venice sits at the centre of the contemporary cultural stage thanks to a legacy of institutions in the field – histor...

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IndyCar Series driver Graham Rahal announced Friday that he will open a luxury motorcycle dealership next month in Carmel before moving it to his future headquarters in Zionsville. Rahal Piaggio Indianapolis will sell motorcycles, scooters and mopeds under Italy-based Piaggio Group’s brands Piaggio, Vespa, Aprilla and Moto Guzzi. The 3,000-square-f...

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Shortly after his graduation from the University of Venice in 1963, the Italian artist, architect and designer Gaetano Pesce reached out to local chemical companies, in the hope that they could tell him how to work with their wares. 

 "I realized that nobody taught me materials from my own time," the artist said. Two firms invited Pesce to visit,...

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The first-ever sport utility vehicle from the Cavallino Rampante currently has a two-plus-year waitlist, and Ferrari also happens to be on the bleeding edge of plug-in hybridization with the likes of the three-motor, V8-powered SF90 series. The 296 series also deserves attention because of its twin-turbocharged V6, which outputs 654 ponies from a d...

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High-end Italian furniture maker Cassina will open the doors to its largest store ever in Los Angeles on Wednesday, the company told WWD Thursday. Located at 145 North Robertson Boulevard in West Hollywood, the store spans two floors and 13,000-square-feet of prime retail space. It is Cassina’s biggest store in the world, after its Milan Via Durini...

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