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Bertazzoni, the six-generation, family-owned Italian manufacturer of award-winning appliances, has opened its first Casa Bertazzoni experience center in the United States. Located in the heart of San Francisco’s Design District, the space reflects the principle that Bertazzoni is an experiential brand that enables today’s kitchens to create persona...

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Ferragamo has partnered with Shxpir for its first-ever NFT collaboration, developing a custom sneaker hologram program that features a limited-edition capsule that will be housed in Ferragamo’s new concept store in the heart of Soho. The beloved Italian fashion brand opened its doors earlier this summer to invite visitors to immerse themselves into...

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Tere’s a plethora of articles out there on what not to do to avoid self-proclamation of “I’m a tourist!” when visiting Italy. Much of it is worthy advice…unless you prefer sticking out. However, many of these eye-openers for the stranieri (foreigners) go beyond ways to circumvent disagreeable tourist behavior and are, in fact, related to everyday l...

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Imagine going to sleep and waking up the morning after as... Italians. What would your life be like? Probably, long. Italy is among the countries in Europe where people live the longest, with a life expectancy above the EU average. The secret? First and foremost, genetics, but not only. There are many factors that, like the pieces of a jigsaw puzzl...

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An Italian provider of material-handling equipment for industries ranging from warehousing to airports and tire plants is setting up its own U.S. factory in Coweta County. Cassiloli USA Corp. first touched down in Atlanta more than a decade ago, setting up a sales office in 2009.  But the drive toward increased productivity in U.S. factories necess...

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New York—After eight years developing the Sorellina brand, sisters Nicole and Kim Carosella struck creative gold with the bold new direction of the Tarot collection launched in 2020. Its artistic success turned out to be commercial, too, and the collection has grown from five original tarot cards to many more, plus lots of more attainable accoutrem...

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Call them as you like: naps, power naps, or afternoon naps… those 30 minutes of postprandial rest are a sine-qua-non daily feature for many people around the world, but perhaps no one appreciates them and made them part of their culture as much as the people of the Mediterranean and the South Americans.  For way too much time, the unfair and rather...

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The Alta Moda client list has grown from 100 in 2012, when Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana launched their exclusive, made-to-measure label, to 750 today. Is it the crystal embroideries that attract such a large and loyal following? The 12-foot trains? Naturellement. Dolce & Gabbana’s design signature is exquisitely tailored exuberance, but Alta...

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The fashion industry is reckoning with itself and sustainability has become the mot du jour: fast fashion brands, luxury labels and independent boutiques are all ramping up their sustainability efforts, from launching circular resale and rental services to incorporating recycled and repurposed materials into their designs or even innovating new way...

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Good manners have been vital to Italians since at least the Renaissance. The 16th century gave us two fundamental treatises on the subject: Baldassarre Castiglione’s The Book of the Courtier and Monsignor Della Casa’s Galateo overo de’ costumi shed light on navigating the insidious life of Italian courts. Both books can be summed up pretty well in...

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