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La passione che Claudio Del Vecchio ha per Brooks Brothers è racchiusa (anche) nel modo in cui continua a chiamare il più antico marchio americano di abbigliamento, acquisito nel 2001: non l’azienda, il gruppo o la società, ma “la ditta”, come ancora fanno gli imprenditori di provincia per sottolineare un legame forte e intenso con la propria attiv...

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Throughout history, no art movement has had an impact as profound as Italian Renaissance art. Regarded as a golden age of art, music, and literature, the period has inspired creatives for centuries, with iconic works by master artists like Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo serving as muses. Here, we explore the history and trace the trends of the...

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Think Italian fashion and you are likely to think of chic central, Milan. But "Made in Italy" actually has its roots in Florence, where the hotly anticipated Pitti Uomo trade fair opens this week. The most famous men here may be naked -- from Michelangelo's David to the sea-god Neptune -- but every year the Tuscan city becomes the capital of men's...

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I’m not saying I drank too much Brunello di Montalcino. But if I had drunk too much Brunello di Montalcino — the Podere Le Ripi 2014, for example, at, say, 2 a.m. — then a hot, dusty barn packed with sheep wouldn’t have been my first choice of places to be at 6 in the morning. Yet there I was, surrounded by a hundred little animals, white wool coat...

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Mercoledì 18 gennaio si terrà a Firenze l'incontro "Le opportunità di investimento negli Stati Uniti per le imprese toscane", organizzato da AmCham Italy in collaborazione con il Consolato Generale degli Stati Uniti di Firenze.L'evento, che vede la partecipazione del Console Generale Benjamin Wohlauer, del Consigliere Delegato AmCham Simone Crolla ...

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When it comes to art, the term “Old Master” is with us for a reason: For centuries it’s been the male artists who have attracted the interest of art historians. Great collectors and museums have paid scant attention to the existence of talented women artists from periods such as the Italian Renaissance. But the landscape is changing, and nowhere mo...

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Italian luxury label Salvatore Ferragamo has opened a cutting-edge artisanal centre featuring a new design and prototyping lab for men’s and women’s leather goods in Osmannoro (Florence), as it looks to safeguard its design heritage and skillset. The workshop, which has been designed to save energy and use environmentally sustainable materials, hou...

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When Lewis Eisenberg's nomination as U.S. Ambassador to Italy and San Marino was confirmed earlier this summer, he said he promised himself to make the U.S. military here a top priority and to visit bases as soon as possible after his arrival in Rome. Eisenberg visited U.S. Army Garrison Italy's Caserma Ederle and Del Din Dec. 5 and Camp Darby near...

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Set in gorgeous and magnificent Tusncany, and immersed in the splendid countryside just outside favorite art cities like Florence and Lucca are the Medici Villas, built during the Florentine Renaissance and inserted onto the UNESCO World Heritage List in June, 2013.

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Leonardo da Vinci's famed Codex Leicester is set to return to Italy after over 20 years. The codex will be loaned by its owner Bill Gates to the Uffizi Gallery in Florence which will put it on show from October next year until January 2019 in the run-up to 2019's 500th anniversary of the death of the Tuscan genius, Uffizi Director Eike Schmidt said...

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