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by Silvia Pieraccini   Welcome to the future of men's fashion fairs. A future in which demand and supply – and therefore retail buyers on one side and manufacturing companies on the other - are hunting around for new ways to present brands and new formulas that are able to highlight their value.   They are looking for hybrid solutions...

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Prada opens its first store in Orlando, USA, in the prestigious 'The Mall at Millenia'. Designed by architect Roberto Baciocchi, the new retail space occupies a total surface of 370 square meters on one level. As reported in fibre2fashion.com, the store offers the women's collections of ready-to-wear, leather goods, accessories and footwear as well...

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by Alessandra Selgi-Harrigan It's a little piece of Italy nestled in the Coronado Plaza with men's and women's clothing, beauty products and accessories all carefully chosen for the Coronado shoppers. Books about Italy are on the coffee table and you can sip espresso while perusing the one-of-a-kind pieces imported from Italy, Europe and made in t...

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The Prada Marfa art installation has stood alone in the West Texas plains for eight years, its high-end Italian fashion goods available to no one.   Now, state officials say the shack-sized building along a rural U.S. highway near Marfa is an illegal roadside advertisement, and they're considering what to do about a structure that's a must-s...

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by Nando Amabile   My mother's father, Antonio Scola, left Montecorice, Salerno in 1881, a seventeen year old seeking his fortune as a silk dyer in Paterson, New Jersey. Blessed with an unerring eye for color and a strong work ethic, he early on became the boss dyer at one of Paterson's major silk mills, a position he held for fourteen years...

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It's a brand known for high fashion style and elegance all under the leadership of the man who created it – Giorgio Armani. Fifteen years ago the Italian designer turned to home design, creating interiors for buildings in Dubai and Milan. For the first time ever, in the U.S., Giorgio Armani showed off his home style at Residences by Arman...

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When: Tuesday, October 4 2016 from 18:00 to 10:46Where: Intercultural Center Auditorium, Georgetown University, Washington, DCFREE BUT REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED - PLEASE REGISTER HERE   The Georgetown University Italian Research Institute, in collaboration with the Embassy of Italy, the Italian Cultural Institute, and the...

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The Italian fashion house MISSONI known for its colorful knitwear designs, began successfully making a name for itself in furniture. Now, MISSONI makes its first foray into tableware to expand their Home division.   Rosita Missoni founded the MISSONI fashion house with her husband Ottavio in 1953. In 1997, she passed on the fashion side of t...

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How many of you heard about Rieti before? Not that many I bet. How many knew that Rieti, the geographic center of Italy (located at less then 80 km from Rome), was founded decades before Rome and gave birth to three Roman Emperors (including the ones who built the Coliseum)? Who knew that Italy's first sugar factory (one of Europe's oldest) was est...

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Brunello Cucinelli realizes where investment pays off...the most dynamic region right now for the luxury sector — the US market. The Italian luxury cashmere brand has just opened its third store in New York. Following openings on Madison Avenue and on Bleecker Street in the West Village, it has now opened in the Soho neighborhood with a 4,300-...

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