by Brooke Neuman   Are you planning a trip to Italy? Whether you're traveling for business or pleasure, it's important to be well prepared. And we're not just talking about making sure you have your passport and an extra pair of comfy shoes.   Besides learning how to speak Italian, it's important that you familiarize yourself with Ita...

Brunello Cucinelli's love affair with America is in full swing. He was the guest of honor Wednesday night at a cocktail party and dinner thrown by the Hirshleifer family at their newBrunello Cucinelli boutique at the Americana Manhasset. Before the party, WWD sat down with Cucinelli, and through an interpreter, spoke about his whirlwind five-d...

Nel suo primo giorno da presidente degli Stati Uniti, Donald Trump ha indossato una camicia italiana. Cucita per lui da Angelo Inglese, sarto di Ginosa, paese della provincia di Taranto, ma ormai affermato con un brand di successo. Il nome di Inglese ha preso a circolare anni fa, via via imponendosi, quando il sarto pugliese confezionò le camicie p...

Italydesign.com is an innovative and cutting edge factory direct importer of luxury modern and contemporary furniture offering many of Italy's most prestigious brand names coupled with the highest level of customer service.   Italydesign.com's Emeryville, California showroom and warehouse located in the San Francisco Bay area is one of the l...

by Sarah Mower   It's not exactly a Cinderella story, but the way two unpretentious accessories designers rose to reinvent the house of Valentino already has the aura of a fashion fairy tale about it. Since they took over as creative directors in 2008, the success of Maria Grazia Chiuri's and Pierpaolo Piccioli's gentle conversion of a stori...

Italian luxury menswear house Ermenegildo Zegna opened this week its first stand alone in the U.S. dedicated to its Z Zegna line. The new Z Zegna mono-brand store is situated within the Beverly Hills Centre Mall in Los Angeles. Also this week, Z Zegna's creative director, Paul Surridge, presented the Z Zegna Fall Winter 2013-14 collection at the Z...

September 18, 2014, Thursday 11:00 AM - 12:00 PMGalleria Atrium - 101 Henry Adams St - San Francisco, California 94103   Andrea Rubelli narrates the unique exhibition recently created by the Rubelli Design Studio in Venice, presenting seven amazing installations whose single common denominator is a thread of white silk. Each p...

by Silvia Pieraccini   In order to promote the fashion sector this year, the Italian government has allocated €35 million to the Italian Trade Agency - ICE. As ITA President Michele Scannavini confirms, this is a 45% increase in resources (compared to 2016), which will serve to fund trade shows, multichannel marketing and distribution, expan...

by Jonathan Bazzi   Princesses, noblewomen, wives of great industrialists: in each case, they shifted attention away from the men around them onto themselves; through their spirit, clothes, and style, they became muses—icons.   From the Renaissance up to the first half of the 20th century, we have tracked down five such Italian f...

Aquazzura, the luxury footwear brand, has opened a pop-up store in East Hampton selling spring and pre-fall merchandise. The shop, at 20 Main Street, carries beach and urban styles, including espadrilles, wedges and flats, as well as "Wild Thing," "Christy Flat" and "Spin Me Around," the brand's signature styles. The store will stay open until Sep...