Niki and Shaokao Cheng can sense good design a mile (or a couple thousand) away. The owners of BoConcept New York, the couple brought stylish, modern Danish design to the Big Apple in 2003, long before hygge became a trendy buzzword. This March, they introduced Italian purveyor Calligaris to SoHo, and they aren't stopping there. Today, the couple a...

If you want Italian wedding songs for your big day, you’re in luck because there are a number of classic Italian songs to choose from. Most Italian Americans, when they think of Italian music, seem to gravitate towards song like the Godfather Theme or that well known traditional Sicilian Tarantella, both of which are wildly inappropriate for a wedd...

Tiffany & Co named a former Bulgari SpA executive to its top job, the second time the iconic New York jewelry retailer has tapped the Italian luxury house for senior hires this year. Tiffany, which has been struggling to turn around sales amid faltering demand for its high-end jewelry, named Alessandro Bogliolo chief executive, months after it adde...

Nuovo appuntamento per le imprese della moda maschile italiana che, grazie all’Agenzia Ice, si spostano a New York per il MRket Trade Show, dove verranno presentate le collezioni primavera-estate 2018 del segmento classico di alto livello e degli accessori uomo. Dal 16 al 18 luglio 2017 il Javits Convention Center di New York ospiterà infatti la co...

Representing We the Italians, I recently had the honor to attend a special presentation about the new Italian Strategic Plan for Tourism 2017-2022. This is a very important document that brings a brand new concept and design to the Italian offer towards tourists all around the world. During the presentation We the Italians learnt several interestin...

The Umbria region is well-known for its artistic and cultural heritage as well as its truffle-loaded and eye-pleasing plains. Nowadays, it is also known as the stall on which sits the so—called King of Cashmere: Brunello Cucinelli. Italy has a vast symbolic, historic, and cultural legacy that spans across thousands of years; from the Etruscans and...

Tomorrow marks the 20th anniversary of the death of the Italian designer Gianni Versace, an event that the world will come to know much more about when Ryan Murphy’s American Crime Story series about his assassination debuts early next year. Versace was 50 and at the top of the game when he was murdered in his Miami home. Much of what is considered...

Don’t be alarmed if you see 30 flashy Lamborghinis during your morning commute. It’s not a celebrity or the president. It’s just some people with big pockets and a luxury road trip ahead of them. Lamborghini’s Giro is an annual event where Lamborghini owners from around the country meet up for a massive road trip. This year, the trip will be a five...

Louis Avallone came to the USA from Italy in 1964, speaking no English and looking for the opportunity to build a new life in this land of freedom. Talking with 101.7 / 710 KEEL’s Robert J Wright, his son, Louis Jr., tells about his dad’s strength, faith and success. Avallone also tells KEEL listeners how Louis Sr. instinctively knew of this countr...

Living and working in the midst of nature, eliminating stressful trips to the office, and setting aside all of the bad, depressing feelings caused by bosses who are more stressed out than you are. Sure, you won’t get rich, but you’ll gain more in terms of the quality of living: changing everything in order to open an agritourism spot in ‘Bella Ital...