"Please, don't call it just a design firm," says Continuum founder Gianfranco Zaccai as we walk through open space offices, labs and workshops for prototype making, peppered with sleek displays showcasing never-seen-before products complete with an explanation of what they are. "They all do, you all do... journalists usually have a hard time graspi...

La manager più in vista di un marchio della moda universalmente noto come Dolce & Gabbana. È stata lei ad aprire il grande negozio sulla Fifth Avenue, il flagship store, e poi a lanciare le boutique di Toronto, Chicago, Aspen e Boston. Una vita sotto i riflettori, immersa nel mondo delle celebrity della moda e dello spettacolo.   Federic...

Whether wafting in the air at the Lorain County Fair in Wellington or at the summer events held at Lorain’s Black River Landing, the savory scent of sizzling Italian sausage sandwiches smothered in grilled onions and steaming green peppers, takes immediate precedence over any and all other aromas. But you don’t have to wait for summer to raise its...

by Yoav Gilad   Ferrari has built some of Italy's most impressive machines. But a prancing horse badge isn't required for an Italian car to be simply incredible. Most of the cars that follow aren't inexpensive, but compared to Ferraris they are absolute steals. DeTomaso Mangusta: Mercedes-Benz doesn't have a lock on the gullwing market. No,...

by Barbara & Bill Schaffer There is big news at Fiat this summer -- literally -- as Fiat rolls out the 500X adding a seventh model to the Italian/American brand in a new larger size. The Fiat 500X is also the first Fiat crossover adding a whole new dimension to the brand's lineup.   Developed from the same basic platform, drivetrain and...

Ha salvato un marchio storico americano dal declino, evitato la chiusura di due fabbriche obsolete con centinaia di dipendenti che rischiavano il posto e un'intera razza di pecore pregiate dall'estinzione. Negli 11 anni e mezzo da quando è padrone di Brooks Brothers (la griffe che ha vestito 39 presidenti, da Abramo Lincoln a Barack Obama) Claudio...

Certo, nascere la notte di Natale da un papà falegname e una mamma di nome Maria, "morire" a 33 anni e poi resuscitare, non prendere mai moglie e vivere "spiritualmente" in un vero e proprio paradiso, può aiutare.   Emanuele lo sa e ci scherza sopra: "Sono molto religioso, come la mia famiglia del resto. Però credo molto alle coincidenze. Se...

Hotspot Cavalli Miami, owned and conceptualized by internationally celebrated couturier, Roberto Cavalli, has rapidly become the dining, entertainment and celebrity destination since its opening in January. Exuding a blend of Mr. Cavalli's sense of elegance and distinctive aesthetic along with Miami's unmistakable vibrancy, its no wonder it will be...

In 1907 the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Co. built this corner tavern at 2501 S. Superior St. to serve the working class neighborhood of Bay View. Northeast of this corner at Superior St. and Russell Ave. was the Milwaukee Iron Works Bay View Rolling Mill, the region's first heavy industry and the community's largest employer, which dominated the South S...

A few years ago, the movie "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" was a box-office hit. Now I have material for another potential hit, "My Big Fat Italian First Communion."   I will star in the film, along with my parents and my good friend Maria who lives near Rome, Italy. Oh, uh, and of course, the child receiving his First Communion in the Catholic C...