“What is really important to me is that we do something special, be it the clothes, a window display, an ad campaign. It’s really not that important to me to make big sales,” says Renzo Rosso. He is the founder of the Diesel clothing brand. But the brand which was […]
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Ferre Brand: Designs of Gianfranco Ferre
A native from Legnano in northern Italy, Gianfranco Ferre, born on August 15, 1944, began his exciting and highly successful career in the world of fashion in 1970. Although he earned a degree in architecture in 1969, he chose to follow a different path. He began to design an array […]
Elsa Schiaparelli: The Shocking Italian who conquered Paris
Elsa Schiaparelli once said of her career: “Poverty forced me to work, and Paris gave me a liking for it”. She was being modest indeed, considering that she was the most innovative and influential dress designer of the 20th century. Known for her shocking designs and Surrealist influences, Schiaparelli’s haute […]
Sorelle Fontana: Couturiers to the Stars
The history of Rome’s oldest fashion house, the glamorous Sorelle Fontana, reads like a fairy tale. It is the story of three young women who made their way from a tiny town near Parma to Rome and then America, whose beautiful designs became highly sought-after by Hollywood stars, famous women, […]
Rocco Barocco
Rocco Barocco, one of Italy’s most beloved and successful fashion designers, offers a fine taste of Italian beauty in fashion wear, high-end accessories, and perfumes for women, men, and children. An inspirational and highly creative designer, Rocco Barocco spares nothing when designing clothing for the rich and famous. Moreover, his […]
The best Italian DJs of the 2000s’
A DJ (Disk Jockey) is an extremely important part of the music industry. It has been like this starting with the year 1973, when a Jamaican-born Kool Herc used to perform at parties in his neighborhood, Bronx. He invented DJing by developing a technique of mixing back and forth between […]
The best Italian DJs between 2010 to 2021
The music industry and the DJs world are something extraordinary, and it was proved how our Italian DJs make it much more legendary. As a continuation to our first article, featuring famous Italian DJs of the 2000s, we decided to prolong the list by adding some more famous Italian DJs […]
Spa Treatments: Beauty Treatments at Italian Spas
“The way to health is to have an aromatic bath and scented massage every day…” Hippocrates once said. Seeking an Italian spa to de-stress, have beauty treatments, or alleviate serious health problems, such as arthritis, is very much in fashion in this chaotic and stressful time. As Hippocrates tells us, […]
Perfume Violetta di Parma: Italy’s most famous fragrance
The beauty of this scent is that it is still as fresh and sweet as when it was first distilled. A very simple perfume, Violetta Di Parma may seem naive by contrast to today’s more sophisticated blends. Yet it is this simplicity which makes it timeless
The Scepter of Feminine Beauty: The Fan – Evolution
The Greeks called handheld fans ‘scepters of feminine beauty. These pretty and delicate accessories have always been admired, but they have not always been in fashion. The sight of Kirsten Dunst as the French Queen, Marie Antoinette, holding a rococo fan in the eponymous 2006 film has heightened interest in […]