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On 23 April 1946, Piaggio launched the Italian Vespa scoter. The vehicle is now sold in 83 countries around the world. Up to the mid-2000s, 50,000 units were sold per year, while in 2018 they were more than 200,000 per year. The most famous scooter in the world also celebrates the production of 19 million units!
Italian Style: Renaissance, Rapahel Giorgio Armani, the renowned Italian designer, once said of style: “The essence of style is a simple way of saying something complex.” Armani has certainly distilled the essence of Italian style into his clothing, but Italy in itself is a country where style reigned supreme […]
Fashion Week in Milan takes place between February and March for the Fall/Winter collection, and at the end of September for the Spring/Summer collection. Milan is the homeland of many Fashion Houses and it is considered by many the quintessential Fashion Town. Its people pay great care at what they wear […]
Giuseppa, the Oriental Style Fashion Expert in Agiari, Sicily Normally, when people talk about Italy and fashion they’re thinking of cities like Milan, with exclusive boutiques and high end fashion shows, or maybe Florence, which boasts both designer shops and great outlets outside the city. I’d wager not many would throw […]
Luisa Casati, Fashion Pioneer The Marchesa Casati Marchesa Casati was painted by Boldini and John Singer Sargent, wore clothes designed by Fortuny and Poiret, held wild and extravagant parties and kept tigers as pets. A fascinating, eccentric woman, she had an excessive and extravagant lifestyle. She helped many great artists […]
An Italian tribute to fashion, design and creativity It’s a book. No, it’s a paper object, where pages are not exactly pages, and where bidimensionality encounters tridimensionality. Vintage vinyl dolls collection It’s about fashion dolls. It’s an ad in favor of the ubiquitous, vinylic, American, curvaceous fashion doll everybody knows. […]
From the 1950’s to Today, Italy’s Influence is Prominent In the 1950 and 1960 decades, Americans were greatly influenced by Italian automobiles, film producers and fashion designers. Italian trendsetters dictated what Americans drove, what they wore and how they looked. The American public was buying items that originated in Italy. […]
The House of Antico Setificio Fiorentino Antico Setificio Fiorentino, nestled in the historic gardens of the San Frediano area of Florence, Italy, is home to centuries old looms and antique silks. Visiting the inner dominions of Antico Setificio is like stepping back in time to the era of the Renaissance […]
Anna Dello Russo in Balmain Photographed by Tommy Ton for Style.com (via AnnaDelloRusso.Com) Street Style Photographers and a Fearless Fashion Sense Have Put Vogue Nippon‘s Anna Dello Russo on the Map “I don’t want to be cool. I want to be fashion!” proclaims the header on Anna Dello Russo’s website. […]
The fact that Margherita Maccapani Missoni was born with an innate sense of style isn’t really surprising considering her roots. Margherita is the eldest child of Angela, the current creative director and driving force of the Missoni family design business, and Margherita’s grandparents are Rosita and Ottavio Missoni, the founders […]