On a recent trip to Rome, I left the major tourist city behind to spend an afternoon in Solomeo, a small village in the Province of Perugia. The stunning village, with cobblestone streets and beautiful views of the rolling hills, looked like something straight out of a fairytale. One of the most fascinating things I learned, though, was that Solome...
READ MOREPerugia, the capital of Umbria, is a medieval gem of a hill town. Known for its excellent universities, rich architectural history and Umbria Jazz, one of the great music festivals of Europe, it’s also nurtured a vibrant sister-city relationship with Seattle for more than three decades. There’s another area where Perugia shines: as a center of fash...
READ MOREThe launch of the innovative brunellocucinelli.ai website is also an opportunity to announce a new Chair that will be activated within the year at the University of Perugia. It is the Chair in Technology and Universal Humanism, and to tell about it Brunello Cucinelli calls to the stage the rector of the University of Perugia, Maurizio Oliviero. “It...
READ MOREBrunello Cucinelli is taking things into overdrive in the US market, the most dynamic region right now for the luxury sector. The Italian luxury cashmere brand has just opened its third store in New York. Following openings on Madison Avenue and on Bleecker Street in the West Village, it is now investing in the "nerd-chic" Soho neighborhood with a...
READ MOREFashion’s high rollers are descending on Milan for fashion week (September 19 to 25), preparing to showcase and consume next season’s styles in the international city of luxury, fashion and design. As Italy’s most luxurious brands dispatch their delegations to Milan, we take a look at where they hail from. What better way for a haus to flaunt its f...
READ MOREBrunello Cucinelli is picking up where it left off with an epic renovation project in Italy. Six years ago, the Italian fashion label launched a study in regard to rebuilding and upgrading the 13th-century Umbrian village of Castelluccio di Norcia, before halting due to the pandemic. The medieval site was critically damaged in 2016 by a 6.2 magnitu...
READ MOREAn elegant dinner to celebrate our hometown luxury department store bestowing their Neiman Marcus Award for Distinguished Service in the Field of Fashion to esteemed designer Brunello Cucinelli, who established his namesake line in Italy in 1978. The prestigious award was established by Carrie Marcus Neiman and Stanley Marcus 85 years ago and has...
READ MOREIta Airways' new uniforms were made with "the stylistic advice of Brunello Cucinelli," who offered the company "his creativity free of charge." This is what Ita Airways revealed as it unveiled its new uniforms, bringing them on board all of the company's flights and stressing that the production of the uniforms "did not involve any additional costs...
READ MOREAt first glance, Solomeo appears to be another picture-perfect sleepy hilltop hamlet in Umbria, Italy. But a closer look reveals that not only is the medieval village home to Brunello Cucinelli and his eponymous global brand that started with cashmere knitwear, it’s also what he calls the “essence” and “heart” of his personal entrepreneurial and sp...
READ MOREBrunello Cucinelli’s namesake label could soon reach the billion-dollar mark. The Italian fashion brand hit €919.5 million in sales by the end of 2022, a 29.1 percent increase compared to the year before, according to Vogue Business. And the company may have more celebrations on the horizon: Strong market demand for the label’s offerings could now...
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