The Italian luxury designer brand Versace is once again opening a store at Ala Moana Center in May, the state's largest shopping center said on its website.The new store will be located in the former Big Island Candies space between Tumi and Armani Exchange in the Macy's wing on the mall level. Versace also is hiring for all store positions includ...

After "The Great Beauty" won the Academy Award as best foreign language film last year, in 2015 the only Italian nominee has been costume designer Milena Canonero, for her work in "The Grand Budapest Hotel" by Wes Anderson.   If she succeeds, Canonero will bring home her fourth Oscar, after that won for Stanley Kubrick's "Barry Lyndon," for...

It started out as a self-funded venture founded by Ermanno Daelli (more commonly referred to as Ermanno Scervino) and business partner Toni Scervino, in the year 2000. It has grown into a Milan fashion week mainstay with revenues of €100 million over the year 2015, employing a group of 300 individuals. Last year, Florence-based brand Ermanno Scervi...

INVICTA takes its worldwide activity to the next level with its representation in the US with the high-performing agency FTL MODA, viagra sale constantly in the headlines of the international fashion industry. Closing an important season, link which also saw a significant presence of INVICTA on red carpets and high profile events (most recently a...

by Chantal Fernandez The LVMH Group announced Monday that it will take a minority stake in luxury jewelry brand Repossi. The Italian company is led by Artistic and Creative Director Gaia Repossi, who took the lead at the company her great grandfather founded in 2007, at only 21 years old.   Under the direction of her father, Alberto Repossi...

Dunnas, known as a premium fashion brand, based in Gatteo Mare, Italy, is pleased to announce that the brand will start operations in North America in July with a presence at the Swimshow 2013 (booth # 685) in Miami Beach Convention Center.   Dunnas will exhibit the "Collezione 2014" designed in Italy by Francesca Magnani, composed of 40 mod...

From the street, the red brick Italian-style mansion at 658 Cambridge Blvd. SE looks nice enough for the well-to-do neighborhood.   But there is little to prepare you for the elegant grand hall that fills the heart of this Italian Renaissance mansion. Warm tile floors lead past carved walnut woodwork, built-in niches and hand-painted murals...

by Steve O'Hear   They say that the only thing guaranteed in life is death and taxes. But perhaps we should add VCs piling money into furniture and homewear e-commerce startups to the list, not least in Europe. Today it's the turn of Italian home design startup Lovethesign.   The company has raised just over $4 million in Series A fun...

by Rosemary Feitelberg   With inauguration Day less than three weeks away, Melania Trump has made a point of keeping a low profile — but the first-lady-to-be's choice of a Dolce & Gabbana dress for New Year's Eve in Palm Beach at Mar-a-Lago has kicked off an online firestorm.   After Melania — a longtime client of the Italian bran...

WTI Magazine #10    2013 Dec, 20 Author : Annalisa Lospinuso for PoisonDrops.com      Translation by: Alessandra Bitetti   A prestigious award for one of the icons of Italian fashion, Miuccia Prada. The British Fashion Council gave to the Milanese designer-entrepreneur the award for International Designer of the Year, during the awards ceremony...