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If Made in Italy is a fundamental aspect of the Italian presence in America, not only from a commercial point of view but also from a diplomatic and cultural one, it is ICE (the Italian Trade Agency) that is mainly responsible for following the system of promotion and distribution of Italian products in the United States. ICE is present in America...

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Monday, March 7 | 6:00 PM ET. REGISTER. Zoom link will be sent via email to all registrants. Any savvy consumer knows that Italian products are synonymous with fine design, and magnificent craftsmanship. Join NIAF and Friends of Bocconi for a panel discussion with experts in Italy's fashion and design industry for their insight into trends in moder...

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Wednesday, March 2, 2022. 10:00 PM – 11:00 PM CET. Online event. LINK TO WEBINAR.  The Department of Italian and the Italian Cultural Society of Washington DC invite you for a talk with international business correspondent and bestselling writer Sara Gay Forden, in conversation with Donatella Melucci, Teaching Professor and Nicoletta Pireddu, Profe...

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How do you give a visual makeover to a classic tale that's centered around appearances? That was the question facing award-winning costume designer Massimo Cantini Parrini when he began work on the latest screen adaptation of Edmond Rostand's 1897 play "Cyrano de Bergerac," and he had 26 days to figure it out. "Because of the schedule and the pande...

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When Alice Etro was a little girl, she used to spend after-school hours with her father, Kean Etro, creative director of Etro men’s wear, playing with fabric samples in the design studio of the fashion brand that her grandfather Gimmo started in 1968. She’d create garments from off-cuts for her dolls and play with the tubes from the rolls of cloth....

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There are two words that truly define the essence of Italian Carnevale: the  first is maschera, or mask; the second is — of course — Venezia.  While every corner of the country celebrates this time of the year with parades, masquerades and floats, there  is no denying that, even when considering the  most famous, the most historically interesting C...

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Dolce&Gabbana has become the first Italian fashion house to bring its beauty division in-house, a move that the CEO said Tuesday would strengthen the link between beauty and fashion and help build inroads with younger consumers. CEO Alfonso Dolce said developing products with a new team at the Milan headquarters will allow more creative tie-ins wit...

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Elegance, Nino Cerruti once said, got on his nerves. It was the sort of remark you can afford to toss off when you are easily the most elegant man in the room. And Mr. Cerruti, who died last month at age 91, embodied that attribute, a quality seldom encountered yet unmistakable when you are in its presence. “It can be learned, but you have to have...

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The Italian Trade Agency (ITA) has been gearing up for Chicago Collective, Feb 6-8, in a BIG WAY… Boasting 54 brands, ITA’s presence will be larger than ever, offering retailers the finest in tailored clothing, sportswear, outerwear, denim, footwear & accessories. We’ve put together the following preview presentation to give you a glimpse of what y...

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Rome is working to bring fashion shows at Colosseum and the Roman and Imperial Fora, according to Mariano Angelucci, chair of the Roman committee for tourism, fashion and international relations. "We are working to bring back as soon as possible, in Rome's piazzas and the most evocative places in our city, initiatives dedicated to high fashion," he...

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