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Italy perfected la dolce vita—impeccable tailoring, sumptuous fabric mills, fabulous food, divine hotels. The nation’s many delights have long been celebrated but, curiously, its beauty and grooming products haven’t had the recognition they deserve. Mozzafiato is here to change that. The luxury e-commerce retail platform launched in November 2020 a...

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As we eagerly wait with bated breath for House Of Gucci, the upcoming biopic following the murder of Maurizio Gucci, each day brings a new collection of paparazzi photos from the set, and well, scathing words from the Gucci family themselves. Boasting an impressive cast list, House Of Gucci will see Adam Driver as Maurizio Gucci and Lady Gaga as Pa...

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Italian director Matteo Garrone's Pinocchio is not the sunny, cheery cartoon tale of your childhood memories. The Gomorrah auteur's darker, yet thrillingly fantastical adaptation remains true to Carlo Collodi's The Adventures of Pinocchio, which began as a weekly series of cautionary children's tales set in the impoverished Tuscan countryside. Cost...

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The campaign Barbie Role Models has found its latest representative. Meet Milena Baldassarri The young sports professional has been playing rhythmic gymnastics since she was . In 2018, she became the Italian champion and 2020 was supposed to be her international confirmation. Despite Covid-19 putting a stop on her dreams, Baldassarri has kept exerc...

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In Sicily, tailored clothing is an integral part of a lifestyle that harmonises with the beauty of the place. Passion, patience and care in the choice of fabrics and customer focus are the ingredients of this art. Italian sartorial art Dedication and passion combined with elegance and style are the calling card of Italian tailoring, which uses only...

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Erly each morning, keys turn in locks on the ground floor shops along Pugliano street in the Italian town of Ercolano. Doors open to reveal shiny sequin dresses, furs in a range of browns, and jeans from the 1970s—plus a slew of military uniforms, displayed on hangers, dangling from boxes, or draped on white sheets. Many of the clothes worn by Amer...

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IN SEARCH OF AN ORIGINAL khaki military jacket or camouflage trousers from World War II? An open-air Italian market has you covered. The market of Pugliano (also known as the market of Resina) is one of Italy’s best-stocked spots for secondhand clothes and military surplus items. It dates to 1944, when clothes and other objects were snatched from p...

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House of Gucci, an upcoming Ridley Scott crime flick, has sparked a lot of conversation in recent days, mostly through photos of Adam Driver and Lady Gaga on set in Milan, Italy. They act respectively as Maurizio Gucci, the former heir to the Gucci fortune, and Patrizia Reggiani, his ex-wife who was convicted in 1998 for ordering his murder three y...

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The Italian women’s fashion brand Pinko is popping up with a big statement in SoHo, by taking over the entire three levels of 143 Spring Street for its new U.S. flagship.  The global brand signed a lease for 4,925 square feet in Buchbinder & Warren Realty Group’s two-story building on the northeast corner of Wooster Street. The store will have 100...

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The fedora Humphrey Bogart wore in “Casablanca” may have secured Borsalino’s place in fashion and cinematic history, but it will be something like the cow-print bucket hat that will help ensure its future. The storied Italian hatmaker still makes its felt hats by hand in a Piedmont region factory, using the same artisanal techniques from when the c...

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