By Jennifer Chininis   Highland Park Village has a new high-fashion tenant: Etro, known for kaleidoscope prints, rich colors, and bohemian flair, just moved into Dallas' most upscale shopping destination. This is the first local standalone shop for the Italian brand and only the seventh in the United States.   The 2,300-square-foot st...

  WTI Magazine #14    2014 Jan, 24Author : Irene Salvadorini for PoisonDrops.com      Translation by: Alessandra Bitetti   The fast success   Barbara Casasola began her academic career at Central Saint Martin and finished it - with honors - at the Istituto Marangoni in Milan. She had a working debut between Italy and Paris; as a mentor Gabriel...

Everybody agrees Italians are creative when it comes to designing, producing, and marketing high quality products. What many people don't know is that these principles expand far beyond fashion and food. "This is the great quality of our entrepreneurs.   They go to sleep, they think, and they dream about something. And in the morni...

With a focus on Italian identity, the new Calligaris Store is at SOCO (South Coast Collection), located in Orange County south of Los Angeles, a center specializing in interior design. The space of 243 square meters on one level is very bright thanks to large windows, and it reflects the Calligaris concept, offering intriguing micro-environments f...

by Kay Mandurino   Italian-made gold jewelry continues to be appreciated all over the world. Creativity, design, manufacturing, technology, are the pride of a sector resilient to shocks in the market, but subject to fluctuations in commodity prices, geopolitical tensions, the growth in competitiveness of emerging economies, and the crisis of...

By Sarah Jones   Italian fashion label  is pursuing the finer things in life through a vivacious spring/summer 2016 advertising campaign. "Lo Splendore Della Vita," or "The Splendor of Life," is based on the eponymous brand founder's idea that beauty is limitless and a drive for perfection never ceases.   Beyond promoting th...

By Laura Jacobs   We all know the story of postwar French fashion. With the presentation of Christian Dior's "New Look"—those deeply corseted, Second-Empire silhouettes of 1947—the haute couture had an escapist fantasy that snapped the international spotlight back onto Paris.   At the same time, however, with great brio and less brouh...

Many people think the evolution of tweezers and beauty implements have nowhere else to go. ArteStile (arte-eh-steel-eh) is here to prove those wrong. The only beauty implement that is fully made in Italy is now available in Canada and the USA.   ArteStile is 100% Made in Italy, individually hand-crafted, and all products are perfect for sens...

A tre mesi di distanza dalla nascita, Italian Fashion Selection (IFS), la joint venture che è nata dall'unione della carpigiana Octagona e di Jolty, presenta un successo di vendite in Usa, India e Russia.Lo annuncia la stessa società parlando di riconferma di quanto preventivato «che ha portato in diversi mercati esteri – dice IFS – tra cui Usa, In...

You Are Invited to Celebrate the Spring Launch of Uomo Moderno, the Premiere Men's Fashion & Lifestyle Magazine from Italy! Hosted by Designer Domenico Vacca. Organized by Herbert Fox Productions, In collaboration with New York Italians   Special Guests: Director Laura Caparrotti & Cast of the...