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Pitti Uomo: the 81st edition of the famous fashion fair coming soon with many new ideas and surprises

Starting from today Florence will host the 81st edition of Pitti Uomo Immagine, against the picturesque backdrop of the Fortezza Da Basso. This is the top event of Italian men’s tailoring which this year promises even more surprises and new ideas than in the past.

On 10th March, Paris switched off its spot light on one of the most anticipated and controversial fashion events of 2010: the Paris fashion week, which started March 2nd and lasted eight days. Yes, we can define this Paris fashion week as “controversial” because it played out in a climate of polemic and criticism, in part due to the greater length of this event

After the controversy and the high level of stress which surrounded this year’s Milan Fashion Week, the lights have finally gone down on the numerous catwalks which transformed Milan into an elegant and extremely refined fashion capital from February the 24th to March the 2nd.

Although the usual big names and iconic designers were obliged to concentrate the presentation of their collections into just a

Elegance and the desire to be free from any kind of rule or convention: this is the recurrent theme that ran through the recent edition of Milan fashion week, from January the 16th to January the 19th, one of the most anticipated fashion events, which saw the presentation of the new men’s styles and trends [...]

Let’s continue our journey into the history of Italian fashion, and discover in more detail the reasons which led Italian designers to move their collections to Milan, crowning this city as the “capital of fashion”, the focus of all activities concerning the fashion field, the pulsating heart of elegance and style.
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Almost all the autumn-winter 2009/2010 women’s collections presented at Milan Fashion Week have been animated by a return to their roots of elegance and natural refinement. The woman’s look proposed for the next cold season is focused on the idea of classic simplicity! It is devoted to rediscovering the typical styles of the 50’s, and 80’s, both in their lines and in the materials used.

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Last Wednesday March 3rd, Milan fashion week drew to a close after seven exciting days spent  presenting the new women’s collections on the catwalks for the next autumn-winter season 2009/2010. The most famous Italian fashion houses took part in this fashion event, showing their creations and conveying the image of a refined, self-reliant woman, who loves luxury, with a strong personality and intriguing sensuality.

Milan fashion week ended about two months ago but its echo still resounds in the world of high fashion and elegance. This week of fashion shows is very important not only here in Italy but all around the world, dictating the essential elements of next year’s fashion trends regarding colors and accessories.
Here we have put together a guide to analyze in detail the new trends proposed by …

A couple of weeks ago, Milan, always considered one of the most famous fashion capitals of the world, opened its doors to the 2009 spring-summer fashion collections, where many of the top Italian fashion houses presented their finest creations and the latest fashion colors for the coming year.

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Looking for some positive light for Italy’s future image Giannini turned to the Consorzio 100% Italiano…
In the luxury leather industry much of the work is carried out by hand using traditional skills, in order to achieve the best quality. An example of a good handbag made by these methods was estimated to have cost 90 euros in labour and, with fine materials, a total of 300 euros to produce, which makes its retail price of 500 euros a fair and reasonable figure, though these high standards don’t give anything like the profit margin that the illegal workshops do for those who use them..