STYLE + FASHION
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Dress like a local
Summer trends and the Florentine look
Non ci sono piu’ le mezze stagioni! This has, by now, become a standard expression among Italians to express the fact that the ‘mid-seasons’ of spring and autumn don’t seem to exist any more. Especially in Florence, freezing winters seem to …
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Dress me with love
A Valentine's Day in style
As
some of you may know (or may have surmised), Sex and the City was the inspiration for the name of this column.
As Valentine's Day nears, there is no better time to recall that glorious
episode when Carrie celebrates her life as a …
Exhibit Reviews
Vintage!
Exhibit explores fashion phenomenon
A new exhibit at the Museo del Tessuto in Prato looks at the history of vintage fashion, a timely topic in an historic moment in which economic realities and dreams of a happier past have put the phenomenon of vintage clothing …
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Shopping in the spirit
Special gifts for the season
Florence
sparkles with thousands of holiday lights. For some, this is a truly magical
time that has the power to make us forget all our troubles and embrace the joys
of life. For businesses, it can mean a make-or-break year, and so retailers are
desperately …
Exhibit Reviews
Colour and creativity
Enrico Coveri celebrated in Prato
Bright, bold hues, powerful patterns, decisive lines:
the fashion style and designs of Enrico Coveri blasted into the world in the
1970s and continue to enliven and astound to this day. The exhibit Coveri
Story, at the new home of the Camera di Commercio …
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Women in lace
Fall trends and the return to femininity
Lace
is back! Since last spring/summer collections, we have seen an incredible
amount of lace, shown all over the female body, and the upcoming fall trends
are continuing this direction.
‘Fashion reflects
society and society reflects fashion': this is what I always tell my students.
For example, …
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Vogue Fashion's Night Out Florence
Not just another Notte Bianca
by Sara Pizzi
September is a month full of fashion and cultural events all over Italy.
We started off with the Venice Film Festival, soon it will be Milan Women's
Fashion Week and, in the meantime, the unmissable Vogue Fashion's Nights Out,
which comes to Florence for …
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Sober present or fabulous future?
Pitti, Florence and the sales
January is
not only the month of fashion events by Pitti Immagine, it is also the start of
the winter sales. The combination of these very different occasions in this
particular time in Italy has made me think a lot. Italy is experiencing the
most …
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Mapping Italian Style #3
The best style is here in Florence
The first two articles in this three-part series, ‘Mapping Italian
Style,' explored Italy's fashion cities and textile districts. Now it is time
to come back home to Florence.
Salvatore Ferragamo, Gucci, Roberto Cavalli, Valentino, and Roberto
Capucci: these are just a few of the fashion …
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Mapping Italian Style #2
Milan, Rome . . . and always Florence
Is ‘Italian style' a ready-to-wear affair or high fashion? Can Rome reclaim its status as a fashion city? Does money or style rule in Milan? Does the Florentine tradition of excellence of accessories and artisanship represent not only the past but …
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Mapping Italian Style
A journey through time and fashion
Fall brings a new style season, with its latest trends, must-have pieces and hottest looks. But as I follow the continuous race to dominate the global fashion market, one question is on my mind: what is Italian style today?
Though Italy is …
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A city of stylish men
Perfect summer looks
In
June, thanks to the influence of Pitti Immagine Uomo, the international men's
fashion trade fair that takes over Florence for one week twice a year, Florence
dresses in fancy colours, daring outfits and extravagant accessories. And we're
not talking about the women.
First, a little
history. …
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Crashing fashion
Pitti without a press pass
Pitti
Immagine is back in full swing for the biannual Pitti fashion fair, the event
for getting a sneak peek into the trends an entire year before they appear on
window mannequins and shop shelves.
The event is spectacular: thousands of
international designers, trend-setters, and aesthetes …
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Falling in love again
The role of Florence in Italian (and my) fashion history
Something very special happened during my last visit to
Milan Fashion week: an unexpected sequence of events surprisingly revived my
love story with fashion. In returning to Florence on the train, I brought back
much more than just my suitcase!
I had the unique opportunity …
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Fashion nostalgia
End-of-season must-haves for women
Is fashion ever new? Or is it, in fact, a reinterpretation of something old? Is this the eternal fashion trick, to make us want brand-new items that are actually inspired by the past?
Florence embodies this conundrum like nowhere else, especially at …
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Wednesday, June 19, 2013