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It may not be Milan, but Florence’s fashion culture is well-regarded and on the rise. The articles to browse here offer something for every style, from where to find high-quality second hand clothing, the contemporary designers calling Florence home, and the city’s most refined fashion brands, festivals and outlets. Everything you would need to step out in style.
Vivia Ferragamo was born into Florence’s fashion royalty, the Ferragamo family. As the granddaughter of the legendary Salvatore Ferragamo, she has fashion in her blood. She has recently started her own collection, “Vivia.” The obvious question is why not work for the family
In the fashion business, time is money, money is time – and both have become a problem. Email and instant messaging, MTV broadcasting around the globe, and cell phone texting means that people around the world know the latest fashion trends before they’ve even hit the stores.&
Have you ever complimented a friend on a killer hat or a stunning scarf only for them to reply, bragging, “Cute, huh? I got it at the market on Sunday for ONLY two euros!” Have you ever noticed that the most gorgeous garment gems are either Via Tornabuoni
I know the perfect person in need of a make-over Italian style. My sister, Kim Landry, is 29 and has never had a make-over in her life. She is from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and is in Florence studying at the Angel Academy of Art. She arrived a month
Florence is full of fashion schools: Polimoda, L’Accademia Italiana, Fashion Design Lab, Universita’ di Firenze (Architettura, progettazione Moda), to only name a few, and Lorenzo de Medici school’s fashion department has merged with the Atelier school to enlarge their fashion program. Thousands of students from
In the summer of 1949, a Marchese, a scion of an aristocratic Tuscan family, created his very first clothing line, all in black and white. By the time his house of fashion was born in 1951, he’d found his pale turquoise, his sea green, his lemon yellow,
The fall fashions this year look good on Florence: the soft, natural colour palate of the season against the cool, grey stone. A stroll down Via Roma is sure to get you in the mood for Autumn. The brocade coats showing off in the windows at Miucca
First off, I have to confess that I’ve always been fascinated with Extreme Makeover, What Not to Wear, and other physical transformation shows. Of course, I know that beauty is not only skin deep and Gabrio Staff was the first to tell me so when I visited
The stress is on the “u” not on the “a” - búl-gah-ry - explains Cristina Maccianti, whose sweet modesty remains in tact despite being in charge of one of Via de’ Tornabuoni’s top luxury jewelry stores, Bulgari. Although Bulgari’
