Fashion

by Pat Eggleton | Tue, 07/13/2010 - 06:54

Following Dolce & Gabbana's successful Spring/Summer Collection campaign featuring Madonna, the star is now the face of their advertising campaign for…

Gucci launches iPad case

by Pat Eggleton | Fri, 07/09/2010 - 04:13

What, you may ask, is the use of having an iPad if you can’t carry it around in an eye-catching designer case? Now Gucci comes to your rescue with their iPad…

Clooney to testify

by Pat Eggleton | Tue, 07/06/2010 - 04:20

In this photo: George Clooney in the film "Up in the air"George Clooney is to testify as a civil plaintiff in a fraud and forgery trial in Italy, reports ANSA.…

Pop-up stars in Arezzo and Treviso

by Pat Eggleton | Thu, 07/01/2010 - 05:44

If you are in Arezzo [Tuscany] here is an exhibition to cheer you up: if you pop into the upmarket menswear shop, “Sugar” you can see a display of pop-up “art…

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Giuliana Camerino dies

by Pat Eggleton | Fri, 05/14/2010 - 06:32

Giuliana Coen Camerino, handbag designer and founder of the Venetian fashion house Roberta di Camerino, died during Monday night at the age of 90. Born into a…

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Now it's the "Lapo" t-shirt

by Pat Eggleton | Thu, 05/13/2010 - 06:51

May 15th sees the launch in Italy of the “Lapo-shirt” for men. Costing around 50 euros each and designed for Lapo Elkann’s company Italia Independent, the…

"Fashion paper" - Eco-sustainable chic

by Pat Eggleton | Fri, 04/30/2010 - 04:52

Haven’t got a thing to wear? How about an evening dress made of red paper napkins, a shirtwaister made of wrapping paper or a tunic made of teabags? Or perhaps…

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Gucci to launch children's line

by Pat Eggleton | Fri, 04/23/2010 - 05:21

In this photo: The "Boston Bag" by Frida Giannini, Gucci's creative director Goodbye, hand-me-downs! Soon under-tens who insist on “designer” clothes will be…

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Madonna in eyewear deal

by Pat Eggleton | Thu, 03/18/2010 - 06:32

After modelling Dolce & Gabbana’s Spring / Summer 2010 Collection, singer, actress and alleged pasta-eater Madonna has now done a little designing of her…

The star and the shoemaker

by Pat Eggleton | Wed, 03/03/2010 - 04:44

In 1927 a twenty-nine-year-old Italian shoemaker called Salvatore Ferragamo met a Swedish lady called Greta Louvisa Gustafson and a friendship began. The…