Archive for February, 2009
Bless this taxi - Celebrating Saint Frances of Rome
by Caroline Prosser (staff) | Friday, February 27th, 2009
The 9th March feast day of Saint Frances of Rome sees long lines of automobiles ‘congregate’ around her church near the Colosseum to be blessed by the Vatican secretary of state
Fiat 500 Touring Club
by Anthony Smith (staff) for ExpatWomen | Friday, February 27th, 2009
An ExpatWomen interview with Sophie Bye whose 500 Touring Club company is a shining example of a local foreign-run business initiative in Italy
Change in Italy? Yes We Might
by Antonino John Scoppettuolo (staff) | Friday, February 27th, 2009
Taking the long-view on Italy, the global downturn and finding little encouragement in Maya calendars? The latest annual report by prestigious Italian social research institute Censis provides more than just insight, offering hope of metamorphosis for a country which observers are often wont to characterise as set on a one-way journey
Dolce & Gabbana in copycat allegation
Thursday, February 26th, 2009
Giorgio Armani has accused his younger rivals Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana of copying his design for a pair of quilted trousers. To illustrate the point, he asked Italian fashion journalists to compare photographs of a pair trousers shown in an Emporio Armani collection last year, and a pair sent down the catwalk by Dolce [...]
Obama – the Face of Rome Fashion Week 2009
Thursday, February 26th, 2009
The fifteenth edition of the AltaRomAltaModa high fashion show caused a stir as much as for the quality and style of the designs as the industry’s concerns over the global economic meltdown.
Amongst this year’s Spring/Summer collections at Rome Fashion Week several designers caught the eye. While very much a spotlight on the Italian capital’s fashion industry, and hence a show case for local design talents, world events and contemporary issues (for instance, the preference for environmentally-friendly fabrics) left their mark on the passerella (or catwalk).
