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Video: Bianca Saunders on Pitti A/W 18 - Voicemail

Bianca Saunders rang up Lara Johnson-Wheeler to chat about her time showing at Pitti A/W 18 as a menswear designer. Source: SHOWstudio, YouTube.

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Marni shows autumn/winter 2015 at Pitti Uomo

Marni was the guest designer at this season's Pitti Uomo and showed its AW15 collection at the Museo Marino Marini in Florence. The Pitti guest show is one of the highlights of fashion week, especially considering the rush between shows in Milan, this is one presentation where press and buyers can linger without fighting the calendar. Marni has...

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Marni announced as Pitti Uomo guest designer

International trade show Pitti Uomo 87 has announced that Marni will be the menswear guest designer at its next event, which runs January 13-16 in Florence. The luxury house will present an exclusive fashion show for Pitti showcasing the development of its Marni Menswear line featuring its autumn/winter 2015 collection, which is composed of...

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Pitti stands up well but Italian fashion grows only with exports

The visitors to Pitti Uomo are unmistakable. You easily can spot them, even on the busy streets of Florence, practically as soon as they get off the train from Milan, the capital of Italian fashion, which will compete for three days for the title with Florence. “We have no intention,” was the unambiguous message from the Pitti Immagine official...

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Today in Florence...

Stefano Ricci presented its new collection on the first day of 82nd Pitti Immagine Uomo fair at the Uffizi Gallery. The most prestigious museum of Italy hosted a fashion show for the first time in its history - just like the Parisian Louvre opened its doors for theSalvatore Ferragamo show last week. The Florentine fashion house celebrated it’s...

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Today in Milan…

As the last day of the Autumn Winter 2012 sales finish in Milan, the fashion pack are heading to Paris for the first day of shows. This image is of the new Hardy Amies collection, taken at the Futurenet showroom on via Gaspare Bugatti. &amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;br /&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;br /&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;

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MFW: serious and ironic men’s fashion

Men’s fashion takes the lead on the catwalks of Milan and at Fortezza da Basso in Florence, for the 81st edition of Pitti Uomo. The economic crisis has brought a much more serious air to fashion week, with fewer events and less glamour around. Perhaps because of the cold weather, on Saturday and Sunday in Milan, the roads were less crowded and...

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Today in Florence...

Classy and elegant with a modern cut – including the man-clutch. Valentino unveiled its autumn/winter 2012-13 menswear collection on Wednesday night, as guest of honor at Pitti Uomo in Florence. It was the first catwalk show since spring/summer 2008 when the collection was still designed by Valentino himself. The show was staged in the...

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Valentino to show menswear at Pitti Uomo

International menswear exhibition, Pitti Uomo, has announced that Valentino’s creative directors, Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli will stage a runway show in Florence as the trade show’s special guests. “The House of Valentino will be the special guest at Pitti Uomo 81. We are very happy that Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo...

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Pitti Bimbo: Kidswear orders on the up

448 companies took part in Pitti Bimbo, a show dedicated to kidswear, held in Florence between 20 and 22 January. No fewer than 530 collections were presented with 188 labels, 36% of the total originating from abroad. These are numbers that testify to the potential of this segment. Just to give you an idea, the Italian junior clothing market, as...

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Mens Fashion: hi-tech fabrics and vintage styles

Spot lights are on Italian Mens Fashion, ever more technological thanks to the use of innovative fabrics while maintaining a distinct vintage flavour making it the talking point of the international press over the last few weeks. In fact the shirt Prince William will be wearing on 29 April for his wedding day will be made by Angelo Inglese from...

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New dates Pitti Immagine events

Pitti Immagine decided to change the dates of the next edition of Touch!, NeoZone and Cloudnine. The events are dedicated to women’s collections and will be hosted at Milan’s Zona Tortona from 24-26th September 2010, earlier than previously announced. “The decision to bring the dates forward”, explains Raffaello Napoleone, CEO of Pitti Immagine,...