A Life-Changing Raffle Is Gifting a Villa in Italy
Win a home.
A couple from Dorset in the United Kingdom, Jon and Annemarie Nurse, are now offering a fully furnished modern townhouse to one fortunate winner of the Win Houses in Italy raffle.
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La Milanesa Handbags for a Common Good
Style find.
What started out as a recycling-themed project for Salone del Mobile in 2018 has turned into a handbag line characterized by colour and workmanship.
Numeroventi, Where Collaborative Design Meets Florentine Splendour
Art in residence.
Martino di Napoli Rampolla is the founder of Numeroventi, an arts and design residency housed in Palazzo Galli Tassi, a creative hub that connects Florence’s past to present.
Galleria Vik Milano Is the New Luxury in the City
Where to stay.
The hotel, located in Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, one of Milan’s most recognizable landmarks, was born as a collective art exhibition.
Sustainable Fish-Skin Fashion With Barbara della Rovere
Catch of the day.
Barbara della Rovere creates leather handbags from fish skin and, in the process, helps a women’s co-operative.
The State of Italian Fashion
The invisible thread.
The world of fashion is not defined by what you see: the turtleneck, the trousers, the trench. Big-name brands are powered by a network of very small yet highly skilled artisans—specializing in yarns, dyeing, embroidery, leather, crochet stitching, filigree, beading, lace—whose expertise and knowledge is rooted in Italy. With the ongoing pandemic, there is a risk of losing some parts of the Made in Italy supply chain.
A Treasure Trove of a Textile Mill in Florence
Antico Setificio Fiorentino.
A stone courtyard leads to a painted red door that opens to the inner domain of Antico Setificio Fiorentino, where, for hundreds of years, weavers have been creating lustrous fabrics.
Lambrusco: Italy’s Effervescent Red Wine
Taste the new generation.
Lambrusco, the sparkling wine from northeastern Italy, is in the midst of a major makeover, and it’s high time to taste it again.
ISSIMO: The Spirit of Italy in a One-Stop Digital Shop
A new online platform that celebrates Italian style.
For Marie-Louise Sciò, creative director of the Pellicano Hotels Group, -issimo was the locus for her latest venture, ISSIMO, a lifestyle and e-commerce platform dedicated to the best of Italian design, travel, food, and style.
