https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed It was business as usual Saturday for Milan Fashion Week despite a clutch of coronavirus cases including two fatalities near the northern venue. Three matches in Italy's Serie A were however cancelled. https://www.thelocal.it/20200223/football-cancelled-but-milan-fashion-week-to-carry-on-amid-coronavirus-fears Sun, 23 Feb 2020 10:47:35 +0100 football-cancelled-but-milan-fashion-week-to-carry-on-amid-coronavirus-fears As designers stay away from Milan Fashion Week and production workshops in China shut down, the coronavirus outbreak is expected to cost the Italian fashion industry at least €100 million over three months. https://www.thelocal.it/20200219/how-coronavirus-fears-have-hit-the-italian-fashion-industry Wed, 19 Feb 2020 12:55:40 +0100 how-coronavirus-fears-have-hit-the-italian-fashion-industry London Fashion Week Men's, which started on Saturday, is being partly hosted in Milan in an unprecedented move designed to broaden its international appeal and send a message just weeks before Brexit. https://www.thelocal.it/20200104/milan-sends-brexit-message-by-hosting-part-of-london-fashion-week Sat, 04 Jan 2020 16:30:37 +0100 milan-sends-brexit-message-by-hosting-part-of-london-fashion-week Benetton took to the catwalk in Milan for the first time Tuesday with its debut collection by French designer Jean-Charles de Castelbajac in a bid to revive the historic Italian brand. https://www.thelocal.it/20190220/benetton-aims-for-revival-with-milan-runway-debut Wed, 20 Feb 2019 09:37:18 +0100 benetton-aims-for-revival-with-milan-runway-debut As Milan fashion week hands over the baton to Paris, winding up a whirlwind show which saw historic brands revitalized and young designers triumph, here are ten themes from the autumn/winter 2015 collections. https://www.thelocal.it/20150303/top-ten-themes-from-milan-fashion-week Tue, 03 Mar 2015 11:00:00 +0100 top-ten-themes-from-milan-fashion-week King of fashion Giorgio Armani closed a whirlwind fashion week in Milan on Monday with an autumn/winter 2015 collection starring "Cinderella" dresses and a new skirt-trousers combo which had fashionistas all in a tizz. https://www.thelocal.it/20150302/cinderella-dresses-hit-armani-catwalk Mon, 02 Mar 2015 18:51:00 +0100 cinderella-dresses-hit-armani-catwalk You could forgive fashion king Giorgio Armani the absence of capes at his Emporio show Friday, after pop diva Madonna blamed one of his creations for her fall at the Brit Awards this week. https://www.thelocal.it/20150227/no-capes-at-armani-after-madonna-tumble Fri, 27 Feb 2015 15:19:00 +0100 no-capes-at-armani-after-madonna-tumble Forget rainbow knits and ruby galoshes. All the signs are that black is back in a big way as Milan fashion week kicks off on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150225/black-is-back-as-milan-fashion-week-opens Wed, 25 Feb 2015 09:45:00 +0100 black-is-back-as-milan-fashion-week-opens From Prada to Versace, Milan Fashion Week is renowned for sleek catwalk shows oozing opulence - but that was before German designer Philipp Plein pinned his show around a cage fight set to the live beat of Snoop Dogg. https://www.thelocal.it/20150119/snoop-dogg-in-milan-fashion-week-cage-fight Mon, 19 Jan 2015 10:06:00 +0100 snoop-dogg-in-milan-fashion-week-cage-fight Gucci took an audience sprinkled with fashion royalty on a mind-expanding trip back to the early 1970s on Wednesday as the global style powerhouse unveiled its 2015 spring/summer womenswear collection. https://www.thelocal.it/20140918/gucci-takes-fans-on-70s-trip Thu, 18 Sep 2014 11:17:00 +0200 gucci-takes-fans-on-70s-trip Italian family-run fashion house Versace said on Thursday it had agreed to sell a 20-percent stake to US private equity firm Blackstone in a deal that values the group at €1.0 billion ($1.4 billion). https://www.thelocal.it/20140227/versace-agrees-to-sell-20-stake-in-210m-euro-deal Thu, 27 Feb 2014 12:49:00 +0100 versace-agrees-to-sell-20-stake-in-210m-euro-deal Fairies in flowing dresses, little red riding hoods in fur and female knights in bejewelled chainmail took over the catwalk at Dolce&Gabbana's fairy-tale show at Milan Fashion Week on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140224/knights-march-in-fairy-tale-dolcegabbana-show Mon, 24 Feb 2014 10:10:00 +0100 knights-march-in-fairy-tale-dolcegabbana-show Models in furs paced around a ring of fire at Roberto Cavalli's catwalk show at Milan Fashion Week on Saturday, which was picketed by animal rights protesters. https://www.thelocal.it/20140223/cavalli-scorches-milan-with-ring-of-fire-catwalk Sun, 23 Feb 2014 10:44:00 +0100 cavalli-scorches-milan-with-ring-of-fire-catwalk With big brands defending their dominance and the fashion press wary of taking a gamble, new designers sometimes struggled to be heard in Milan but Vogue Italia's editor says that is all in the past. https://www.thelocal.it/20140221/big-brands-parade-but-milan-fashion-fest-looks-beyond Fri, 21 Feb 2014 10:08:32 +0100 big-brands-parade-but-milan-fashion-fest-looks-beyond Italy's top luxury brands show off their latest collections at Milan Fashion Week starting on Wednesday with high hopes for a recovery of the sector this year even amid the latest government crisis. https://www.thelocal.it/20140219/fashion-sector-pins-rebound-hopes-on-fashion-week Wed, 19 Feb 2014 09:35:00 +0100 fashion-sector-pins-rebound-hopes-on-fashion-week Italy's Giorgio Armani and Gianfranco Ferre rounded off a more upbeat Milan Fashion Week on Monday, as the sector looks to shake off a recession that has forced thousands of businesses to close. https://www.thelocal.it/20130923/armani-and-ferre-close-milan-fashion-week Mon, 23 Sep 2013 18:05:00 +0200 armani-and-ferre-close-milan-fashion-week Coats with fluorescent buttons, skirts covered in monkey prints and straw caps adorned with flowers: the designs at Milan Fashion Week often bear little resemblance to a classical Italian look. https://www.thelocal.it/20130923/italian-designers-spark-new-made-in-italy-wave Mon, 23 Sep 2013 10:45:00 +0200 italian-designers-spark-new-made-in-italy-wave Denim, leathers and chains were the look at Versace's Milan Fashion Week show on Friday, as the family-owned brand looks for a possible investor to buy a stake. https://www.thelocal.it/20130921/versace-keen-to-find-250-million-investor Sat, 21 Sep 2013 12:19:00 +0200 versace-keen-to-find-250-million-investor Italian designers Giorgio Armani and Dolce & Gabbana can no longer be on the official programme of Milan Fashion Week because they are not due-paying members of the national fashion chamber, the association said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20130520/armani-and-dg-struck-off-milan-fashion-week-roster Mon, 20 May 2013 20:31:00 +0200 armani-and-dg-struck-off-milan-fashion-week-roster