How To Look Good in Italy and Attract Italian Women
Here’s a how to guide to dressing well in Italy which was inspired by a conversation with a male British Italy lover who felt under dressed when visiting Milan. This guide is primarily aimed at men, but women can also, to an extent, follow the same rules. Depending on the kind of work setting you […]
Video Report: Find Out How Italy’s Cashmere King is Beating the Crisis
Brunello Cucinelli, Italy’s king of cashmere is one Italian business owner who knows that treating employees well is very good for business, as you will discover from this video report by journalist Angelo van Schaik. As you will note from the interview, Brunello Cucinelli’s company grew by an impressive, crisis-beating, 15% in 2012. Watch the Brunello Cucinelli […]
New Fashion Portal in Florence – Europeana Fashion
Gucci and Armani are fashion industry names we are used to hearing, but come 2015 we might be learning about plenty of others, including some which date back into the past to the very origins of fashion. What is to Come? On March 1st 2012, a new fashion portal was launched in Florence. Europeana, the […]
The Bags Under My Eyes
If you are expecting me to go on about those signs of spending far too much time sitting in front of my computer, you may be quite relieved to hear that I’m not going to regale you with a mournful tale of what lurks beneath my eyes.
Diesel Reactions
I wrote about Italian fashion wear company Diesel’s 30th anniversary promotional video recently, and I’ve been showing the video to a range of people to gauge reactions.
Not All Italian Websites Look So Bad
At the risk of being accused of being a pot calling a kettle black (Yep, I know this blog is getting rather cluttered), I have to say that after doing a little web based research for my latest project, my Italy is in Italian contemporary art site, I’ve come across some rather good looking, and, […]
Gold fever.
Nope, sorry, gold has not been found in Milan, so please don’t rush here. However, gold is certainly on the streets. Gold seems to be the in-colour for quite a few Milanese women at the moment. There are gold coloured handbags, shoes, belts, and tops. Should you wish to demonstrate the Midas touch, you will […]
Builder’s bottom becomes trendy
I didn’t think I would ever see the day when builder’s bum would become fashionable, but it has happened, and it has happened with a vengeance here in Italy. You see, the girls love to wear hip hugging jeans and this means that, more often than not and especially when a crop-top is involved, when […]