| Now That’s Italian Fashion and design may be two of Italy’s high-profile exports, but according to the new coffee-table tome “Italian Touch,” published this month by Skira and commissioned by the Italian luxury goods company Tod’s, style is less a business than a way of life. The editor Donatella Sartorio and the photographer Paolo Leone scoured the country, from Casa Degli Atellani in Milan (above left) to the Villa Rae in Naples (above right), in search of what the Tod’s president and chairman, Diego Della Vall... nytimes.com |
American Needle: From Green Celluloid Visors to Caps of All Kinds American Needle, which started out in 1918, is best known as the first company to sell licensed sports headwear. nytimes.com |
Beauty: Loving lavender Lately I'm loving lavender. Seems I'm not alone: the old-fashioned fragrance is having a mini-renaissance, the colour is a perfect complement to winter's grey fashions and the hardy plant thrives even in neglected gardens.Maybe... nzherald.co.nz |
Formal Meets Sporty Touch, feel and substance was the story of two back-to-back shows from Ermenegildo Zegna. nytimes.com |
No Runway Jostling and No Sharp Elbows at Roomy Lincoln Center Fashion Week begins its run at Lincoln Center on Thursday after 17 years in Bryant Park. The biggest change: more elbow room. nytimes.com |