2 MIN READ The new openings, high-end residences and international recognition are turning Lake Como into one of the most watched hospitality markets in Europe. To understand how high-end tourism is changing in Italy, it […]
TOURISM: €16.2 BILLION SPENT BY FOREIGN VISITORS TELLS THE STORY OF A CHANGING ITALY
In the first eight months of 2026, payments by foreign visitors recorded by Nexi rose 5%. But where do they spend, and above all, who benefits from this growth?
CINEMA IS BACK IN THEATRES: +45% BOX OFFICE IN 2026, WITH PINO DANIELE AT THE TOP
The film about Pino Daniele, «Je so’ pazzo», opens at number one with €1.53 million. Since the start of the year, box office takings have reached €499 million (+45%).
AGRICULTURE IN ITALY, A HERITAGE THAT IS NO LONGER COMPETITIVE
Rising fuel costs are hitting farmers and hauliers in Southern Italy. The protests involve a supply chain on which thousands of businesses and families depend.
PRADA GROWS 15%, BUT WITHOUT VERSACE THE PACE SLOWS. MIU MIU LOSES MOMENTUM
The Milan-based group closes the first nine months of 2026 with €4.54 billion in revenue. The Americas are driving sales, while Europe stays weak. The new challenge is bringing Versace back to the center of […]
LUXURY AND TAX FREE, ITALY HOLDS ON THANKS TO AMERICANS. AND CHINESE SHOPPERS ARE BUYING AGAIN
European demand is flat, but spending by the wealthiest clients is holding up the sector. Watches are growing, leather goods are struggling. The recovery of Chinese tourists opens some prospects for autumn. Luxury keeps looking […]
FRANCE TAKES TO THE STREETS OVER THE COST OF LIVING. THE BILL FOR THE LOOTING FALLS ON SHOPKEEPERS
France still shows a capacity few European countries retain: taking to the streets en masse over the cost of living, public services and the economic conditions of families. On Saturday, October 24, demonstrations brought together […]
ON FASHION, LUXURY AND THE DEEPER CRISIS OF KERING AND GUCCI: A COMMENT BY ALESSANDRO SICURO
Antonio Mancinelli’s piece, with which I certainly agree. It finally puts a finger on an open wound in fashion, describing the distance between the strategies of the big groups and the reasons why someone should […]
GUCCI TELLS ITS STORY IN NEW YORK AND FLORENCE?
The new GucciCore campaign, photographed by Peter Funch on the streets of Manhattan, brings the house back to the American city. An understandable choice on the commercial side, but one that leaves open a question […]
JENNA ORTEGA IN ROME: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE RISK OF LOSING HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS
You have reached the point of asking artificial intelligence even how to write an email. The reminder comes from Jenna Ortega, guest of the Rome Film Festival with Klara and the Sun.
THE CLIMATE IS CHANGING, BUT FASHION KEEPS FOLLOWING THE OLD SEASONS
In Paris, during the latest Fashion Week, the thermometer reached 28 degrees. In the streets people were still wearing T-shirts and shorts, while the shop windows displayed coats, heavy jackets and autumn-winter collections.
RALPH LAUREN REWARDS EXECUTIVES WHO USE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Ralph Lauren has introduced artificial intelligence among the criteria it uses to evaluate and reward its executives. The decision, reported by Reuters on October 15, emerges from documents filed with the US SEC.
BEPPE ANGIOLINI, THE PIONEER WHO ANTICIPATED THE FUTURE OF FASHION
2 MIN READ Beppe Angiolini was a pioneer of fashion. He had deep taste, an aesthetic sensibility and a rare intuition in recognizing new talents and spotting those moments when a brand reached its greatest […]
LUXURY LOSES 350 BILLION ON THE STOCK MARKET. BEHIND THE NUMBERS, A CRISIS THAT IS NOT ONLY CHINESE, IT IS SYSTEMIC
3 MIN READ The slowdown in consumption in China weighs on the balance sheets of the great maisons. But behind the difficulties of luxury, prices ever more distant from the value of the product emerge, […]
NEW OLIVE OIL 2026. TUSCANY BETWEEN HARVEST, OLIVE MILLS AND A CULTURE OF QUALITY
3 MIN READ NEW OIL 2026 The green gold is about to reach the table. The harvest is under way, the olives are in good condition and the damage from the olive fly is limited, […]
PAOLO GENOVESE OPENS THE ROME FILM FESTIVAL WITH «IL RUMORE DELLE COSE NUOVE»
2 MIN READ Ten years ago Paolo Genovese gathered seven friends around a table and let their mobile phones tell what nobody would ever have confessed. Perfetti sconosciuti (Perfect Strangers) became one of the biggest […]
APRITIMODA 2026: WHERE ITALIAN FASHION TAKES SHAPE
2 MIN READ ApritiModa returns on October 24 and 25. For two days, over a hundred places of Italian production will open their doors to the public: ateliers, workshops, factories and archives that normally stay […]
ROME FILM FESTIVAL 2026: GENOVESE OPENS, TRIBUTE TO MONICA VITTI AND CAREER AWARD TO JULIANNE MOORE
2 MIN READ Rome Film Festival 2026 Paolo Genovese opens the 21st Rome Film Festival this evening, October 13. At 7 pm, in the Sala Sinopoli of the Auditorium Parco della Musica Ennio Morricone, Il […]
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: MANY PROTOTYPES, FEW FINISHED PRODUCTS
2 MIN READ Gartner, one of the world’s leading technology research and advisory firms, has found that over 80% of organizations see no measurable return on their investments in artificial intelligence. In practice, it is […]
SAINT LAURENT, ANTHONY VACCARELLO LEAVES CREATIVE DIRECTION AFTER TEN YEARS
2 MIN READ Saint Laurent and Anthony Vaccarello are parting ways. The announcement came on Friday, October 9, from Kering, the French group that owns the house. After ten years at the helm of the […]
LOUIS VUITTON SS27: LIGHTNESS, TRANSPARENCY AND GLOSSY SURFACES
2 MIN READ A few days before the show, Emmanuel Macron presented Nicolas Ghesquière with the Legion of Honour. At the Cour Carrée, Brigitte Macron was there too, a regular at Louis Vuitton shows. In […]
STEVEN WILSON IN MILAN TO PRESENT THE VILLAGE WHERE MUSIC AND MEMORY BLUR
Steven Wilson at Combo in Milan presents Requiem For A Village, his new album out November 6: a preview listening session, a meeting with the audience and a DJ set.
CHANEL SS27, MODELS AND DECONSTRUCTED TWEED: THE NEW MOVES FORWARD
2 MIN READ Tweed is perhaps the most recognizable element of Chanel, but also the one that, after decades of jackets, suits, buttons and constructions that have become iconic, risks looking the most overused. The […]
ZIMMERMANN AT PARIS FASHION WEEK: FASHION RETURNS TO SEDUCE
2 MIN READ At Paris Fashion Week there are those who chase provocation, those who run after the archive, those who build collections that need long explanations to find a reason. Then Zimmermann arrives and […]
VALENTINO SS27: ELEGANCE NO LONGER HAS A SINGLE CODE
Alessandro Michele brings Valentino to the Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève in Paris and builds the Spring/Summer 2027 collection around a precise title: “Antibiblioteca”, the anti-library. The reference comes from the concept developed by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, inspired […]
MIU MIU, WHEN SPORTSWEAR BECOMES THE NEW CASUAL
Miuccia Prada starts from a simple fact: today sportswear has become the real contemporary casual, what people wear every day, mix and transform. Miu Miu observes this reality and starts from there, without erasing the […]
THE DESIGNER: WHAT ARE NAME AND REPUTATION WORTH AFTER SELLING THE BRAND?
Reflections on Antonio Mancinelli’s fine piece on Donatella Versace I read Antonio Mancinelli’s piece on Donatella Versace and her new venture with Revolve. I admire his lexical richness, his concision and the scenographic force with […]
TOM FORD SS27 AT PFW: THE STRENGTH OF ITS LANGUAGE
Tom Ford’s Spring Summer 2027 starts from one precise point: recognizability. Haider Ackermann does not try to erase the language of the House, nor to use it as a mere quotation. He takes it, moves […]
DIOR, JOIE DE VIVRE, LIGHTNESS AND FEMININITY AT PARIS FASHION WEEK SS27
Paris, September 29, 2026. In the Jardin des Tuileries, on a runway suspended over the water and veiled by a light mist, Jonathan Anderson presents Dior’s Spring Summer 2027. Trees, water and natural light accompany […]
AFTER MILAN, PARIS TAKES THE STAGE
Milan has just switched off the lights and Paris is already under way. The Fashion Week dedicated to Spring/Summer 2027 began on September 28 and runs until October 6, with 68 shows and 33 presentations. […]
SAINT LAURENT DRESSES PARIS IN GOLD
Paris, September 29, 2026. At the Fontaines du Trocadéro, with the Eiffel Tower in the background, Anthony Vaccarello celebrates his ten years at the helm of Saint Laurent, turning one of the most iconic places […]
LUNA ROSSA CROWNS THE ITALIAN CHALLENGE
Luna Rossa closes the Preliminary Regatta with a victory that goes beyond the result. On the final day it won both fleet races and earned the right to face Emirates Team New Zealand in the […]
MILAN FASHION WEEK, THE RUNWAYS GO DARK. WHAT REALLY REMAINS?
Today, September 28, Milan Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2027 officially comes to a close. The major shows are over, and the final day leaves room above all for digital. After seven days and 203 appointments — […]
MILAN FASHION WEEK, BUYERS APPROVE. NOW ALL EYES TURN TO ORDERS
Milan Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2027 closes with a positive sentiment. Buyers speak of more concrete, recognizable, product-focused collections, while attendance was particularly high. Carla Cereda of Biffi highlights how consistent the proposals were with their […]
DOLCE&GABBANA SS27, WHEN MADE IN ITALY BECOMES STORYTELLING
In a Milan Fashion Week marked by changes of creative direction, repositionings and new grammars, Dolce&Gabbana keeps doing something more difficult: remaining recognizable without standing still. The Spring/Summer 2027 collection starts again from a precise […]
ERMANNO SCERVINO SS27, FEMININITY RETURNS TO CENTER STAGE
Ermanno Scervino brings to Milan Fashion Week a collection that puts back at the center something only seemingly simple: a garment should enhance the person wearing it, not replace her. This is the starting point […]
GUCCI SS27: WHEN EXASPERATION BECOMES LANGUAGE
I swear I watched this show several times, because I wanted to understand where Demna wanted to take Gucci. In the end I found a key, and it is very clear: exasperation. Everything is pushed […]
TOD’S, THE CODE LIES IN THE DETAILS
This morning Tod’s opened the day at Milan Fashion Week with Matteo Tamburini’s Spring Summer 2027 collection and, looking at it, the first thing that came to mind was very simple: some brands need to […]
CAVALLI, THE PLEASURE OF BEING CAVALLI AGAIN
I really liked yesterday’s show, and not only for the clothes. I was glad to find again an atmosphere that belongs deeply to the history of Cavalli: the lights, the set, the very way the […]
ETRO, A RUNWAY OF LIGHT, PAISLEY AND LIGHTNESS
Etro brings to the runway a collection that seems to be crossed by light and movement. There is no rigidity, no forced construction. Instead, there is a fluid, soft, almost natural narrative that starts from […]
MAX MARA, “FAR HORIZON”: SPRING SUMMER 2027
This morning at 9:30, Max Mara presented its Spring Summer 2027 collection in Milan, titled “Far Horizon”. A collection that does not try to rewrite the language of the brand, but to shift its point […]
GENNY, SPRING SUMMER 2027 BETWEEN FLOWERS, SHEER FABRICS AND NEW PROPORTIONS
This morning at 10:30, Genny presented its Spring Summer 2027 collection in Milan under the creative direction of Sara Cavazza Facchini. A collection of 43 looks built on femininity, lightness and decoration, with a very […]
ANTONIO MARRAS, A HANDCRAFTED COLLECTION MADE OF MEMORY
Once again, Antonio Marras does not simply stage a collection. He builds a world and then lets the clothes move through it. For Spring Summer 2027, the Giardino Vincenzo Muccioli in Milan becomes almost a […]
FENDI SPRING SUMMER 2027 BY MARIA GRAZIA CHIURI
Fendi Spring Summer 2027 at Milan Fashion Week: Maria Grazia Chiuri’s collection between volume, material and freedom. A different Fendi.
JIL SANDER, WHEN MINIMALISM STOPS BEING RIGOR AND BECOMES MOVEMENT
This morning Jil Sander presented in Milan its Spring/Summer 2027 collection, women’s and men’s, designed by Simone Bellotti. The show was scheduled at 10:30 on the second day of Milan Fashion Week. I chose these […]
PRADA, THE LAND OF WOMEN IN SKIRTS
Looking at Prada’s new collection, one image came straight to mind: the land of women in skirts. Different women, different skirts, different ways of being feminine. And maybe that’s what struck me most about Miuccia […]
VOGUE WORLD MILAN 2026: TONIGHT I SAW AN IMAGE I HAD IMAGINED COME TO LIFE
On September 4, while writing about Milan Fashion Week, I imagined a major fashion show taking place inside the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II. I did so for a very simple reason: I believe it […]
AMERICA’S CUP IN NAPLES: THIS WEEK THE ROAD TO 2027 TRULY BEGINS
From September 24 to 27, Naples starts to truly breathe the America’s Cup. We are not yet at the challenge that will award the trophy, which comes in 2027, but this week in the Gulf […]
MILAN FASHION WEEK 2026: IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT THE SHOWS. IT’S FASHION DICTATING ITS OWN STYLE
From September 22 to 28, Milan is back at the center of international fashion with the Spring/Summer 2027 Fashion Week. There are 203 events on the calendar, between shows, presentations and other happenings. That’s a […]
TAILORED COATS ARE BACK: FASHION REDISCOVERS THE VALUE OF QUALITY
Autumn-winter 2026-27 brings back Nineties lines, built shoulders and substantial fabrics. A trend that puts manufacturing back at the centre, right as luxury seems ever more interested in image than in the substance of the […]
