BACO Style: Italian Editor Simone Marchetti
BACO’s Valentina Accardo caught up with a real Italian fashion icon, whose candor is as endearing as his clothes. Simone Marchetti is the Deputy Editor-in-Chief…
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The Mens Week Issue: The Godfather
I like to call Giorgio Armani “The Godfather of Fashion.” Not because he fits into some embarrassing Italian American mafia stereotype perpetuated by Hollywood. I…
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Pitti Uomo Issue: Wanderlust Fashions
Fall/Winter 2015 will see more casual mens wear trends for day, office and evening. Pitti’s “Walkabout” theme was basically code for “Rolling Stone” or a…
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BACO Decodes Pitti Street Style
Florence, Italy–BACO’s women’s fashion editor Valentina Accardo and photographer Salvo Sportato take to the streets at Pitti to understand what the parade of gents…
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Pitti’s Young Designers Dominate
Florence, Italy–Pitti strives to shine a spotlight on more young designers like never before. In an era where fashion is calling for fresh ideas,…
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Eight Ways to Get The Pitti Uomo Look
Florence, Italy–Our team is in the cradle of the Renaissance scouting the best in artisanal-quality products and mens fashions at premier trade fair Pitti…
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Issue No. 3: Nostalgic Fashion Romanticizes Pitti
MILAN–Like an image plucked from a pre-war edition of Esquire magazine, Gianni Cerutti, a regular at the Pitti Uomo mens fashion tradeshow, makes heads…
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Aimi & Gigliotti: The Power Broker’s Tailor
Parma, Italy–“Young people are rediscovering bespoke, along with suspenders and bowties. We shall see if it lasts,” said master tailor Franco Gigliotti of Aimi…
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BACO Exclusive: Edmund Ooi On His Armani Debut
MILAN–Malaysian-born, Belgium-based Edmund Ooi is the latest designer to be “made” by the godfather of Italian fashion. Ooi will show his fall winter 2015/16…
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Athena Liu and Paolo Foppiani: A Union of Finery
MILAN–Fashion maven and perpetual globetrotter, Athena Liu and her husband, top Italian lawyer Paolo Foppiani, open up their Milan home — an abode as tastefully furnished as…
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