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  • Artisanal
    • HUL LE KES: A Garment’s Second Life
      HUL LE KES: A Garment’s Second Life
    • James Kearns: London’s Self-Made Shoemaker
      James Kearns: London’s Self-Made Shoemaker
    • DALLA LIDIA: Preserving The Art of Lace
      DALLA LIDIA: Preserving The Art of Lace
  • Sustainable
    • HUL LE KES: A Garment’s Second Life
      HUL LE KES: A Garment’s Second Life
    • CRAFTED FOR SUMMER EASE
      CRAFTED FOR SUMMER EASE
    • Aboriginal Artisans Shine At Salone
      Aboriginal Artisans Shine At Salone
  • Talents
    • HUL LE KES: A Garment’s Second Life
      HUL LE KES: A Garment’s Second Life
    • ARTISANAL CURIOSITIES ABOUND AT PITTI UOMO 95
      ARTISANAL CURIOSITIES ABOUND AT PITTI UOMO 95
    • James Kearns: London’s Self-Made Shoemaker
      James Kearns: London’s Self-Made Shoemaker
  • Travel
    • HUL LE KES: A Garment’s Second Life
      HUL LE KES: A Garment’s Second Life
    • CARTAGENA: A Colonial City Looks To The Future
      CARTAGENA: A Colonial City Looks To The Future
    • Thriving in a Modern World: Pre-Colombino Gold
      Thriving in a Modern World: Pre-Colombino Gold
  • BACO Style
    • HUL LE KES: A Garment’s Second Life
      HUL LE KES: A Garment’s Second Life
    • SUMMER INSPIRATION AT PITTI UOMO
      SUMMER INSPIRATION AT PITTI UOMO
    • Connection Knitwear: Retro Slow Fashion
      Connection Knitwear: Retro Slow Fashion

Sofia Celeste

Sofia Celeste is a fashion journalist, who has covered the evolution of Italy’s small and medium sized companies since before the financial crisis. While working as a staff reporter for Dow Jones Newswires and as a regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal, she wrote extensively about the economic hurdles faced by the Italian fashion, retail and textile industry. Over the past decade, Sofia’s articles on Italian politics, the Vatican and culture, have been published in the Boston Globe, the Christian Science Monitor and La Repubblica’s D Donna. In addition to dedicating her time to BACO, Sofia freelances for Women’s Wear Daily and is currently the Milan Correspondent for Paris-based online magazine NOWFASHION.COM.

Sarah Candee of Isaia
News, Opinion, PAST ISSUESMarch 19, 2015

Issue No. 12: Tomboyish Charm

By Sofia Celeste

Is women’s fashion becoming more conservative? Are we obfuscating the lines between casual, work and evening wear even more? Is the Savile Row men’s…

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Cecilia Bringheli of CB Made in Italy
TalentsMarch 19, 2015

CB Made in Italy’s Cecilia Bringheli

By Sofia Celeste

MILAN–“I like the idea of suggesting that people can be elegant in every moment of their lives. I hope to inspire an idea of elegance…

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Blaze' founders Corrada Rodriguez D'Acri, Delfina Pinardi and Sole Torlonia a their fall winter 2015/16 presentation in Milan
TailoringMarch 19, 2015

Blazè: A Blazer Revolution

By Sofia Celeste

MILAN–A little over a year ago, through a tip from our sharp-eyed fashion editor Valentina Accardo, I made a Facebook connection with a blazer label named Blazè….

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Photo by Salvo Sportato
BACO StyleMarch 19, 2015

BACO STYLE: Lidia Pellecchia’s Sartorial Style

By Sofia Celeste

MILAN–Alive with Savile Row accents like kaleidoscope-colored cuff links and Made in Italy ones  like sexy Super Duper handmade hats, Artisanal Milano is a haven for women who love men’s sartorial style,…

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Kiton FW 2015/16
TailoringMarch 19, 2015

FEMALE SARTORIAL: FROM THE ATELIER TO THE RUNWAY

By Sofia Celeste

BACO tracks the female sartorial look from the atelier to the runway this season. See how the trend evolved in our gallery:      

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eyewear issue
Opinion, PAST ISSUESMarch 10, 2015

Issue No. 11: The Eye Wear Issue

By Sofia Celeste

Remember the 1990s? You know… when glasses were such a fashion statement people were wearing them without a prescription? Well history is repeating itself. Nowadays, the…

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saturnino
BACO StyleMarch 10, 2015

BACO STYLE: Bassist Saturnino Celani

By Sofia Celeste

MILAN–Italian rock bassist-cum-author-cum-eye wear designer Saturnino Celani’s destiny was pretty much mapped out in the stars when he was a little boy growing up…

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turineyes
ArtisanalMarch 10, 2015

TURINEYES: The Editor’s Bespoke Experience

By Sofia Celeste

TURIN–I have been wearing eyeglasses since age 11, so after years of ill-fitting bifocals, I finally came to the conclusion that buying a pair of bespoke…

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Luca Gnecchi Ruscone's grandfather Raffaello Bini meets Ethiopian Regent Haile Selassie also known as Ras Tafari
ArtisanalMarch 10, 2015

LGR: An African Affair

By Sofia Celeste

ROME–Thick with nostalgia of Italy’s colonial African past, modern sophisticate eye wear brand L.G.R. was founded on a young man’s admiration of his grandfather’s life’s…

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MFW Salvo Sportato
Milano Fashion WeekFebruary 28, 2015

Milan Women’s Fashion Week Taste Makers

By Sofia Celeste

The international fashion community has taken over Italy’s fashion capital. We have our eye on real-life trendsetters and a few A-listers with unmistakable style.

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