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    • 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
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    • 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
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    • 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
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    • 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
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      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.

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BACO StyleApril 14, 2015

BACO STYLE: Chiara Rusconi of A Palazzo

By Sofia Celeste

BRESCIA–Truly a visionary, Brescia-based gallerist Chiara Rusconi turned a grandiose, purportedly haunted, 17th century palazzo, known as the “House of 100 Windows,” into a world-class gallery that…

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Opinion, PAST ISSUESApril 9, 2015

The Jewelry Issue: Old World Charm

By Sofia Celeste

Last month, I took a trip to Lisbon and Porto for Portugal Fashion Week. I was struck by the rich fabrics and the overall…

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ArtisanalApril 9, 2015

Mrinalini Chandra: Preserving Indian Techniques

By Sofia Celeste

MUMBAI –Indian couture jewelry designer Mrinalini Chandra launched her eponymous label in the summer of 2013, after studying at Milan’s Richemont Group-promoted Creative Academy and…

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ArtisanalApril 9, 2015

Portugal’s Filigree: An Ancient Tradition, Modern Allure

By Sofia Celeste

LISBON–Lining the white-washed cobblestone streets of Lisbon’s Rua Aurea are rows of jewelry stores showcasing intricate filigree or filigrana earrings and pendants, traditional adornments worn by Portuguese…

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Susana Bettencourt Fall Winter Jewelry Collection
TalentsApril 8, 2015

Portugal’s Susana Bettencourt: A Tribal Revival

By Sofia Celeste

Porto, Portugal–At Portugal fashion week, which unfolded between the nation’s capital Lisbon and the financial hub Porto, designer Susana Bettencourt, a knitwear specialist, showcased a women’s…

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Hand-crafted umbrellas from Pasotti, a Mantova-based, family-run company
ArtisanalApril 7, 2015

Pasotti: Rock Generation Drives Old Family Business

By Sofia Celeste

Florence, Italy–With his razor-shaved head, his no-nonsense, muscular stance and his all-black attire, Nicola Begotti looks more like a lead singer of a heavy…

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Opinion, PAST ISSUESMarch 26, 2015

Issue No. 13: The Sicilian Renaissance

By Sofia Celeste

An island marred by wounds from as many invasions as it has lemon trees, Sicily itself is a vessel of influences – from the Ancient…

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TalentsMarch 25, 2015

Maurizio Pecoraro: A Sicilian Master

By Sofia Celeste

MILAN–Palermo-born designer Maurizio Pecoraro’s fashion career began at about 13 years old, when he started making one-size-fits-all drawstring pants with fabric scraps he collected from local…

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Corrada restores her family's home, once lived in by her great great grandfather, by hand.
BACO StyleMarch 25, 2015

BACO STYLE: Corrada Rodriguez D’Acri’s Sicilia

By Sofia Celeste

MILAN–If Corrada Rodriguez d’Acri had been born into the pre-Unification days that Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa so vividly illustrated in his novel “The Leopard,” she definitely…

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TalentsMarch 25, 2015

Claudio Cutugno: One To Watch

By Sofia Celeste

MILAN–The 22-year-old designer from Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto, Claudio Cutugno is riding high from his recent win from the Camera Nazionale della Moda’s “Next…

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