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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.

Ermanno Gallamini capes. Courtesy of White
Mens fashion weekJanuary 19, 2015

Ermanno Gallamini: Heart of the Cape

By Sofia Celeste

MILAN–Jesus Christ, Nero, the Greek soldiers fighting in the Messenian wars, Abraham Lincoln, Giuseppe Verdi and John Lennon all have one wardrobe item in…

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TalentsJanuary 18, 2015

Edmund Ooi Fall Winter 2015

By Sofia Celeste

MILAN–Edmund Ooi made his debut on the international stage with a collection that will forever be remembered for its array of male tube dresses. Tired…

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MFW Scenes
Mens fashion weekJanuary 18, 2015

Milan Fashion Week Scenes

By Sofia Celeste

With Milan Mens Fashion Week underway, the city is flooded with a international mix of captivating people and eclectic fashions.

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Mens fashion week, PAST ISSUESJanuary 16, 2015

The Mens Week Issue: The Godfather

By Sofia Celeste

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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Photo by Salvo Sportato
Pitti Uomo 2015January 16, 2015

Pitti Uomo Issue: Wanderlust Fashions

By Sofia Celeste

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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Artisanal, Pitti Uomo 2015January 14, 2015

Pitti’s Young Designers Dominate

By Sofia Celeste

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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News, Pitti Uomo 2015January 13, 2015

Eight Ways to Get The Pitti Uomo Look

By Sofia Celeste

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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Photo by Silio Danti
Opinion, PAST ISSUESJanuary 8, 2015

Issue No. 3: Nostalgic Fashion Romanticizes Pitti

By Sofia Celeste

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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Pitti Immagine/Suiteseventeen Courtesy Photo
News, TalentsJanuary 7, 2015

BACO Exclusive: Edmund Ooi On His Armani Debut

By Sofia Celeste

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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Photo by Sofia Celeste
BACO StyleJanuary 7, 2015

Athena Liu and Paolo Foppiani: A Union of Finery

By Sofia Celeste

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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