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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.

Alessio de Navasques, creator of Artisanal Intelligence. 
Photo by Leonardo Corallini.
Artisanal, Milano Fashion WeekFebruary 25, 2017

Artisanal Intelligence Takes On WHITE MILANO

By Sofia Celeste

MILAN – WHITE MILAN is known for its contemporary edge and its support of new talent – young designers located here in Italy and abroad….

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A carpet weaver in Afghanistan.  Ishkar courtesy photo
ArtisanalDecember 12, 2016

ISHKAR: CRAFT FROM COUNTRIES AT WAR

By Sofia Celeste

Once a stop on the historic Silk Road, Afghanistan’s rich artisan culture has been disrupted by decades of war and political unrest.  And while bombs…

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TalentsNovember 23, 2016

PAULA CADEMARTORI: Secrets To Building A Brand

By Sofia Celeste

MILAN–From her clutches inspired by Fabergé jewelry work to her totes envisaged in the essence of modernist movements like dadaism, cubism and surrealism, Paula…

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ArtisanalNovember 8, 2016

Davide Gatto: A Milano State of Mind

By Sofia Celeste

MILAN–Nestled on the edge of the Naviglio Grande canal is designer Davide Gatto’s atelier.  With luxurious leather goods corniced by Como silk foulards and antique…

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Crafting the Future exhibit. Photo by Andrea Passuello (courtesy photo)
ArtisanalOctober 6, 2016

Crafting the Future Exhibit To Travel

By Sofia Celeste

MILAN–The groundbreaking exhibit “Crafting the Future. Histories of Artisanality and Innovation” closes here next week on Oct. 13, but fortunately for the rest of the…

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TalentsMay 2, 2016

Dinner with Milliner Gigi Burris

By Sofia Celeste

MILAN–At only 29 years old, milliner Gigi Burris has made a name for herself for the bold feather and organza flower-trimmed head pieces and…

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Rossella Jardini at home with her pups Jolie and Charlie. Photo by Salvo Sportato.
BACO StyleMarch 21, 2016

PORTRAIT OF A LADY: Rossella Jardini

By Sofia Celeste

MILAN–Rossella Jardini, one of the most famous muses in fashion history, opened up her grandiose 19th century home on Milan’s posh Viale Majno to BACO…

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Photo by Silio Danti
BACO StyleJanuary 13, 2016

SCENES FROM PITTI UOMO 89

By Sofia Celeste

The BACO team is in Florence at Pitti Uomo 89. Here are some scenes from the biggest mens wear event in the world. Stay…

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Photo Credit Miria Rosae Peredo
PAST ISSUESDecember 18, 2015

THE ESCAPISM ISSUE: 13º Above the Equator

By Sofia Celeste

GUAM–Most people don’t know this, but I was raised on Guam, a small island located above Australia and south of Japan. Even though I…

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LÅGUAS & GÅNI mens wear. Photo Credit Katherine Mafnas
TalentsDecember 18, 2015

LÅGUAS & GÅNI: Island Wear for the Modern Man

By Sofia Celeste

Hagåtña, GUAM–For many years, island wear has been largely dominated by surf tees, spooner shirts and kitschy mu’umu’us, but local designer Erisa Cristobal, a graduate of…

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