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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
    • 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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ArtisanalSeptember 2, 2015

HIROFUMI KURINO: Japan’s Oracle of Fashion

By Sofia Celeste

Florence, Italy–Hirofumi Kurino, co-founder and creative advisor of Japan’s United Arrows, sits down with BACO’s Editor-in-Chief Sofia Celeste and discusses the value and role of artisans…

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Casa degli Atellani, the palazzo that houses the Leondardo da Vinci vineyards.
Opinion, PAST ISSUESJuly 23, 2015

5VIE ISSUE: Da Vinci’s Neighborhood Today

By Sofia Celeste

MILAN–Not many people know this, but Leonardo da Vinci spent about 16 years of his professional life in Milan and more specifically in the…

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Art Restorer Laura Menegotto
ArtisanalJuly 23, 2015

5Vie: The Antique Restoration Practice Endures

By Sofia Celeste

MILAN–Just a few steps away from where Leondardo Da Vinci lived and worked, Pia Virgilio and Laura Menegotto, two art restorers, are working quietly…

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ArtisanalJuly 16, 2015

Angela Florio of DecorAzione

By Sofia Celeste

MILAN–Angela Florio  founder of the DecorAzione studio is an artisan that lets her creativity dictate what she will design for the fashion and design world and…

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NewsJuly 16, 2015

Italy’s Largest Exhibit of Da Vinci’s Work

By Sofia Celeste

MILAN–The biggest and most monumental show dedicated to Leondardo Da Vinci: “Leonardo Da Vinci 1452-1519″ was held in Milan, from April 16 to July 19. The show ran…

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ArtisanalJuly 15, 2015

AL PASCIA': Pipes to Leather Goods

By Sofia Celeste

MILAN–Inside Milan’s historic pipe emporium Al Pascia‘,  a sweet, smokey aroma permeates the rows of international and antique smoking aids and accessories and leather goods. Founded…

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Uberta Zambeletti's store Wait and See. Photo by Salvo Sportato
BACO StyleJuly 15, 2015

BACO STYLE: Uberta Zambeletti of Wait and See

By Sofia Celeste

MILAN–“People ask me what they should wear all the time. And I say a kimono! I mean… you wear an evening gown and you…

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Opinion, PAST ISSUESJuly 9, 2015

ISSUE No. 23: The Barber Shop Revival

By Sofia Celeste

The idea of a traditional barber shop reached its heydey after World War I and II, when men were forced to cut their hair…

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ArtisanalJuly 2, 2015

THE EDITOR’s EXPERIENCE: Antica Barbieria Colla

By Sofia Celeste

MILAN–Probably one of the most stunning barber shops in the world, AnticaBarbieriaColla has been trimming the beards and sideburns of Milan’s most affluent inhabitants since 1904….

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Erica Pelosini and Louis Leeman. Photo by Anna Palermo
BACO StyleJune 27, 2015

BACO STYLE: Louis Leeman and Erica Pelosini

By Sofia Celeste

Florence, Italy–A fashion fairytale if there ever was one, Erica Pelosini and Louis Leeman met in Florence at fashion school about ten years ago, fell in love and…

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