"century, cheaper silk was imported to Milan from Asia because the phylloxera pest infestation damaged silk and wine produced in Italy. After industrialization, metal, mechanical, and furniture manufacturing replaced textile production. Some of the first modern Italian fashion designers, such as Bulgari, Prada, Gucci, and Ferragamo, were founded in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In the 1950s and 1960s, Italian fashion regained popularity worldwide. On February 12, 1951, the Italian businessman Giovanni Battista Giorgini held a fashion show in Florence to make Italy an international leader in fashion design. Prior to his ""soirées"" in 1951 to 1953, Italy"
"Antonio D'Amico Antonio D'Amico (born 20 January 1959) is an Italian model and fashion designer. D'Amico was born in Mesagne, Province of Brindisi, Italy and later lived in Milan. He was hired as a part-time office administrator for his first job. He met Gianni Versace in 1982, and the couple eventually embarked on a long-term relationship that lasted 15 years, until Versace's murder in 1997. During that time, he worked as designer for the Versace Sport line. D'Amico now runs his own fashion design company. Versace's will left D'Amico with a pension of 50 million lira a month for life,"
"designer for the company, having become head designer for Istante and Versus Sport. Versace's will left D'Amico with a lifelong pension of 50million lire (about ) per month, and the right to live in any of Versace's homes in Italy and the United States. However, due to the Versace family's interference he only obtained a fraction of these allowances. D'Amico now runs his own fashion company. Versace was known for doting on his nieces and nephews: Santo's two children, Francesca and Antonio, and Donatella's two children, Allegra and Daniel. Versace was shot and killed on 15 July 1997, at the"
"murdered by a hitman in Milan in 1995, and his former wife, Patrizia Reggiani, was convicted of hiring his killer. Meanwhile, the new investors promoted the American-educated Domenico De Sole from the position of family attorney to president of Gucci America in 1994 and chief executive in 1995. The company had previously brought in Dawn Mello in 1989 as editor and ready-to-wear designer in order to reestablish its reputation. Well aware of Gucci’s tarnished image and the value of its name brand, Mello hired Tom Ford in 1990 to design a ready-to-wear line. He was promoted to the position of"
"Gianni Versace Giovanni Maria ""Gianni"" Versace (; 2 December 1946 – 15 July 1997) was an Italian fashion designer and founder of Versace, an international fashion house that produces accessories, fragrances, make-up, home furnishings, and clothes. He also designed costumes for theatre and films. As a friend of Eric Clapton, Diana, Princess of Wales, Naomi Campbell, Duran Duran, Madonna, Elton John, Cher, Sting, Tupac and many other celebrities, he was one of the first designers to link fashion to the music world. He and his partner Antonio D'Amico were regulars on the international party scene. On 15 July 1997, Versace"
"Patrizia Reggiani Patrizia Reggiani Martinelli (born December 2, 1948) is the ex-wife of Maurizio Gucci. During the 1980s while she was married to Maurizio Gucci, she was a wealthy Italian socialite and high fashion personality. In late 1998 she went through a scandalous trial followed closely by the Italian public for ordering her husband's murder. In 1973 she married Maurizio Gucci, with whom she had two daughters, Allegra and Alessandra. On May 2, 1985, after 12 years of marriage, Maurizio left Patrizia for a younger woman, telling her he was going on a short business trip. He never returned home."
"given to the Swiss watch manufacturer Swatch. Most of the external licenses were eliminated in 2003, leaving only the Gianfranco Ferre mainline, Ferre diffusion, and GF Ferre younger/activewear labels. Ferré died on June 17, 2007. The previous Friday, he had suffered a massive brain hemorrhage. Ferré was hospitalized at the San Raffaele Hospital in Milan, where he was pronounced dead a few days later. Gianfranco Ferré Gianfranco Ferré () (15 August 1944 – 17 June 2007) was an Italian fashion designer also known as ""the architect of fashion"" for his background and his original attitude toward creating fashion design. Born"
"which Giorgio Armani has personally designed a unique concept featuring furnishings from his Armani/Casa home interiors collection. Armani is an intensely private man, but has publicly identified as bisexual. He had a longstanding relationship with his business partner, the architect Sergio Galeotti, who died of a heart attack in 1985. Giorgio Armani Giorgio Armani (; born 11 July 1934) is an Italian fashion designer. He is known today for his clean, tailored lines. He formed his company, Armani, in 1975, and by 2001 was acclaimed as the most successful designer of Italian origin, with an annual turnover of $1.6 billion"
"of Florence when she was murdered. Olsen, 35, was found dead in her apartment in the Santo Spirito neighborhood of Florence by her boyfriend, Florentine artist Federico Fiorentini, on 9 January 2016. Marks on her neck indicated that she had been strangled to death. Cheik Tidiane Diaw, a 27-year-old Senegalese national who had recently entered Italy as an illegal immigrant, was arrested for the crime. Witnesses saw the two leave a nightclub in Florence together on 7 January. Security cameras in the street recorded them walking to Olsen's apartment in the early hours of 8 January. After identifying Diaw using"
"Outfit from Anthony Accardo, which might have been an erroneous thought at some level, because Giancana has just spent the previous 12 months in federal prison and got booted that year as The Outfit's top day-to-day boss after getting out of prison, taking over the top spot nine years earlier. In 1973, Fiore Buccieri died of cancer. In 1975, Gianacana was murdered in his home. Some authorities speculated that the mob would not have ordered Giancana's death if Buccieri were still alive and acting as his bodyguard. Fiore Buccieri Fiore ""Fifi"" Buccieri (December 16, 1907 – August 17, 1973) was"
"of Gelsomina Verde. Gelsomina Verde Gelsomina Verde (1982 – November 21, 2004) was a victim of the Camorra who was tortured and subsequently murdered during the Scampia feud in the city of Naples on November 21, 2004, aged 22. Verde, a leather factory worker, was abducted and tortured by members of the Di Lauro clan, in an effort to make her disclose the whereabouts of her former boyfriend, a Scissionisti clan member, Gennaro Notturno. Gelsomina and Gennaro had broken up weeks prior to her abduction. An autopsy conducted on her corpse revealed that she had been killed with three shots"
"Elsa Schiaparelli Elsa Schiaparelli ( ; ; 1890–1973) was an Italian fashion designer. Along with Coco Chanel, her greatest rival, she is regarded as one of the most prominent figures in fashion between the two World Wars. Starting with knitwear, Schiaparelli's designs were heavily influenced by Surrealists like her collaborators Salvador Dalí and Jean Cocteau. Her clients included the heiress Daisy Fellowes and actress Mae West. Schiaparelli did not adapt to the changes in fashion following World War II and her couture house closed in 1954. Elsa Luisa Maria Schiaparelli was born at the Palazzo Corsini, Rome. Her mother, Maria-Luisa,"
"by Spanish authorities. Manuel Mota (fashion designer) Manuel Mota Cerrillo (July 9, 1966 ‒ January 8, 2013) was a Spanish dress designer and creative director of Spanish fashion company, Pronovias, for 23 years. Mota was born in Reus, Tarragona, Spain. He created dresses for some of the world's top models including Miranda Kerr from Australia, Bar Refaeli from Israel, and Doutzen Kroes from the Netherlands. On January 8, 2013, Mota was found dead at his home in Sitges, Barcelona, Spain. He was 46. Various press reports have listed the cause of death as suicide, though the official cause has yet"
"Andrew Cunanan Andrew Phillip Cunanan (31 August 1969 – 23 July 1997) was a Filipino Americana spree killer who murdered at least five people, including Italian fashion designer Gianni Versace and Chicago real estate developer Lee Miglin, during a three-month period in mid-1997. Cunanan's string of murders ended on July 23 with his suicide by firearm. He was 27 years old. In his final years, Cunanan lived without a job, befriending wealthy older men and spending their money to impress acquaintances in the local gay community in Miami Beach, Florida by boasting about social events at clubs and often paying"
"announced that Versace's brother, Santo, would serve as the new CEO of Gianni Versace S.p.A. while Versace's sister, Donatella, had become the new head of design. In his will, Versace left 50% of his fashion empire to his niece, Allegra Versace. She and her younger brother, Daniel, inherited Versace's rare artwork collection. Allegra inherited her stake, worth approximately $500 million, when she turned 18 years old, in 2004. Versace was involved in numerous onscreen projects. Gianni Versace Giovanni Maria ""Gianni"" Versace (; 2 December 1946 – 15 July 1997) was an Italian fashion designer and founder of Versace, an international"
"Gelsomina Verde Gelsomina Verde (1982 – November 21, 2004) was a victim of the Camorra who was tortured and subsequently murdered during the Scampia feud in the city of Naples on November 21, 2004, aged 22. Verde, a leather factory worker, was abducted and tortured by members of the Di Lauro clan, in an effort to make her disclose the whereabouts of her former boyfriend, a Scissionisti clan member, Gennaro Notturno. Gelsomina and Gennaro had broken up weeks prior to her abduction. An autopsy conducted on her corpse revealed that she had been killed with three shots to the neck"
"supposedly had carried out his orders by setting up and committing the murder. The Italian supreme court definitively acquitted Andreotti of the murder in 2003. On 16 April 1945, Andreotti married Livia Danese (1 June 1921 – 29 July 2015) and had two sons and two daughters, Lamberto (born 6 July 1950), Marilena, Stefano and Serena. Andreotti said the opinion of others was of little consequence to him, and ""In any case, a few years from now, no one will remember me."" He died in Rome on 6 May 2013 after suffering from respiratory problems, at 94 years. The BBC"
"Murder of Gary Triano Gary Lee Triano (November 6, 1943–November 1, 1996) was a millionaire real estate developer from Tucson, Arizona who was killed in Catalina Foothills by a pipe bomb explosion in his Lincoln Town Car on November 1, 1996. His former wife, Pamela Anne Phillips, a one-time model, real estate agent and socialite, was charged with orchestrating her ex-husband's death. In a sensational trial nearly 18 years after Triano's murder, Phillips was convicted of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder and was sentenced to life in prison. Phillips, who is now incarcerated at the Arizona State Prison"
"Libero Grassi Libero Grassi (July 19, 1924 – August 29, 1991) was an Italian clothing manufacturer from Palermo, Sicily, who was killed by the Mafia after taking a solitary stand against their extortion demands. The businessman wrote an open letter to the local newspaper informing the extortionists that he was no longer willing to pay ""pizzo"", a Sicilian term for protection money. Other business-owners and shopkeepers in Palermo refused to join his public campaign. Grassi was gunned down in the street near his home eight months after writing the letter. Grassi was born in Catania, was married, and had a"
"Alessandra Facchinetti Alessandra Facchinetti (born 2 June 1972) is an Italian fashion designer. In 2007 she was appointed the creative director at the fashion House of Valentino, on the retirement of Valentino Garavani. Previously she had been a designer at the House of Gucci. After some initial success, in 2008 she was dismissed from Valentino, apparently because she did not draw on Valentino's archives. Facchinetti was one of the persons whose phone was illegally tapped in the SISMI-Telecom scandal. As reported by Vogue Italia, Facchinetti, along with Pietro Negra has launched a new ready-to-wear line named 'Uniqueness' for Pinko, which"
"2014, Alessandra Carra stepped down as CEO of Pucci. Emilio Pucci Don Emilio Pucci, Marchese di Barsento (; 20 November 1914 – 29 November 1992) was a Florentine Italian fashion designer and politician. He and his eponymous company are synonymous with geometric prints in a kaleidoscope of colors. Pucci was born in 1914 to one of Florence's oldest noble families, and he would live and work in the Pucci Palace in Florence for much of his life. He was a keen sportsman who swam, skied, fenced, played tennis and raced cars. At the age of 17, he traveled to Lake"
"Manuel Mota (fashion designer) Manuel Mota Cerrillo (July 9, 1966 ‒ January 8, 2013) was a Spanish dress designer and creative director of Spanish fashion company, Pronovias, for 23 years. Mota was born in Reus, Tarragona, Spain. He created dresses for some of the world's top models including Miranda Kerr from Australia, Bar Refaeli from Israel, and Doutzen Kroes from the Netherlands. On January 8, 2013, Mota was found dead at his home in Sitges, Barcelona, Spain. He was 46. Various press reports have listed the cause of death as suicide, though the official cause has yet to be confirmed"
"Following Newley's death, Fratini was quoted as saying: ""We came back together at the perfect time, I suppose ... But it ended too soon."" Following the closure of Fratini's fashion house November 1989, she had no regular employment. She lived with Anthony Newley in Jensen Beach, Florida, from 1993 until his death in 1999. Her long-time assistant and housekeeper, Marie, accompanied her on the move to the United States. Fratini died on 25 May 2017 in London. Gina Fratini Gina Fratini (born Georgina Caroline Eve Butler, 22 September 1931 – 25 May 2017) was a British fashion designer. She was"
"1 in 2011, with Micol Fontana making a brief cameo as herself. Micol Fontana Micol Fontana (8 November 1913 – 12 June 2015) was an Italian stylist and entrepreneur. Born in Traversetolo, Parma, along with her two sisters Micol Fontana was stylist and co-founder of the Sorelle Fontana fashion house. Following the death of her sisters, and after selling the company and the brand to an Italian financial group in 1992, in 1994 Micol created the Micol Fontana Foundation, with the purpose of finding and promoting new fashion talents. A two-parts television miniseries based on the story of her fashion"
"Value. Angelo Litrico Angelo Litrico (1927 – 13 March 1986) was an Italian fashion designer. He dressed many world leaders on both sides of the Cold War and is credited with introducing fashion shows for men's clothing. The company he founded continues to this day under the control of his nephew Luca Litrico. Angelo was born in 1927, the eldest of 12 children, the son of a fisherman in Catania in Sicily. He started work with a tailor (Agatino Distefano, of Distefano's Atelier in Via Etnea, Catania) but realised that to fulfil his ambitions he would have to move to"
"Filip Kapisoda Filip Kapisoda (3 April 1987 – 16 March 2010) was a Montenegrin model and former handball player, one of the contestants of the Serbian show, ""Veliki Brat VIP All Stars"" (""Big Brother VIP All Stars"") in which he reached the finals in third place. Because of his attractive looks, Kapisoda received an offer from the designer Rocco Barocco, but he rejected it in order to create a career in Montenegro. As a participant in multiple fashion shows, Kapisoda won many awards. He received recognition as the best model of Belgrade Fashion Week 2006. Kapisoda murdered his girlfriend Ksenija"
"months. Cunanan even used his own name to pawn a stolen item, despite knowing that police routinely review pawn shop records. On 15 July 1997, Cunanan murdered Italian fashion designer Gianni Versace, by shooting him twice on the front stairway of his Miami Beach mansion Casa Casuarina. A witness attempted to pursue Cunanan, but was unable to catch up to him. Responding police found Reese's stolen vehicle parked in a nearby garage, loaded with Cunanan's clothes, a Sealand passport, and clipped newspaper reports of Cunanan's murders. In the upstairs bedroom of a Miami Beach houseboat on 23 July 1997, eight"
"January 2012, the case was a subject of a true crime novel by Kerie Droban. Murder of Gary Triano Gary Lee Triano (November 6, 1943–November 1, 1996) was a millionaire real estate developer from Tucson, Arizona who was killed in Catalina Foothills by a pipe bomb explosion in his Lincoln Town Car on November 1, 1996. His former wife, Pamela Anne Phillips, a one-time model, real estate agent and socialite, was charged with orchestrating her ex-husband's death. In a sensational trial nearly 18 years after Triano's murder, Phillips was convicted of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder and was"
"further and unnecessary suffering."" His husband Carlo has died two months later, on 2 March 2018, aged 88. Marina Ripa di Meana Marina Ripa di Meana (born Maria Elide Punturieri and previously known as Marina Lante della Rovere; 21 October 1941 – 5 January 2018) was an Italian writer, actress, director, stylist, activist and TV personality. Ripa di Meana was born and grew up in Reggio Calabria. One of her parents was a lawyer in Rome. On completing studies in her hometown, Ripa di Meana opened a fashion boutique in Piazza di Spagna, in Rome, in partnership with her friend"
"Roberto Cavalli Roberto Cavalli (; born 15 November 1940) is an Italian fashion designer and inventor. He is known for exotic prints and for creating the sand-blasted look for jeans. The high-end Italian fashion house Roberto Cavalli sells luxury clothing, perfume and leather accessories. Former Acne Studios creative consultant Paul Surridge succeeded Peter Dundas as creative director for the brand in May 2017. Roberto Cavalli was born in Florence, Tuscany. His grandfather, Giuseppe Rossi, was an artist and a member of the Macchiaioli Movement, whose work is exhibited in the Uffizi Gallery. Cavalli enrolled at the local Art Institute, concentrating"
"they began to design contemporary furniture distinct from the spare or historical aesthetics popular in the late 1980s. Savarese and his wife designed pieces that reinterpreted classical styles and used vibrant colors. The couple's designs were praised at the first International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York City. They began producing furniture at a factory in The Bronx and opened a retail store on Broome Street in Manhattan's SoHo neighborhood. That store, Dialogica, was one of the first retailers in SoHo to feature contemporary furniture designs. The store later expanded to Los Angeles. Savarese, a pilot, was killed in the"
"by ordering the assassination of Salvatore Lima (on the grounds that he was an ally of Giulio Andreotti), and Giovanni Falcone. Lima was killed on 12 March 1992. Investigating magistrates Giovanni Falcone and his colleague Paolo Borsellino's prosecutions against the Mafia had meant they were under the constant threat of death. Both saw the murder of Lima as an indication they would be killed. On 23 May 1992, Falcone, his wife Francesca Morvillo and three police officers died in the Capaci bombing on highway A29 outside Palermo. Two months later, Borsellino was killed along with five police officers in the"
"set up his own label, while continuing to work for other houses such as Gucci. He was also wardrobe designer for the 1990 film ""Wild Orchid"". In 1992 Soprani fell out with his Japanese business partner, Onward Kashiyama Co., Ltd., who owned 70% of Luciano Soprani SpA. Soprani dissociated himself from the company, whilst seeking to regain use of the trademark. Soprani died of throat cancer in a hospital in Milan, on 23 October 1999. His friend Dilio Ortigoza succeeded him as designer at the company, to be followed by Alessandro Turci in 2002. Studio Soprani was acquired by the"