More from Pino Gagliardi
Shoe Designer Renè Caovilla, Celebrating 50 Years of the Cleopatra Sandal, Names His Favorite Celebrity Client
“These boots are made for walkin’, and that’s just what they’ll do. One of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you,” sang Nancy Sinatra in one of her famous songs, signifying how much a shoe can lift the spirit of a woman with a broken heart. There are few other accessories that […]
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Tarak Ben Ammar on Weinstein, Italian Politics and His Plans for a New Film School in Italy
Tarak Ben Ammar, the president of Eagle Pictures, strolls into The Hollywood Reporter Roma studio at the Venice Film Festival in casual dress, polo shirt and pants, all in the same matching grey, except for pitch-black loafers. “I love to walk,” he says, tutting about the state of disrepair of Lido landmark The Excelsior, which […]
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Penélope Cruz’s New Line of Shoes and Outerwear With Italian Label Geox Is “A Dream Come True”
The actress, who designed the 20-piece capsule with her younger sister Mónica Cruz, says, "We have loved fashion since we were little girls. For us it's a dream come true."
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LP Becomes Ambassador of Sustainable Jeanswear Brand Coreva Design by Candiani Denim
Candiani Denim has unveiled the first jeanswear brand with natural, biodegradable yet stretchy fabric ever produced and distributed to date. Coreva Design, the name of the new line, takes advantage of the elastic properties of a plant material, derived from natural rubber, to provide comfort without having to resort to the use of synthetic yarns. […]
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Moschino Celebrates 40th Anniversary With Fashion Show Homage to Founder Franco Moschino
To celebrate Moschino’s 40th anniversary, four celebrated stylists were asked to create a collection inspired by Franco Moschino’s iconic designs in the period between 1983 — when the designer’s flair and creative genius broke into the monotony of Milanese fashion with his innovative and unusual clothes — and 1993, the year of the last fashion show before his […]
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Donatella Versace Attacks Italian Government’s Anti-LGBTQ+ Policies at Milan Fashion Week
Italian fashion icon Donatella Versace has sharply criticized moves by Italy’s far-right government to restrict the rights of same-sex couples, lashing out at anti-LGBTQ+ policies in a speech Sunday night at the CNMI Sustainable Fashion Awards during Milan Fashion Week. The new Italian government, under Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, which took power last year, has […]
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Designer Antonio Marras Remakes Elizabeth Taylor’s Boom! On the Runway at Milan Fashion Week
Antonio Marras’ catwalk transformed into a set where he shot a remake of a 1968 Hollywood movie. During Milan Fashion Week on Sept. 20, the Sardinian fashion designer set up an onstage film studio, with various rooms in which actors, actresses, workers, divas, a production secretary, costume designer, editing secretary, personal assistant, seamstress, director, producer, […]
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Behind the Scenes on Hit Italian Prison Drama ‘The Sea Beyond’ (Exclusive)
Our appointment is set for 3 p.m. in the Piazza Mercato, in the heart of Naples, on a hot September day that feels like August. It’s a sunny, deserted and silent square, where three big trucks and two vans are parked. The crew is busy preparing the scene. The grips, working in religious silence, position […]
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Giorgio Armani’s Couture Show During the Venice Film Fest Draws Sophia Loren, Kerry Washington and Jessica Chastain
A highlight of the first weekend of the 80th Venice International Film Festival was seeing Giorgio Armani appear on the catwalk, visibly excited, moved, smiling and proudly satisfied with his work. He then advanced graceful and happy, in his impeccable blue tuxedo holding hands with the model Agnese Zogla. The moment was experienced by the […]
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Venice According to Supermodel Elisa Sednaoui
Model, actress, director and author Elisa Sednaoui has been a regular on the Lido red carpet for years, even hosting the Venice Festival’s opening and closing ceremonies in 2015. As a model, she’s been a muse for Karl Lagerfeld and Christian Louboutin and the face of numerous campaigns for Chanel, Giorgio Armani, Ralph Lauren, Roberto […]
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Inside Rome’s New Bulgari Hotel
The luxury hotel, which opened this summer with a launch party attended by Zendaya and Priyanka Chopra Jonas, features 114 rooms and gastronomic offerings curated by three-Michelin-starred chef Niko Romito.
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Tarak Ben Ammar on His Big Italian Job(s) and Why He Owes His Career to Roberto Rossellini
Tarak Ben Ammar has big plans for Italy. The Franco-Tunisian film and TV mogul is already a major player in the Italian industry thanks to Eagle Pictures, the production and distribution group he acquired in 2007 that is now Italy’s largest independent distributor due to exclusive distribution deals with Paramount and Sony Pictures for the […]
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