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...company was among the first to consolidate all the steps of silkmaking under a single roof. Some of Ratti's original paisley designs still hang framed there. Over time, Ratti became one of the largest silk manufacturers in Italy, and in the '70s and '80s the biggest names in fashion???Valentino, Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent?came calling...
American Fashion (Assouline) Charlie Scheips' sweeping visual account of the history of American fashion???compiled on behalf of the Council of Fashion Designers of America?stretches from the 1930s to present...
...Fashion???in the form of one of Turkey's oldest brands?is what lured Demet Muftuoglu, 36, back to her hometown. Muftuoglu, who wears curvy Zac Posen dresses and Christian Louboutin heels, was living in New York City when she was offered the art director position at Vakko?loosely Turkey's equivalent of Burberry. She brought New York with her, in the form of seasonal collections for Vakko by Zac Posen. "I think we have even more fun than in New York because of the Bosporus. It gives us such energy," she says...
There was a time when fashion??designers could make or break their career on a sexy silhouette or an unusual use of color and fabric. Now most fashion careers are subject to the whims of handbag consumers. With huge margins and high visibility, bags like Chloé's Paddington and Vuitton's Murakami can add hundreds of thousands of dollars to the bottom line, or a nice $300 million in the case of the Murakami. So luxury kings like Bernard Arnault, owner of mega-brand Louis Vuitton, fret over the star power of each one they produce...
Shoemaking in Italy?like fashion???is a family business, a craft handed down through generations. And nowhere is that more evident than at Casa Della Valle. (Diego's eldest son Emanuele also works for the company, as do two cousins.) But you won't see Diego hand-stitching the driving shoes himself. Many of the families in his factory have been with the company for several generations, at least since Dorino, Diego and Andrea's father, set up shop in Casette d'Ete in the 1940s and later began manufacturing shoes for private-label department-store brands in addition...