Word: giorgini
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Dates: during 1952-1952
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...renaissance is due chiefly to the shrewd promotion of Florence's exporter, B. Giorgini, who realized that Italy's designers were too scattered for buyers to see all their work. Last February he footed the bill himself (in return for a 5% commission on all sales) for the first collective showing in Florence by most of the top designers. That show and another last summer were such successes that there were shows all over Italy last week, and U.S. buyers were hard put to catch them...