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...days before Milan's semi-annual fashion shows begin, Italian newspapers report that some of the biggest names in the industry would soon be indicted for allegedly bribing tax officials to go easy on audits. Among those reported by Italian news agencies: Giorgio Armani, Gianfranco Ferre and Mariuccia Mandelli (the name behind Krizia.) TIME Rome reporter Greg Burke says that nearly all the top Italian fashion designers had been called in over the last several months as part of the massive "Clean Hands" corruption probe. Today, Armani reacted coolly: "It's a formality related to the known investigation...
...succeed in dislodging the king. Gianni Versace, Armani's keenest competitor, took up the historical theme with a vengeance. He weighed in quite literally with some rarefied leather and chain-mail combos that looked like rough-trade rigging that Prince Valiant might have worn to go cruising. Mariuccia Mandelli, who designs for Krizia, sent finlike flounces cascading all over suits and dresses-something, perhaps, for the spouse of Jaws' elasmobranch villain to slip into for the Oscars. There were the usual parades of plushy furs by Fendi and dazzling knitwear by Missoni, but even Gianfranco Ferr...
...bitchy bible, failed in its attempt to foist the midi-length skirt on recalcitrant U.S. women. Since then the customers have become even more independent-minded about their costumes, but the journalistic arbiters are still critically important. "The press creates interest," said Aldo Pinto, whose wife, Mariuccia Mandelli, designs the Krizia collection. "When Women's Wear talks repeatedly about a designer, it creates a stir...
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