Word: marzottos
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...still the designer of choice for the junior socialite set, many of whom - the Hilton sisters, Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece - joined him for dinner and dancing in his Place Vend?me studio afterward. Also present: the consummate Hollywood clotheshorse Gwyneth Paltrow, to better impress Valentino's new owners from Marzotto, including Michele Norsa, the man in charge of the group's fashion brands. At Chanel, Karl Lagerfeld dropped the rock'n'roll of his last ready-to-wear show and instead invited intimate groups of 140 to two viewings in Coco Chanel's original showroom. The clothes - studies in contrasts...
...generations, Italy's economy was dominated by flamboyant autocrats who pioneered the country's industrialization and ran their businesses like private principalities. There was Alberto Pirelli, who showed off his tires by sponsoring an auto trip from Peking to Paris, and Textile Mogul Giannino Marzotto, who gave his workers vacations in Russia to disillusion them about Communism. Today most of this individualistic breed is gone, pushed aside by modern management techniques, fractious unions and a long, relentless drive by the state to control, modernize and expand the country's industry...
Marauding Bedbugs. Valdagno is only one part of what Italians respectfully call "Il Miracolo Marzotto." The Marzottos own textile plants in six other Italian towns, are Europe's largest producer of woolens. They own huge farms, 60 low-priced Jolly Hotels scattered throughout Sicily and Italy, and ten clothing shops that handle their Fuso d'Oro (golden spindle) readymade clothing, which they pioneered in tailor-ridden Italy. Revenues last year from the Marzotto enterprises exceeded $100 million...
Descended from a long line of weavers who set up looms in Valdagno nearly 200 years ago, the clan is headed by hardheaded, domineering Count Gaetano Marzotto, 68, who added hotels to his business after being bitten by marauding bedbugs during a stop in a hotel in Southern Italy. Made a noble in 1930 by King Victor Emmanuel chiefly for his exemplary treatment of his workers, Count Gaetano has five sons to carry on his title and the family business: Vittorio Emanuele, 40, a Liberal Deputy; Umberto, 36, who runs the farms; Paolo, 32, a sales executive with the retail...
...automated so rapidly that increased productivity has offset higher labor costs. As a result of more efficient methods, Giannino this year will eliminate 1,000 of the 8,000 jobs in the Valdagno mill. To keep from firing anyone, he will shift the displaced workers to new Marzotto plants near by, where blankets and high-fashion clothes will be turned...