Word: tailoring
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Brioni, headquartered on the Via Gesł in the heart of Milan's shopping district, was founded in Rome in 1945 by tailor Nazareno Fonticoli and his entrepreneurial Roman partner, Gaetano Savini. Fonticoli had been trained in the Abruzzo school of tailoring, which blends cutting and stitching techniques borrowed from Savile Row with softer, Mediterranean-inspired lines. The pair's Sartoria Brioni on the Via Barberini was named after the Croatian islands of Brijuni, a glamorous golf and polo getaway favored by Italian aristocrats in the 1920s...
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Once called, a stage manager leads actors upstairs, walking backward, tour guide-style, and punctuating her spiel by deep gasps for breath. There is a quick sizing up as a director distributes parts, then the groups of two or three head down the hallways, past headless tailor dummies and tables covered with pairs of black shoes from former shows...
...hundreds of swanky evenings for clients eager to turn that run-of-the-mill marriage proposal into something a bit more dramatic, or otherwise treat their loved one to the kind of evening Paris Hilton might find pleasantly routine. Prices start at $362 for an hour-long package, while tailor-made all-day glitzfests that can include limousine rides, hovering photographers, red carpets and four hysterical fans cost...
...hundreds of swanky evenings for clients eager to turn that run-of-the-mill marriage proposal into something a bit more dramatic, or otherwise treat their loved one to the kind of evening Paris Hilton might find pleasantly routine. Prices start at $362 for an hour-long package, while tailor-made all-day glitzfests that can include limousine rides, hovering photographers, red carpets and four hysterical fans cost up to $4,234. Soirée de Star offers its staged stardom in Paris, Nice, Cannes, Toulouse, Barcelona and Madrid. It's not unusual to spot celebs on the streets...