“La cultura non si può ottenere se non si conosce la propria storia” Dario Fo

 Culture

” L’importante non ​è ​farsi notare, ma ricordare ” ​G​iorgio ​A​rmani

 Fashion

Costume Gallery in Palazzo Pitti

The Costume Gallery in Palazzo Pitti in Florence – By Gayane Simonyan

By Gayane Simonyan Student at the Istituto Europeo in Florence The Costume Gallery in Palazzo Pitti in Florence displays the exhibitions of the collections of historical accessories and clothes that had previously been stored in the warehouses of the palace. The collections cover the period from the 18th century to the present-day but there are…

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The Hat between art and extravaganza (3 December 2013 – 18 May 2014)

The Galleria del Costume will host until May 18, an accessory not destined to pass unnoticed. This will be the first monographic show dedicated to hats. The Museum’s collections of this accessory, attributable to the generosity of many donors, amount to more than one thousand items usually kept in storage. Only a part of these…

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Chiara Ferragni, Italian Fashion Blogger – By Jennifer Davis

Chiara Ferragni is a 26 year old Italian fashion blogger who spreads her wisdom of fashion and the world’s latest trends on her blog and Instagram account. She started her fashion blog called The Blond Salad in October 2009, which now has 110,000 views daily. She posts a look every day and often times they…

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Fashion lovers in Florence: do you know what is Pitti?

Fashion lovers in Florence mark your calendars for next June! That’s when the Pitti Immagine event returns to the city, from the 17th to the 20th. Pitti Uomo is the world’s most important platform for launching men’s clothing and accessory collections and is a significant event for its uniqueness in its focus on men. Most…

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Milan Fashion Week, by Ellen Miller

Fashion lovers know that each week seems to herald in a new city’s fashion week, full of shows and new garments to lust over. For true fashionistas, though, few weeks rival Paris and Milan, two of the industry’s biggest shows that attract the most famous talent. This spring Milan fashion week runs from February 18-23,…

” Il vero viaggio di scoperta non consiste nel cercare nuove terre ma nell’avere nuovi occhi ” Marcel Proust

 Life

” La storia dell’Uomo è anzitutto e soprattutto una storia di coraggio: la prova ​è ​che senza il coraggio non fai nulla, che se non hai coraggio nemmeno l’intelligenza ti serve ” Oriana Fallaci

 People

By Elisabetta Santanni Professor at Harding University in Florence I go to see Chiara in her laboratory. It’s a bright and welcoming place. She is there, surrounded by her team of 15 or so. Only two of them are full-time, contracted employees; the others, although highly qualified have only temporary positions. They are mostly young…

– Chiara Azzari: genius and moderation – By Elisabetta Santanni

By Anna Balzani Editor-in-chief Piedmont born, graduated in Humane Letters at the University of Genoa and with a diploma in Archive Administration and Paleography, Antonia Ida Fontana has been working in Public Administration since 1970. After working at the University Library of Genoa and at the State Library of Trieste, in 1996 she was appointed…

– A few words with Antonia Ida Fontana, President of the Dante Alighieri Society Florence Committee

” Il cinema è mito ” ​Sergio Leone

 Cinema

Elliott Erwitt, Marylin Monroe

Elliott Erwitt: Icons (6 April – 31 August 2014)

by Florence is You!

Set up in the Modern and Contemporary Art Gallery “Raffaele De Grada” in San Gimignano, the exhibition traces the career and the artistic sensibility of great American artist Elliott Erwitt, who personally chose 42 shoots to best represent his artistic production. Moreover, the exhibition will include an exclusive series of nine self portraits which constitute…