What do you get when you pair an Italian design house famous for elegance and glamour with an American brand known for producing sportswear, casual style and khakis? You get the Valentino for Gap capsule collection, which features assorted pieces festooned with Valentino-style ruffles in very Gap-esque utilitarian colors and fabrics. The Valentino-Gap partnership was dreamed up to celebrate the expansion of Gap into the Italian market.
Italian women have long led the world of fashion, their obsession with la bella figura second to none. Though Italy has had a strong reputation of luxury goods and garments since the 11th century, modern Italian women's fashion only took off in the 1900s with designers like Sorelle Fontana and then Elsa Schiaparelli.
If you are on an Italian vacation, one of the things you would like to do is go shopping for clothes and shoes. Pretty natural, Italian fashion is one of the most well-known all over the world, after all.
You enter an Italian shop, a boutique, or a mall, and start browsing. The clothes are beautifully made, the shoes are a dream, and all of them appear to be worth every Euro you’re going to spend on them.
Big collars are really big this fall, and fur has done the rounds of all the designer runways. Some, like Cavalli have spared no pains in exploiting both: witness the blue stunner with the extra-large fur on the neck, and the fox fur details on the lovely embroidered black crocodile leather piece. Others like the venerable Armani have taken big coat collars to the next level, just check out the collar on this couture black coat. Needless to say you should not be wearing turtle necks with any of these. But walking tall in a coat like this Armani gives new meaning to the word high fashion.
There is already that nip in the air, and fall has set in. Before winter dons your world in a coat of white, you might as well hurry up and pick up your own coat for the season. Or, if you are like me, you would choose in plural: coats! Yes, I am a believer in glamorous coats that beat the brutal cold but still manage to make the wearer look hot. Protection from the weather does not necessarily mean saying goodbye to glamour, and in a season that doesn't offer any skin-baring options, well designed coats can do the trick.
A skirt is so feminine. It's sexy. It can hug the curves or caress them gently as the fabric cascades over the skin. Italian skirts come three ways. There are gonnellone (long skirt), gonna (mid-length, usually just at or slightly above the knee) and a mini gonna (mini, or short skirt). Many people equate the mini skirt with sex appeal. In this article, I'll show you that a skirt of any length can be both feminine and sexy.
Who doesn't love the beach? Sand, sun and beautiful water. The beaches of the Mediterranean are stunning. Italy is full of beach babes and what do those beach babes wear? Swimsuits, especially the barely-there bikinis. It's enough to make your head spin, right? Personally, I'm a swimsuit watcher. I love to see what the designers do with the flimsy fabric. It gets sexier all the time. In this article, we'll explore 10 of the sexiest and hottest Italian-made suits to ever hit the beach.
I love my t-shirts. They're young. Hip. Trendy. They can also be worn under a business suit to add some funk to an otherwise drab look. Of course, we know they can be worn with jeans. Whether casual, flirty, sexy or just plain old comfortable, t-shirts are a must-have in anyone's wardrobe. C'mon. Admit it. We all have them. In this article, I'm going to focus on ten t-shirts from Italy's best and brightest fashion houses that show that t-shirts don't have to be grungy. They are often quite fashionable. And, as I firmly believe, they'll never go out of style!
A suit is professional. It's classy. It's elegant. A suit screams power, competence and ambition. In recent years, the corporate world has moved a bit away from the traditional business suit. Things have gotten a little bit more casual in many places. However, you still can't beat a suit for an interview or a major meeting with a client.
Italian lingerie has been famous for generations for its fine quality of manufacturing and materials. Soft, luxurious materials, pretty colors, handmade embroidery and fine Italian lace - all of these can be found at Italian lingerie stores. Three companies have especially impressive collections at the moment - Guia la Bruna, Flora Lastriaolli, Cosabella and Intimissimi.
Sophisticated, luxurious and expensive, La Perla's beautiful lingerie has been worn by actresses and celebrities. The company's pieces have even become highly prized as collectibles, and its story forms a major chapter in lingerie history.
The history of the brassiere, or the bra, as it has come to be commonly known, is intimately tied to the history of women. The first bra as we know it emerged in 1907 and in 2007 this controversial piece of intimate wear has completed a journey of 100 years. During this journey it has not only seen changes in a woman's ideal physical shape, it has also been an indicator of the social rise of women in the last century. The Bra in Italy
Ever since skirt hemlines rose to the level of the micro-mini, there was only one way to go, and that was down, because they simply could not go higher and still be called skirts. With the rising feminism of the 70s, hemlines began their way down and did not really get back to the mini until the 90's when women began to feel confident enough in their feminine strength to bring the mini back into fashion.
Skirts can be sassy, flirty, businesslike, severe, fun or elegant, but all of them definitely emphasize one quality; and that is femininity. There was a time when the European women wore nothing but dresses and skirts, even to the point that the word "skirt" became slang for "woman" in the English language. But skirts were not always as feminine as they are today.
These knee-length skirts are fitted to the body from the waist to slightly above the knee, usually in stretchy fabrics or with a slit at the back. They are for you only if you are skinny or slim, because they curve in at the hip, emphasizing the hips and the derriere. The black leather Roberto Cavalli skirt is a classic pencil skirt that could be worn to formal occasions for sensual elegance. Great for a svelte figure.
Having traced the journey of skirts and their hemlines, it is time to examine a few of the skirt styles: the shapes of the women they suit, the times and occasions on which they can be worn, and the shoes that would look best with them.
Over sixty years ago, the now ubiquitous, then controversial swimsuit made its debut at a pool-side party in the French capital. In this day and age, it is hard to comprehend the shock of the general public when this controversial swimming attire stepped into the limelight. Even the French models who were supposed to sport the latest trends rejected the bikini. This article will discuss how the bikini became slowly accepted in the Western world, from the French Riviera to the streets of Hollywood, USA, eventually becoming a beach front staple.
Colorful thongs, leather garters, peignoirs, latex sports bras and the French maid outfit: today, lingerie today is readily available in any style or fabric you can imagine. In order to understand how far lingerie has come, it is crucial to take a closer look at the history of lingerie throughout the ages. During the last hundred years, women's fashion has seen a radical march forward, and the evolution of lingerie has illustrated this change. In fact, the undergarments of the past have often been painful, even dangerous, and sometimes just outright bizarre when compared to the elegant, yet erotic creations of the present day.
Who doesn't love the beach? 
Sand, sun and beautiful water. The beaches of the Mediterranean are stunning. Italy is full of beach babes and what do those beach babes wear? Swimsuits, especially the barely-there bikinis. It's enough to make your head spin, right? Personally, I'm a swimsuit watcher. I love to see what the designers do with the flimsy fabric. It gets sexier all the time. In this article, we'll explore 10 of the sexiest and hottest Italian-made suits to ever hit the beach.
Sophisticated, luxurious and expensive, La Perla's beautiful lingerie has been worn by actresses and celebrities. The company's pieces have even become highly prized as collectibles, and its story forms a major chapter in 
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