Milano, capitale della moda
Milan, capital of fashion

Milan did not become become a fashion capital of fashion by chance. After the Second World War, Italy had need of rebuilding not only only its cities, but also its its own image on the world stage.
In the years Sixties and Seventies, designers like Valentino, Giorgio Armani and Gianni Versace began to build brands that would conquer the world. The street Montenapoleone became the address most sought-after in the luxury world world.

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The Fashion Week Milanese is held held twice a year a year and is considered among the most influential in the world, alongside those of Paris, London and New York.
But the fashion Italian is not only is only luxury. It is also the heritage of centuries of tailoring, weaving and leatherwork of the leather that are rooted their roots roots in the Middle Ages.
Today the sector fashion Italian is worth tens of billions of euros a year and employs work to hundreds of thousands of people. Yet, the great designers continue to talk of "craftsmanship" and "passion" as if they were still tailors in a small workshop.